UK Immigration Rules changed on 6thApril2012, Visit EzeeGuide for more info

These include changes for migrants coming to the UK under the following routes of the points-based system: Tier 1 - high-value migrants; Tier 2 - skilled workers, including: new arrangements for students switching into Tier 2 and confirmation that the limit for non-EU skilled workers allowed into the UK will remain at 20,700 for the next 2 years; Tier 4 – students; and Tier 5 - temporary workers.

Also from today, the government has increased the funds that applicants will need to provide evidence of, in order to meet the maintenance requirements for Tier 4 and Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme).

Changes to the level of funds needed for applicants in Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 5 (Temporary worker) will come into effect on 14th June 2012.

The other changes coming into effect today include curtailment - cutting short the leave you have if you fail to start, or have ceased your work or study; and creation of a new visitor route for permitted paid engagements to allow a small group of professionals, artists, entertainers and sportspersons who are to come to the UK to undertake short-term remunerated activities, for up to one month without formal sponsorship.

Rules governing the overseas domestic workers have also been changed.

The government has also extended leave to remain for Tier 2 migrants, allowing them to extend for a further three years, to take their stay up to a maximum of six years in total.

UK freezes skilled migrant cap for two years

The annual limit on non-EEA skilled workers allowed into the UK to work will remain at 20,700 for the next two years, Immigration Minister Damian Green has said.

The minister said that the move was meant to demonstrate “that the brightest and best migrants are welcome in the UK.”

Home Office said that the government had listened to businesses and decided to freeze the limit, fixing it for two years until April 2014. This will give companies greater certainty and consistency to make plans for the future, Home Office said.

The government has also increased the skill level required by migrants who wish to work in the UK. This means that a number of middle-management jobs such as IT technicians and security managers will no longer be open to migrant workers. Highly-skilled occupations such as architect, teacher or chemical engineer will still be available.

“The government has been clear that the UK is open for business and our limit has been designed with the industry’s needs in mind,” Mr. Green said. “The limit, which is undersubscribed, has not stopped a single skilled worker from coming to the UK. We believe there is no incompatibility between economic growth and controlling migration - our reformed, more selective immigration system can achieve both.”

Additionally, the rules for businesses around advertising highly paid and PhD jobs will be relaxed to cut bureaucracy. This means companies will no longer have to advertise vacancies via JobCentrePlus, where they are less likely to get applicants for these types of jobs, but will still have to advertise more widely.

Furthermore, companies will now be able to advertise PhD level occupations overseas, as well as in the UK, so that the best candidate can be selected.

Home Office said that the reforms will continue to restrict the ability of lesser skilled workers to enter the UK. They are aimed at improving the selectivity of the UK immigration system – ensuring that only the brightest and the best are able to come to the UK and work.

Prospective workers will still need to have a graduate level job, speak an intermediate level of English and meet specific salary and employment requirements before they are able to work in the UK.

Those earning a salary of £150,000 will continue to be exempt from the limit.

Top 10 and the Happiest countries in the world to immigrate

Scandinavian countries Denmark, Finland and Norway have been declared the TOP three happiest nations in the world during the last six years (2005 to 2011), according to a Gallup poll.

HERE IS THE LIST OF TOP 10 COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO IMMIGRATE IN CURRENT SITUATION OF 2012

1. Denmark
2. Finland
3. Norway
4. Netherlands
5. Canada
6. Switzerland
7. SWEDEN
8. New Zealand
9. AUSTRALIA
10. Ireland

IRELAND

AUSTRALIA

NEWZEALAND

SWEDEN

SWITZERLAND

NETHERLANDS

DENMARK

FINLAND

NORWAY

                                                                  

CANADA

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UK Telugu Association (UKTA) is non-religious, non-profit organization that encourages Telugu speaking people around the England to actively participate in the progress of the community that defines their identity.

UK Telugu Association’s development oriented programs are designed to build principles leadership, empower visionaries to inspire collective action and unite towards a common vision while creating opportunities for youth/ student and Telugu speaking community. To serve UKTA by applying their skills, time and resources towards grassroots of projects and sustainable strategies for change. The core fellowship program aims to inspire a new generation of youth leaders through structured grassroots of public service opportunities. For more info, please visit:http://www.uktas.org.uk/node 

UKTA a Telugu Association based in London projects embody a firm and demonstrated commitment to promoting Telugu culture in the community, active role in contributing to the welfare of the communities’ around us. By engaging young talented young Telugu students around UK to tackle most pressing challenges, we can build a new brand of socially conscious leaders with character, knowledge, commitment and vision to transform India and the world. UKTA’s greatest challenges are not financial; there is lot money available for good ideas. However the sectors that comprise the Nation’s backbone (education, civil services, development, health services, the social sector, politics, etc) have adire need for committed and visionary talented to drive sustained progress. The youngest talented people in UKTA should have viable opportunities to contribute to the country and be rewarded for their contribution to National progress. Young people want to contribute, but they are looking for both the opportunities and incentives to act. By developing a selective program to engage committed and able young people, we can generate an aura of prestige around opportunities for young Telugu people to take responsibility for national progress. Encouraging civic engagement within the youth will transform the way they interact with society and inspire others to follow suit-leading to wide spread attitudinal shift that is required for a vibrant and participatory democracy.

