TOI Correspondent from London: New lengths of times that foreign nationals have to wait before they can get settled status, or permanent residency, on which the home secretary is holding public consultation, have been widely criticised by the Indian diaspora.Shabana Mahmood has announced that the majority of foreign nationals in the UK, who arrived 2021…
A policy of mass deporting legal immigrants was once solely the preserve of fringe racist groups such as the National Front in Britain. Now it’s the position not only of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which leads the country’s polls, but also the Conservatives, the governing party for 14 of the past 15 years. The mainstreaming…
The UK government has launched a campaign warning international students not to overstay their visas, with Home Secretary Yvette Cooper saying those who remain without legal status will face removal. According to a BBC News report, the Home Office has directly contacted international students by text and email for the first time. Around 10,000 students…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will on Monday unveil his government’s “radical” landmark policy aimed at cutting the number of people arriving in the country as anti-immigration parties surge in the polls.Starmer will “announce an end to Britain’s failed experiment in open borders that saw migration soar to one million a year by ensuring people…
The UK government has unveiled plans to tighten visa requirements to limit the number of workers arriving in the country through legal channels. These measures, detailed in the upcoming Immigration White Paper, include new graduate-level requirements for skilled worker visas and limits on lower-skilled visas. A dedicated group will be tasked with identifying industries that…