Britain

UK visa application fees are set to increase next month as part of a plan to improve customer service and deliver a better quality service. As of 6 April the fees will increase for visa application made overseas and applications made in the UK, said Immigration Minister Mark Harper. ‘These increases are mostly in line [...]

Working abroad could help UK graduates who have been struggling to get a job in the current challenging economic climate, it is claimed. In many regions around the world there is a huge and growing demand for English language teaching and a need for quality teachers to meet this, according to the British Council, which [...]

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) says that the number of specialist UK jobs which need to be filled by workers from outside the European Economic Area is falling. As a result it recommends a reduction in employment covered by the UK’s shortage occupation list to 180,000 employees, less than 1% of the total workforce. Before [...]

More international students from outside the European Union are applying to study in the UK with the latest figures showing an increase in applications from abroad. The figures released by UCAS, the organisation that co-ordinates applications for all universities in the UK, show a 9.9% increase in the number of students applying from China and [...]

A new book has been published for people wishing to live permanently in the UK to help them prepare for the revised citizenship test which is being introduced in March. The revised test is part of the government’s reforms to the immigration system to help reduce net migration to sustainable levels while ensuring that Britain [...]

Over the last few days the press in the UK, and indeed Europe, has been dominated by allegations that beefburgers in some of the U.K.’s major retail outlets were found to have traces of horsemeat. The situation has most visibly impacted the share price of Tesco, knocking a reputed £300 million off the value of [...]