| UK introduces biometric ID cards for overseas students Media Center ยป Video Immigration News Under tougher United Kingdom immigration rules designed to tackle bogus colleges, overseas students coming to the UK will need biometric identity cards. Fingerprinting of overseas students will begin this month with university chiefs warning that it needs to be a simple and efficient process. The first students having to give fingerprints will be those applying for visa extensions from 25 November under Tier 4 of the UK's new five-tier points based system.... workpermit.com |
Immigrant’s Criminal Past Colors a Group’s Legal Challenge to Detentions Just before the A.C.L.U. filed its lawsuit seeking hearings for hundreds of detained legal immigrants, the lawyers involved realized their lead plaintiff had a dark past: participation in an identity theft ring. nytimes.com |
Money Trickles North as Mexicans Help Relatives Some Mexican families are scraping together what they can to support unemployed relatives in the United States. nytimes.com |
UK Tier 2 Visa Shortage Occupation List Announcement There are likely to be changes to the shortage occupation list for Tier 2 Visas following recommendations by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) in their latest report. This is following MAC's third partial review of the shortage occupation lists for the UK in general and for Scotland:... workpermit.com |
Debate Over Arizona Immigration Law Comes to U.S. Court Partisans squared off for the first time in federal court, providing a glimpse into the legal arguments that will be used in the coming battle over the new law. nytimes.com |