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Oct 4, 20223 min read

SPONSOR LICENCES: PRE-LICENCE PRIORITY SERVICES

There is some light at the end of the tunnel... The hard-pressed Pre-Licence Priority Service purports to cut the UKVI's standard sponsor...

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20221 min read

KILL OF RIGHTS and DEATH THREATS

Through a so-called Bill of Rights to replace the Human Rights Act, the current government seeks to erode the human rights of everyone....

TALENT AND IMMIGRATION: OPTIONS FOR EMPLOYERS - In partnership with the French Chamber of Commerce

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20221 min read

TALENT AND IMMIGRATION: OPTIONS FOR EMPLOYERS - In partnership with the French Chamber of Commerce

21.6.22 Today Nilmini Roelens delivered a presentation to a select audience of member companies of the Chambre de Commerce Francaise de...

HIGH POTENTIAL INDIVIDUALS [HPI] LEAPING WITH JOY from MONDAY 30.5.22

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20223 min read

HIGH POTENTIAL INDIVIDUALS [HPI] LEAPING WITH JOY from MONDAY 30.5.22

Author: Nilmini Roelens Sometimes, if we are not sensible, potential remains only that: potential. After 30 years of practice, an...

GLOBAL BUSINESS MOBILITY: Will the new business immigration visas deliver as promised?

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20222 min read

GLOBAL BUSINESS MOBILITY: Will the new business immigration visas deliver as promised?

The UK Home Office promoted the new Business Immigration routes which have been coming into effect progressively since the Spring,...

UK RWANDA "REFUGEE DEAL": UNLAWFUL, ABHORRENT AND UNGODLY

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20222 min read

UK RWANDA "REFUGEE DEAL": UNLAWFUL, ABHORRENT AND UNGODLY

Author: Nilmini Roelens UK RWANDA ASYLUM PARTNERSHIP The Home Secretary Priti Patel has "linked up" with Rwanda via this Memorandum of...

HOMES FOR UKRAINE: some gaps in the roof

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20224 min read

HOMES FOR UKRAINE: some gaps in the roof

URGENT: A REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT SCHEME NEEDED! MATCHING UNDER HOMES FOR UKRAINE The UK government's response to the refugee crisis in...

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20225 min read

UKRAINE: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

There comes a point when the denial or abuse of basic human rights reaches such an appalling level that failing to speak out amounts to...

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20224 min read

Growing your business in the UK

Article from French Morning London - with our contribution UK BUSINESS VISAS: Ways to expand and grow your business in the UK...

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 202220 min read

UKRAINE: WHAT CAN WE DO?

LEAVING UKRAINE: Getting to the Border If you can safely reach a neighbouring country, you may seek sanctuary as a refugee. Neighbouring...

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20222 min read

TIER 1 INVESTOR VISA CLOSED: ABRUPTLY

Within 24 hours of a media announcement ON 16 FEBRUARY 2022 stating the Investor category will be withdrawn the following week SSHD has...

AN ALTERNATIVE TO A BRITISH NATIONAL ID CARD - UK DIGITAL ID AND ATTRIBUTES TRUSTED FRAMEWORK

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20224 min read

AN ALTERNATIVE TO A BRITISH NATIONAL ID CARD - UK DIGITAL ID AND ATTRIBUTES TRUSTED FRAMEWORK

Nosedive is a disquieting episode of Black Mirror where (Netflix) one’s socio-economic status is determined by scoring each other’s daily...

A TWELVE-MONTH WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CARE WORKERS FROM 15.2.22

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20222 min read

A TWELVE-MONTH WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CARE WORKERS FROM 15.2.22

A TWELVE-MONTH WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CARE WORKERS FROM 15.2.22 A change to the Immigration Rules coming into effect from 15 February...

GLOBALLY MOBILE TALENT - “COMING TO A BUSINESS HUB NEAR YOU” Spring 2022 - A review of UK Strategy

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20228 min read

GLOBALLY MOBILE TALENT - “COMING TO A BUSINESS HUB NEAR YOU” Spring 2022 - A review of UK Strategy

Author: Nilmini Roelens Detailed rules relating to three new visas and reviews to existing routes are due to be published in the coming...

Right to Work / Right to Rent : where are we heading?

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20223 min read

Right to Work / Right to Rent : where are we heading?

The Right to work and Right to rent checks are indeed remarkable pieces British engineering. By this, employers and landlords (lay...

BRITISH CITIZENSHIP: PRECARITY IS NON-CONDUCIVE TO INTEGRATION

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20221 min read

BRITISH CITIZENSHIP: PRECARITY IS NON-CONDUCIVE TO INTEGRATION

See the Guardian article of 17.11.21: https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/17/new-bil...

TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY: DOVER/CALAIS "MIGRANT CRISIS"

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20221 min read

TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY: DOVER/CALAIS "MIGRANT CRISIS"

Do we need to keep our side of the bargain first? The Telegraph reported on 13/11/21 about "shared problems" and "shared solutions" and...

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20222 min read

WHAT IS SO WRONG WITH HUMAN RIGHTS?

An article in The Telegraph of 16 October 2021 on how the Justice Secretary Dominic Raab plans to do away with large parts of the Human...

UK IMMIGRATION: YOUTH MOBILITY - A BIT OF A LOTTERY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20222 min read

UK IMMIGRATION: YOUTH MOBILITY - A BIT OF A LOTTERY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Those who have lots of money or lots of skills and qualifications generally have more options for migrating to the UK. The addition of...

IMMIGRATION AND HEALTHCARE: At what cost?

Nilmini Roelens

Oct 4, 20222 min read

IMMIGRATION AND HEALTHCARE: At what cost?

The austerity years of the second world war period which saw rationing of food, scarcity of fuel, bitterly cold winters, delayed...

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