Invest in apprenticeships to secure home grown talent urges REC Hospitality Following the Governmentâs migration cap announcement, the Recruitment and Employment Confederationâs (REC) dedicated hospitality group is advocating that apprenticeship schemes are the major tool for... Recruitment International (09-Dec-2010) Workers face deportation after raids on takeaways FOUR takeaway and restaurant workers face deportation after border police raided restaurants across West Cumbria in a crackdown on illegal... The White Haven News (08-Dec-2010) Waitrose and Tesco sold leeks picked by 'slaves', court told A gang made £10m over four years by recruiting migrant workers and treating them as "slaves" to pick leeks which were then sold to major British supermarkets, a court was told... The Independent (By Rob Hastings) (08-Dec-2010) 30-YEAR HIGH IN TB IS CAUSED BY IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION is responsible for a 30- year high in the number of cases of tuberculosis in the UK, the Government said... Daily Express (Daily Express reporter) (08-Dec-2010) MIGRANT UNIVERSITY STUDENT PURGE TOUGH new rules have been announced to stop migrants abusing Britain s student visa... Daily Star (Daily Star reporter) (08-Dec-2010) Woman sentenced over East Sussex sham marriage case Larisa Kuznecova, 28, of Anglesea Terrace, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, pleaded guilty to the charge at Lewes Crown Court last month. She is the fourth person sentenced over sham marriages involving... BBC News England (07-Dec-2010) Are there any taxpayer-funded bodies NOT funding Left-wing think-tank the IPPR? You cant keep a good man down: Lord Mandelson is to chair an inquiry into the future of globalisation for the Left-wing think-tank the Institute for Public Policy... Telegraph Blogs (By Ed West) (07-Dec-2010) Health Minister: Immigrants to blame for record rise in TB Record numbers of tuberculosis infections are being fuelled by immigration, the health secretary has claimed. Daily Mail (07-Dec-2010) Government pledges to slash 100,000 foreign student visas, but critics say new rule is ripe for 'abuse' A loophole in new foreign student rules is ripe for abuse and could allow in in tens of thousands to study at English language colleges, critics warned... The Mail On Sunday (Jack Doyle) (07-Dec-2010) Student visa shake-up planned (Reuters) - Overseas students in Britain wanting to stay on and look for work after their courses end will no longer be able to do so under government plans to curb immigration laid out on... Reuters UK (07-Dec-2010) Sham marriage wife told pay back cash or face prison A woman who was jailed after immigration officers busted a sham marriage racket must now hand over the £67,000 she made from staying in Britain... Get Reading (Alan Bunce) (07-Dec-2010) LSC accused of overpayments worth £77m The LSC made overpayments of £77m to legal aid lawyers in the financial year April 2009-10, the National Audit Office has estimated. Although it was expected that the NAO would once again qualify the LSC s... Solicitors Journal (06-Dec-2010) Foreign student crackdown Up to 100,000 foreign students will be barred from Britain every year under planned tough new immigration rules to be unveiled... Telegraph.co.uk (By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor) (06-Dec-2010) Fake papers used to open bank account By tom morris A FAILED asylum seeker has been jailed after using a false passport to open a bank account in Clifton. Khan Maropkhil, 21, walked into Barclays Bank in Clifton on October 7, 2008, and... This is Bristol (06-Dec-2010) IMMIGRATION: NEW CRACKDOWN TO KICK OUT BOGUS FOREIGN STUDENTS FOREIGN students will be barred from Britain unless they are studying for a degree under plans to weed out bogus visa... Express.co.uk (By Anil Dawar) (06-Dec-2010) Asylum vouchers allegedly used to buy laptops, TVs and mobile phones WIDESPREAD fraud has been alleged in the asylum seeker food voucher system with crooks accused of using them to buy everything from digital TVs to laptops and mobile... SundayMercury.net (Jeanette Oldham) (05-Dec-2010) The official indulgence of Islamism in East London Imagine that the British National Party controls a church and community centre in the East End of London. Imagine that it receives respectful visits from politicians, and grants from local and national... The Spectator (Nick Cohen) (05-Dec-2010) INDIAS PUSH ON MIGRANTS BRITAINS immigration controls will come under renewed pressure from the Indian government in Brussels on... Sunday Express (Ted Jeory) (05-Dec-2010) INDIA S PUSH ON MIGRANTS BRITAIN S immigration controls will come under renewed pressure from the Indian government in Brussels on... Express.co.uk (By Ted Jeory) (05-Dec-2010) Immigration adviser charges £350 to write a letter Eustace Okere, an approved immigration adviser, is still practicing despite being under police investigation after a judge in a crown court trial accused him of having arranged a sham marriage for a... Telegraph.co.uk (04-Dec-2010) Foreign Students 7 December, 2010 Summary 1 Briefing Paper No 2.8 provides background briefing on foreign (non EU) students in the UK. It outlines the visa system, the number of students, the colleges involved, and the role of the UKBA. Student Visas 2 Previously the ‘Student’ visa was used to cover all study from short English language courses to undergraduate or postgraduate degrees. This has now been phased out for new applicants and replaced with two visas categories: Student Visitor and PBS Tier 4. 3 PBS Tier 4 is for students on courses of over six months either at university level or in Higher Education of some kind. It started to operate in 2009. 40 points are required. 30 points are awarded for possessing a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) issued by the sponsoring college and ten point s for maintenance. The student must demonstrate that they have enough funds to cover the first year of their course fees and their living costs. The living costs are £800 per month in Inner London and £600 for the rest of the country. These students can bring in dependants. Students at degree level can work 20 hours a week and students below degree level can work 10 hours a week. The dependants of students at degree level are allowed to work without any restrictions on their hours. The dependants of those at below degree level cannot work. For more detail on eligible courses and English language requirements see Annex A of the Briefing Paper
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