UK to make foreign workers wait longer for settled statusBritain's Labour government plans to make some legal migrants wait up to 20 years before they can apply to settle in the UK permanently, th...
20 Nov, 2025, 10.26 PM IST
UK to toughen migrant settlement process beyond jobs and taxesUK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood signals future changes for legal migrant settlement. She plans to assess social contributions beyond econ...
28 Sep, 2025, 03.00 PM IST
UK's Starmer says net migration will fall significantlyMigration-UK's PM Starmer says net migration will fall significantly
12 May, 2025, 01.33 PM IST
UK plans crackdown on misuse of study, work visas for asylum claimsThe UK government is intensifying efforts to combat asylum claim abuse by foreign nationals, particularly those initially entering on study...
07 May, 2025, 11.40 AM IST
UK tightens measures to clamp down on soaring migration figuresUK government plans to link immigration, skills, and labor policies, focusing on domestic workforce growth. A crackdown on illegal working ...
19 Dec, 2024, 02.01 PM IST
Sunak-era crackdown causes sharp fall in UK health worker visasThe number of British visas granted to foreign health and care workers, as well as to the family members of international students, has sha...
23 Aug, 2024, 11.45 AM IST
UK's Graduate Visa programs may stay, but Sunak plans crackdown on foreign education agentsUK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to announce crackdown on agents marketing graduate visa schemes overseas, aiming to toughen migration ...
17 May, 2024, 12.12 PM IST
UK sees drastic drop in student dependents after visa crackdownUK government's visa changes impact dependents and Indian students. Restrictions on visa switches and care workers. Focus on reducing legal...
01 May, 2024, 03.45 PM IST
Petition calls on UK government to reconsider healthcare visa termAn online petition is pushing the UK government to grant foreign healthcare workers, especially from India, more time to secure jobs after ...
26 Mar, 2024, 11.08 AM IST
UK's curbs on international students, foreign workers may backfire, thinks a top hedge fund founderThe UK government's migration crackdown is damaging higher education institutions and hindering the country's ambitions in science and tech...
28 Feb, 2024, 04.45 PM IST
UK's Family Visa crackdown to impact many Indian family plansFrom March/April next year, this threshold will jump to GBP 38,700, inevitably set to have a significant impact on applicants from the Indi...
06 Dec, 2023, 08.51 PM IST
United Kingdom bars most international students from bringing familyThe UK government on Tuesday announced a new immigration crackdown targeted at overseas students, including Indians, and their visa right t...
24 May, 2023, 11.07 AM IST
UK’s Rishi Sunak looks to more foreign workers to plug shortagesThe Migration Advisory Committee, which advises the government on immigration, has recommended that tradespeople including carpenters, bric...
09 Mar, 2023, 09.48 PM IST
Indian group urges UK to remove overseas students from migration statsInternational students were a large contributory factor to this spike, with Indians overtaking Chinese students as the largest cohort of st...
26 Nov, 2022, 08.05 AM IST
UK announces crackdown on immigration, decision to hit IndiansFor migration within the EU, the home minister unveiled plans to overhaul legislation to make it easier to deport criminals and those who a...
04 Oct, 2016, 08.33 PM IST
UK considers further visa crackdowns for non-EU nationals including IndiansIndia is the third largest category in terms of student visa applications after the US and China, with 10,664 granted between June 2015 and...
01 Sep, 2016, 01.53 AM IST
Visa curbs on skilled migrants hit UK talent pool: StudyThe number of recent migrants from outside EEA, which includes countries like India, fell from 154K in 2011 to 94K in 2013, a decrease of 3...
03 Jul, 2014, 09.40 PM IST