US hikes H-1B fee while UK considers to make visa ‘zero cost’ for global talent Britain is weighing plans to scrap visa fees for the world’s best scientists, academics and digital experts, reports Financial Times.The move is aimed at boosting growth and positioning the UK as a magnet for global talent.The debate comes just as…
The UK government will begin enforcing the first phase of immigration reforms from July 22, 2025, as part of its wider policy agenda outlined in the immigration white paper titled “Restoring control over the immigration system”. The measures, aimed at reducing net migration, include a narrower list of sponsor-eligible jobs and a ban on overseas…
For the better part of a decade, the UK’s Labour Party had perfected the art of losing.Despite Brexit chaos, five Tory prime ministers, Boris Johnson’s Downing Street circus, Liz Truss’s lettuce-inflicted collapse, a pandemic, and a brutal cost-of-living crisis, Labour remained stuck in opposition—haunted by its own ideological baggage and public mistrust.Voters flirted with them,…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday, May 12, revealed a wide-ranging overhaul of the United Kingdom’s immigration system. The Immigration White Paper, titled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, introduced sweeping changes to work, student, family, and asylum visa routes.The reforms have been announced as Starmer’s Labour government, which won last July in a…
UK PM Keir Starmer drew backlash for his immigration speech. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that his administration would tighten every area of the country’s broken immigration system to stop the country from becoming an “island of strangers”.The comment drew a huge backlash as it was seen as unnecessary fear-mongering.Starmer was speaking…