There will be a number of immigration changes implemented in the coming weeks, the UK Government announced this week. From this week, UK identity cards will be issued to all foreign nationals applying to stay in the UK on a student or marriage visa. Introduced gradually over three years, it is hoped that every person wishing to stay in the UK for more than 6 months will be issued with one.
In November 2009, the following new measures will also be introduced:
- Tiers 2 and 5 of the new UK Immigration Points Based System will come into force.
- The news Business Visit Visa will be available.
- An increase in required age under UK marriage visa rules.
The launch of Tier 2 – for skilled migrants who have obtained a job offer – and Tier 5 – for temporary workers and youth mobility – will see the UK’s new points based system expand rapidly. The current work permit system will become part of Tier 2. People looking to come to the UK temporarily for non-economic reasons – sportspeople, entertainers and charity workers for example – will be governed by Tier 5 from November 2009. This move will also see the existing, complicated youth mobility scheme, which currently has six strands, condensed to a new, single Youth Mobility Scheme. This does mean that the current Working Holiday Maker Scheme, so popular with South Africans and Australians, will be abolished.
The new Business Visit Visa is being implemented to simply which business activities can legally be undertaken by people entering the UK under this visa class.
The minimum age requirement for a UK marriage visa is to be raised to 21. This change reprasents part of the government’s actions against forced marriage.
Can you provide more information or resources on this? The Visa process is not alwas so easy from what I have read
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where are you applying from?
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