Aim & Objectives:

To promote and cultivate the True knowledge and understanding of Telugu culture to students and youth 

• To maintain, enhance, understand, and appreciate Telugu culture and language,
• To preserve Telugu heritage by celebrating various Telugu festivals holidays,
• To make arrangements for all round development of the individuals attached with the Organization, to nourish their talents and to make them useful for the next generation.
   
• To provide the charity events and programs for the benefit of the Telugu community people in general and community in particular
• To provide equal importance to Women in UKTA
   
• To organize small workshops among Telugu people in regular intervals regarding jobs, studies, financial issues, immigration etc
• To provide platform for networking meetings among Business People
• To promote Telugu organizations and Telugu community to on common platform for the betterment of the Telugu Community.
• To mobilize students and youth for promoting Variations activities of UKTA

New Australian Program to Assist Overseas Engineers Get Jobs

Available reports suggest that - and contrary to a widely held belief, just one out of every two engineers, who are overseas-trained, may really get jobs in their specific and specialized domain in Australia. To positively address this matter, the creation of a new program is being mulled over in the involved nation that would cover not only the various facets of technical training, but also workplace culture and skills related to job-finding for the involved immigrant engineers.

Available statistics suggest that at the present, just 50% of the engineers born overseas and working in the country are working in their chosen domain, vis-a-vis 63% of Australian-born engineers. During the year of 2010, there were close to 9,000 engineers from abroad -- out of which nearly 2,500 are on the temporary visas of the country under the General Skilled Migration Program (GSM).

Meanwhile, a concerned person was quoted as saying that the key issue people from abroad face is thoroughly understand the work culture of the country - what they could expect in the workforce of the nation, and how best to become a part of the same. 

The program will be offered to a maximum of 20 engineers every few months. The first course, which successfully ran in the city of Perth during the month of January, saw applicant from several nations including India, the Philippines, and Pakistan, etc. The program is available to all trained engineers from abroad who have work rights in the Kangaroo Land even as this includes those possessing the nation's much-prized Permanent Residency (PR).

Indian Students in UK Not Entitled to Stay & Work, Post Studies

In an important move, which is not likely to go down well with the Indian students studying in the UK, Students from India, who go to the UK for higher study purposes, will be denied the permission to live in the country, for work purposes, after their education course, for which they may have arrived in the country, ends. This fresh ruling, made public before, has become effective now.

The repercussions of the development are already there for all to see. Reportedly, the number of immigration applications filed from India, for the various available university courses in Britain starting in September 2012, has already witnessed a significant decrease. That this development would trigger an additional decrease cannot be ruled out. 

The government before had allowed the students from abroad to duly apply for employment for not less than two years - with the only key condition being that they pay a visa fee of £500. In view of the prevailing high levels of unemployment plaguing the country, this is being done away with. 

But everything is still not lost for the Indian students. Entrepreneur graduates could still find work in Britain. Besides, though the overseas students may no longer work for two years in the country, after concluding their education, according to the Home Ministry of Britain, other avenues still exist for them. 

A case in point is the path still available under the Tier-II for the trained workers, who have sponsorship from a British job-provider. Graduate entrepreneur scheme for those with a nice business map is yet another path still open for the students from India. Meanwhile, a concerned person from the UK Immigration reportedly said that London is keen to inspire the very best and the most brilliant talents. 

Via the Tier-I (post-study work) path, Indian and other students from the non-EU nations were in a position to work for a maximum of two years in Britain after finishing-off their university courses. For the self-funding students from India, this was something to look forward to even as it permitted them to return a section of the loan they may have taken to turn-up in the UK, for study purposes. That the accompanying experience also boosted their job prospects back home was yet another incentive for them. 

Coming back to the ruling, hurdles have also been put in the way to allegedly prevent the bogus students from turning up on the British soils. Simultaneously, fly-by-night or fake colleges have been prevented from giving admission to the overseas students. Talking about the move, an involved person was quoted as saying that the earlier system was rather liberal. With there being hardly any curbs, it was being misused, and many individuals did low-skill jobs. 

The immigration minister of the nation seemed to conclude the issue when he reportedly observed that there is hardly any clash between financial development and managing immigration as the improved immigration system of the country may get both.