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Changes To PEO Booking System

From 6th April 2013, all applications made in person via a Public Enquiry Office (PEO) will attract the relevant standard UKBA fee applied to postal applications, plus an additional £375 per person.

PM Talks Tough On Migrants And Benefits

Prime Minister David Cameron has said that EEA nationals in the UK will no longer be able to retain their status as a jobseeker and continue to claim benefits for more than six months, unless they can prove they are “genuinely seeking employment”. The move is among measures to ensure people come to the UK "for the right reasons" after it had become what the Prime Minister described as a "soft touch" under the previous Labour government.

Home Secretary Scraps UKBA

The Executive Agency status of the UK Border Agency is to end and its functions returned to the Home Office.

Immigration Rule Changes from 6th April 2013

The Home Office recently published a Statement of Intent setting out the government’s response to the Migration Advisory Committee's recommendations on the Tier 2 Codes of Practice, as well as detailing other immigration related changes.

2013 Worldwide ERC® APAC Summit

Worldwide ERC® is the premier global professional membership association for workforce mobility professionals involved in international employee transfer, with a membership of over 13,000 from various industry sectors.

Dearson Winyard is delighted to announce its attendance at the Worldwide ERC® Global Workforce Summit: Talent Mobility in APAC in Shanghai (19th- 20th March 2013).

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Citizenship Approvals Per Year More Than Doubled Since 2000

Posted on 10th May 2012 in News

A recent report by The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, shows that in 2011, 177,878 foreign citizens naturalised as British citizens. This was a decrease from 195,130 in 2010, but higher than a five year average of 162,704 from 2005-2009.

Approvals of British citizenship applications have increased substantially since 2000, with annual averages of 114,284 from 2000-2004. The largest single year total was recorded in 2009 (203,790). However, this figure is not a true reflection as the Home Office reported a 2008 backlog of cases, which skewed the 2009 figures. Therefore, the two-year average for 2008-2009 was 166,583, in line with recent trends.

The 1995-1999 period saw an especially low number of naturalisations, with an average of 45,886 per year. The 1997 total of 37,010 was the lowest annual total since the implementation of the 1981 British Nationality Act on 1 January 1983. Dating trends from that low point do not provide an accurate historical assessment.

The acceptance rate for naturalisation applications has increased as well. In 2011, 3.9% of applications ended in refusal or withdrawal, down from 6.6% in 2008, from 9.3% as recently as 2005 and from at least 10% for most of the 1990s. Applications have been increasing as well, however, so that the reduced refusal rate does not account for a large share of the rise in naturalisations. The increased acceptance rates are at least partially the result of new application checking services that catch incomplete or inadequate applications before they are filed.

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