Universities minister seeks to protect UK's reputation with foreign students
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18:54 13/09/2012
The universities minister David Willetts today addressed a conference of UK universities in Keele and said that the government would be doing all it could to send out a message to international...
UKBA to close biometric clinics on Borneo until 2013
11:40 13/09/2012
The United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA), one of the UK's immigration authorities, which has responsibility for visa applications made overseas, has said that it is to cease its mobile biometric...
Canada aims to strip 3,100 of citizenship
12:23 12/09/2012
Jason Kenney, the Canadian minister for Citizenship, Multiculturalism and Immigration, announced yesterday, 10th September 2012, that his government has begun the process of revoking citizenship...
Army may replace UK immigration staff in event of general strike
10:32 12/09/2012
Yesterday, the Trades Union Congress, an annual gathering of UK Trades Unions voted to explore the practicalities of a general strike to protest at the ongoing cuts being imposed by the UK's...
Chinese applications for Australian student visas up by 20%
9:56 12/09/2012
The Australian newspaper reports today 12th September 2012, that applications from mainland China to Australian educational institutions are soaring after several years of decline. A Chinese...
UK immigration authorities admit laying off too many staff to save costs
18:15 11/09/2012
Dame Helen Ghosh, the civil servant who is Permanent Secretary to the Home Office, has said that the UK Border Agency (UKBA) and the UK Border Force (UKBF) had persuaded too many staff to leave with...