Tier 4 Review
Below is an open letter from the UK Border Agency to Tier 4 Sponsors in the UK, detailing the recent review of the visa system and the changes due to be implemented on 3 March 2010.
Tier 4 Review
Below is an open letter from the UK Border Agency to Tier 4 Sponsors in the UK, detailing the recent review of the visa system and the changes due to be implemented on 3 March 2010.
I love my country and have been a supporter of our current Government. However, the Home Secretary’s announcement on Saturday of a number of new tier 4 rules and announcing that they are effective immediately has left many scratching their head, including the UK Border Agency.
In this the second post of our series on schools and colleges removed from the Tier 4 Sponsors Register, we’ll be looking at the ratings that the UK Border Agency awards sponsors, what they mean and the differences between them.
Following on from a number of questions, much discussion from our readers – and a real concern over lack of information from the UK Border Agency, Embassies, schools and colleges –we’re going to do a series of posts focusing on schools and colleges removed from the Tier 4 Sponsors Register.

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) is due to launch the new sponsorship management process for Tier 4 of the points-based system on 5th October 2009.