Daniel Kiunsi says the Government’s decision to seize his passport caused him ‘great unhappiness’ The Tanzanian believes the UK should pay for his basic needs including food, rent and council tax He cites human rights laws relating to ‘torture’ and ‘degrading treatment’ UK Border Agency vows to challenge his claim More...

Once again the Home Affairs Select Committee↑hit the headlines last week with a damning report on the failures of the UK Border Agency, this time stating that the agency cannot fulfil even its basic functions. For the Refugee Council, an organisation whose clients rely on the UKBA to make life-changing decisions that determine their futures, this is deeply worrying. To start with, as widely [More]

This article anwers a question to one of my friends when she told me about her journey, coming back from her country with her little boy, As she is a non a British Citizen yet, she was waiting for such a long time (about 2 hours), in the UK Border at the airport, because her family name and her boy's family name were [More]

It is estimated that around 20,000 people will be issued with a UK Visa for the Olympics, which allows the holder a maximum stay in the UK of six months. However, the Olympic Visit Visa will now carry a restriction that does not allow the holder to get married or form a Civil Partnership and will also ban any attempt to carry out any form of study in the UK. The move from the UKBA stems from the case of two 16 year old Cameroonian athletes, who attempted to [More]

Travelling through Europe has never been easier than it is now. Since the Schengen Agreements of 1985 and 1990 came into being, it is now wholly possible to travel between several European countries on one visa. The Schengen visa. The Schengen visa allows you to cross the borders between Austria, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece [More]

Los ecuatorianos que deseen viajar a Reino Unido por motivo de las Olimpiadas de Londres 2012, deberan aplicar para un visado de visita. En esta pagina les proveeremos con informacion y tips interesantes para que el tramite de aplicacion le sirva de guia. Actualmente la oficina de Imigracion de Reino Unido, UKBA (United Kingdom Border Agency) urge que las personas [More]

The Migration Advisory Committee said there were 23 fewer UK jobs for every 100 migrants from outside the EU. But a separate report from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) says immigration has had little impact. The government said it was working to reduce net migration. Focus on 'well-being' [More]

The introduction of the British visa has quickly become a major issue for South Africans travelling to the UK, where previously they enjoyed a freedom of travel, being allowed in and out as they wished for a stay of up to 6 months. The new changes made sure that South Africans now need to apply for a visa to enter the United Kingdom for any stay, and in most cases, even we’ll even need a [More]

The UK Border Agency has published its lists of financial institutions that do not verify financial statements to the satisfaction of the UK Government. They are in India, Pakistan and the Philippines. The UK Border Agency has also published lists of institutions in those countries that do satisfactorily verify financial statements. If your [More]

In the 1992 case of Surinder Singh (Case C-370/90 The Queen v Immigration Appeal Tribunal et Surinder Singh, ex parte Secretary of State for Home Department), the ECJ ruled that when EEA nationals work or are self-employed in another Member State, that on return to their own country they will be entitled to the More...