- Tier 4 student visa interviews start from May 2013
- Right to appeal family visa refusals withdrawn
- London Metropolitan University granted probationary licence to sponsor Tier 4 visas
- Home Office and Capita launch visa reminder pilot
- Online payments for visa applications in India from 1 May 2013
- New booking process for premium service appointments
- Statement of intent for new requirements for ILR and citizenship
- Overseas visa applications go online and single-currency
- New application forms from 6 April 2013
- New citizenship test launched
- Biometric enrolment systems upgraded at Post Offices
- Changes to the Immigration rules in effect from 6 April 2013
- Tier 4 rules changed to prevent downgrading of studies after confirmed CAS
- Post-study work exemptions for PhD and MBA students
- Updated practice tests for A Guide for New Residents, valid from 25 March 2013 launched
- Life in the UK Test Handbook 2013 published
- Online payments for visa applications in China from 14 March 2013
- Prime time visa appointments available in Manila
- Applications from Namibia must be made online from 11 March 2013
- Premium visa application centre opens in Ho Chi Minh City
- Temporary concessions for Syrian nationals in the UK extended
- Biometric information required for applications from St Lucia
- Pre-entry tuberculosis screening in the Philippines
- Indian ‘super-priority’ visa service to be launched in March
- New priority visa services around the world
- Tier 2: Changes to salary thresholds and skilled occupations list on 6 April 2013
- Increases to immigration fees on 6 April 2013
- Apply online service unavailable between 1 and 4 March 2013
- Settlement visa delays in Thailand
- No transitional period for the new Life in the UK test
- Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route rules change in response to suspected abuse
- 3rd Revision of UK Citizenship Test announced for release in March
- New backlog of cases found at UKBA by Chief Inspector
- Apply online service unavailable from 25-28 January
- UKBA statement on Capita Business Services
- UK visa application centre in Singapore relocated
- British Future thinktank publishes the 2012 State of the Nation report
- Higher education statistics show changing mix of international students
- Good character requirement changes for citizenship applications
- Final visa decisions made for London Met students
- UKBA starts moving overseas application processing to Croydon hub
- Pre-entry Tuberculosis testing for South Africa and Zimbabwe
- Census data show Scottish population at record high
- New application forms for Tier 1, ILR and FLR
- Theresa May’s facts about immigration
- Interview programme for ‘high-risk’ student visa applications to be expanded
- 2011 Census data published for England and Wales
- Biometric residence permits compulsory for stays over 6 months
- UKBA issues fake websites and calls warning
- Dramatic fall in net migration shows effect of Coalition immigration policy
- UKBA has backlog of over 150,000 overstaying students
- Online appointment booking offline on 28 and 30 November
- Immigration Rules updated for skilled workers
- Settlement rules relaxed for foreign troops serving in HM armed forces
- Rules change for EEA migrants
- Guidance published for London Met students
- Bilston Community College loses right to sponsor foreign students
- Citizenship applications for children born of surrogacy arrangements
- Croatia to join the EU
- Temporary concessions for Syrian nationals
- New application forms published
- New rules for extending visas, exceptional talent route and students from Botswana and Malaysia
- Changes to apply online customer accounts from 1 October 2012
- Apply online service unavailable for four days from 27 September
- Students can start at London Met on Monday
- New version of Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) guidance released
- Mark Harper MP becomes Immigration Minister
- UKBA updates Immigration Rules following Alvi case
- Rules for applications from overstayers change from 1 October 2012
- London Met launches legal action against UKBA decision
- UKBA revokes London Met’s license to sponsor students
- Student visas uncertain for London Met students
- UKBA issues warning about fake websites and telephone calls
- Supreme Court rules Home Secretary’s new Immigration Rules unlawful again
- Changes to citizenship applications made from outside the UK
- Price for passports to be reduced from September
- New versions of Forms FLR(M) and FLR(O) from 9 July 2012
- Family migration changes come into effect from 9 July 2012
- UKBA to start interviewing non-EU student visa applicants
- Family settlement forms and online application changes
- Biometrics office opens in Leicester
- Overstayers to face automatic refusal for further leave to remain
- What to expect from the new citizenship test
- British history is now ‘at the heart of the citizenship test
- Supreme court rulings limit rights to family life for foreign-born criminals
- Transitional arrangements for new family visa rules
- Family visit visa appeals tightened
- Children of Ghurkas lose High Court case for settlement
- New form for dependents under the points based system published
- Family migration changes announced
- New family visa rules and salary thresholds to be announced
- Home Secretary seeking to revise use of human rights in deportation appeals
- Home Secretary planning immigration contingencies
- Tier 2 cooling off exemption for 2011 interns
- Net migration remains above 250,000 up to September 2011
- Pre-entry tuberculosis screening programme launched
- Appeal rights for family visitor visas restricted
- UKBA makes announcement about public enquiry office delays
- Human rights abusers to be refused entry to the UK
- A new citizenship test for 2012?
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