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New measures to bar tens of thousands of foreign workers from outside Europe coming to work in Britain as the recession bites deeper were outlined by the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, today. The package includes possible moves to prevent the families of skilled migrants working in Britain and restricting skilled migrants to taking jobs only [...]

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Fifty-two per cent said they wanted a Tory administration to reduce immigration. This week immigration figures revealed that one in nine people living in Britain was born overseas, highlighting a significant change in population make-up under Labour. There were 6.5 million people born abroad who were resident in the UK in June 2008. This represented [...]

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The UK Government is following in the steps of the US Government in terms of increasing fees for visa processing.  The UK Government has recently announced proposed fee levels for all visa, immigration and nationality applications and services for the period 2009/10.

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Points based system forces employers to offer jobs to British before immigrants.

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 New requirements for immigrants in the UK to carry identity cards, replacing stickers in passports.

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Immigration consultants are being subjected to increasing criminal investigation and prosecution in the US.  Many are trying to bilk their clients with unrealistic promises of legitimate status and then the clients find out later that very little was done on their case. Nonetheless, there are legitimate immigration consultants that are bonded by the state and [...]

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More media coverage of Barack Obama’s aunt, Aunti Zeituni, regarding her deportation appeal and upcoming court date. ABC News’ Jason Ryan reports that officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement has no comment on the arrest request filed by the conservative group ALIPAC (Americans for Legal Immigration) for President Obama to honor his proclamations about upholding [...]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration quietly withdrew in the weeks after Barack Obama’s election a new rule requiring high-level approval before federal agents nationwide could arrest fugitive immigrants. The future for Obama’s aunt, who had been living in the country illegally, will be determined at an immigration court hearing in April.

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Many nurses hoping to move to the US will now have to wait around three years to gain their US visa, as opposed to the two months they needed to wait previously, as US immigration clears its backlog of EB-3 visa applications. Foreign nurses are being told not to lose faith that they will be [...]

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This is why I always reiterate, defrauding the federal government is not only felonious it’s foolish. Desperate people wanting to make a buck and thinking that entering into a sham marriage will be the answer may be in for a big surprise. Entering into fraudulent marriages for immigration purposes give the rest of the legitimate [...]

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