UK Labour Govt Immigration Secrets Made Public

Reports that were kept from the public, show that immigrants that came from Bulgaria and Romania to the UK had low education levels and were making more out of work/unemployment benefits, in fact the figures suggest that as much as 15% of migrants from Bulgaria and Romania were making out of work benefit claims.

The Labour party has been accused of withholding this information, which
is contained in 5 reports, due to the party attempting to avoid any damage beofre the general election last year.

There are reports that say that there are even more damaging figures in the report that suggest according to findings, immigrants from all countries around the world are less likely to find work than UK natives and may participate less in civic duties.

Until 2008 the UK had pretty muh an "open door" policy which resulted in record numbers of UK Visas, UK work permits and other permissions being approved

The Govt then introduced a points system with a view to curb the numbers of foreign people entering the UK, making it considerebly harder to obtain a skilled visa for the UK.

The UK Govt did make some promises to 'manage' the flow of EU migrants into the UK but in truth the systems in place do not fully deliver on any level.

TIER 2 ANNUAL LIMIT EXPLAINED

The annual limit for the Tier 2 (General) category will be set at 20,700 applications for 2011/12.

The limit will not apply to in country applications from people inside the UK, Dependents of Tier 2 applicants, Tier 2 (General) applications where the salary to be received is more than 150,000 GBP, Tier 2 (Sportsperson),Tier 2 (Ministers Of religion), Tier 2 (Intra company Transfers.

Tier 2 (General) applications will be only for graduate level job offers

The shortage occupation will be revised to reflect what the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) considers graduate level jobs. Any existing Tier 2 (General) migrants in the UK will be able to extend their stay provided they now meet the new requirements.

The English Level required for Tier 2 (General) applicant's will be increased from the current basic to intermediate level (B1 on the CEFR)

Certificates of Sponsorship will be considered on a monthly basis and if the monthly quota has been reached then all TIER 2 (General) applications will be ranked in accordance with:

shortage occupations
does the post require higher academic qualifications
salary

All potential Tier 2 workers granted a Certificate of Sponsorship will have 3 months to apply for the Tier 2 Visa

ID Cards for foreign nationals -Tier 2 applicants included

From January 2010 migrant workers and their dependants will receive an ID card when they apply to extend their visa duration under Tier 2 of the UK points system.

All in country Tier 2 applications submitted from 6 January 2010 will need the submission the applicant's biometric details.

Certain categories of of Visas already have a requirement to submit biometrics when extending their stay in the UK. (See Identity Cards for more info)

Click here to find the locations of the Home Office Biometric Enrollment centres

Click here to find the Post Office enrollment locations

Here is the map and a PDF on the process. from the UKBA