What will change for Settlement?

[geriatrix]

It seems the Daily Mail has picked up the 14 year ILR route today. Here is the article.

Such publicity will only pressurise the government to scrapping it/making it more difficult.

[Aryan2013]

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The latest Home Office business plan now says that reducing net migration will be the "anticipated" result of introducing the migrant cap "and other policies", rather than its direct outcome.

As far as student visas reforms are concerned – which the home secretary, Theresa May, has predicted will reduce net migration by up to 80,000 – the reduction in numbers is now only regarded as a "likely consequence".

This softening of language appears to deliberately prepare the ground should the net migration target be missed by the time of the next general election.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/may/1 ... ired-visas

[geriatrix]

Radical reform is under way, says Immigration Minister

Immigration Minister Damian Green has today responded to a House of Commons report, saying that it highlights exactly why the government is making radical changes to the immigration system.

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Damian Green said:
'This report demonstrates why the immigration system needs radical reform.

'This government has already introduced an annual limit on economic migrants, including a significant tightening of the ICT rules, and sweeping changes to the student visa system. Later this year we will propose a shake-up of the family and settlement route.