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try-one wrote:Hello,
Listening to Lin Homer (Director General, IND) and Lyam Birne (HO Minister) during their interview with the Parlament Home Affairs Committee, it became clear that we are in for a new shock when they implement the new Immigration and Nationality Act comes into force later in 2006.
Think about 4-5 retrospective change and now prepare yourself to reapply under the "new points system"; imagine after living here and paying taxes you will receive a letter from HO declining your application nased on a new points system, new requirements you didn't know when you applied in 2002, 2003, 2004....again they will put on us a retrospective change.... second shock.
Many of us are sitting comfortably at home thinking, well, one more year....not a problem.....THINK AGAIN....you may loose your visa because of the new changes and then IT WILL BE TOO LATE.
Think about it and lets ACT NOW!
try-one wrote:It was on tv today, 9pm.
BBC Parliament, just finished, took about one hour, they are describing how they plan to "fix" the immigration problem....
All their comments connected to the "new points system" between the lines is clear that at the end of the year we will have a major change on the way the visas are structured....some references to employers taken more responsability....at one point it looked like a mix of point and WP (points and employer support)....but we will have to apply again for our visas anyway....again it will be retrospective....
There are already 17 MPs have signed this EDM so please write to yr MPs again and urge them to sign or support if possible.nonothing wrote:a new EDM started by Andrew Dismore
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetai ... ESSION=875
CHINESE COMMUNITY PROTEST AGAINST CHANGE IN IMMIGRATION RULES 16.06.2006
Dismore, Andrew
That this House welcomes the demonstration in Parliament Square on 16th June by the British Chinese community, the first time ever they have mounted such a protest; notes they were joined by people from the UK's other minority communities, united in opposition to the Government's decision to change the immigration rules so that legal migrants, especially those on the Highly Skilled Migrant Workers programme, will have to wait five instead of four years for indefinite leave to remain; notes that those workers who have no recourse to public funds, but on the contrary, pay taxes and make a major contribution to the economy, now face uncertainty and hardship; and supports their demand that the Government should bring in transitional arrangements to allow those already in the UK before the rule change to qualify under the previous four year rule.
Presumably it is not by accident too that they want to bring an amnesty to illegal immigrants for the huge contribution they make!tvt wrote:As a leading immigration lawyer told me, it is not by accident that the 4-5 year change is coincided with the new point based system.
The aim is to reduce the number of economic migrants qualifying for settlement so as to pick and choose only the ones who will bring substantial contribution to the UK.
Good to be proactive.pluto wrote:I am thinking of wirting into the Home office 's enquiry line to ask them to clarify this issue
- whether people already hold a work permit/ HSMP need to - re apply under the proposed pionts systems?
their email is indpublisenquiries@ind.homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
if our email flood in - it is maybe a good way to raise attendtion to the homeoffice??
that's what i'm going to do. not sure if it will be useful or not in the future. but at least i can have a hard copy from the HO. i suggest everyone write to the HO to raise your concern of the further betrayal as well as to your MP.pluto wrote:maybe get something promised in writing from the HO...
I don't think they will make everyone already on WP/HSMP re-apply for visas, however come the time you want to apply for ILR (probably near the end of your visa) you'll need the points to get ILR. Perhaps the same points system will affect the issue of new visas from that point.supertiger wrote:Presumably it is not by accident too that they want to bring an amnesty to illegal immigrants for the huge contribution they make!tvt wrote:As a leading immigration lawyer told me, it is not by accident that the 4-5 year change is coincided with the new point based system.
The aim is to reduce the number of economic migrants qualifying for settlement so as to pick and choose only the ones who will bring substantial contribution to the UK.