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Home Office ‘Demoralised’, Says Survey

The Guardian has reported that the first independent survey of civil servants' views of reforms has found that Home Office staff  felt that their department was poorly equipped to cope with the uncertainties and challenges of the future compared with elsewhere in government.

Including International Students Will Damage UK Higher Education, Warns IPPR

Leading think tank, The Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), has published a report warning that the Government’s insistence of including international students in their net migration count will damage the British education sector. 

Govt To ‘Fast Track’ 70 More Staff For Heathrow For The Late Summer Rush

Plans have been announced to speed up the recruitment of 70 more border staff for Heathrow to quell concerns about lengthy queues after the Olympics. 

UKBA Launches Tier 2 and 5 Premium Service

The UK Border Agency launched its new Premium Customer Service for Tier 2 and Tier 5 sponsors on 6th April 2012. 

Citizenship Approvals Per Year More Than Doubled Since 2000

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.

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Compliance/Auditing

Sponsor obligations

Under the points-based immigration system, sponsors are required to obtain a licence enabling them to self-certify immigration approval. As part of this regime, sponsors are required to play their part in ensuring that the immigration system is not abused. All licensed sponsors are therefore required to fulfil certain duties. Some of these duties are generic and apply to all sponsors whereas others are specific to sponsors who are licensed under certain tiers or categories. Sponsors are required to adhere to these duties to make certain that immigration controls remain effective.

The objectives of these duties are to:

  • prevent abuse of the assessment procedures;
  • capture early, any patterns of migrant behaviour that may cause concern;
  • address possible weaknesses in process which can cause those patterns;
  • and monitor compliance with immigration rules

Compliance

DWi’s Immigration UK HR system auditing service has been assessed by the UKBA to provide support and advice to existing and prospective sponsors under the Points-Based System. The UKBA has confirmed that DWi is able to issue employers with a document, assessing the company against UKBA requirements.

During a DWI Immigration UK Compliance Audit our OISC Registered Advisors will evaluate the existing migrant worker arrangements; make recommendations for improvements and changes; provide a rating against UKBA standards and provide a comprehensive written report.

When assessing a sponsor, DWI will concentrate on five key areas relating to Human Resources systems and processes central to UKBA assessment criteria. These are: -

  1. Monitoring immigration status and preventing illegal employment
  2. Maintaining migrant contact details
  3. Record Keeping
  4. Migrant tracking and monitoring
  5. Recruitment practices and professional accreditations

Audit

Employer’s liability legislation places obligations on employers to assist in the prevention of illegal working. DWI’s Right to Work Audit services provide clients with a Statutory Excuse against any civil or criminal action brought under Section 15 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. This is achieved by providing a full audit and certification programme to identify, track and monitor all non-EEA workers under immigration conditions employed by the company.  It is a vital component of any pre-employment check that the immigration status of all overseas nationals subject to immigration control is verified. Audit certification will ensure this process works transparently, effectively and guarantees the requirements of the legislation are met comprehensively.

In addition to maintaining compliance with the legislation, this service also ensures the licensed sponsor continues to meet its obligations under the points-based system.

Free Assessment

The Immigration UK service from Dearson Winyard International, provides a free immigration application evaluation tool This allows individuals to quickly and easily explore potential routes to the UK without incurring the associated costly legal charges.

Click below to take the test.

To login to an existing assessment, click the button below