All you need to know about UK visa
Do you need a visa to work in the UK? If you are interested in applying for jobs in the UK, you will need a valid work permit. Easy remittance | NRIs: Away but united
By ET Online |
| Indian and other non-EU students in UK applying for extension to stay will be issued biometric identity cards from November. | |
| Indian IT professionals will fall under Tier 2 of this new system. Employers in UK must apply for a license no later than 1st October 2008. | |
| Students from India & other non-European countries will have to provide their fingerprints and prove that they have money to support themselves. | |
| The key benefit of the system is that students will be able to work out whether they have sufficient points to qualify before applying for a visa. | |
| At least 5000 Indians, disenfranchised by UK���s recent diktats on immigration policy, are to be allowed to re-enter the country. | |
| British financial employers feel the new points-based system for migrant workers may affect import of skilled talent. | |
| Special event related visas for events such as the Olympics are on the cards, besides a special fast-track category for business visitors. | |
| The Indian High Commission in the UK will outsource the visa application process, bringing relief to nearly half a million Britons visiting the country. | |
| Non-resident Indians in Britain pay half for their visas to visit India as compared to Indians for their visas to visit Britain. | |
| UK has put up its rules and guidance for employers who wish to employ or transfer overseas professionally skilled workers to the country. | |
| Britain tightened the rules to regulate entry of skilled non-European workers in the second phase of the biggest overhaul of immigration policy for a generation. |
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