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Many of Britain’s biggest music icons have accused the government of failing them amid an ongoing row over visa-free travel between the UK and the European Union. Britain and Brussels have been in a heated dispute over visa-free travel with each blaming the other over failings to agree a deal.   The UK government initially said that Brussels had rejected proposals, only for EU officials to rebuff the claims, arguing that Britain refused a deal in order to uphold its stance on freedom of move...

The UK’s immigration watchdog has published a report on the Home Office’s use of penalties and sanctions to encourage immigration compliance. More, here.

Confusion over UK immigration rules is affecting EU nationals, campaigners have warned. Full story, here.

New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Monday on "Basic Framework for Partnership" to help promote the movement of skilled workers from New Delhi to Tokyo. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that the MoC covers 14 categories of specified skills under which skilled workers from India who meet the skills requirement and Japanese language tests would be eligible for employment in Japan on a contractual basis. "Harsh Vardhan Shring...

Hong Kong’s leader says that Chinese retaliation over the UK’s BNO visa offer is a ‘matter of course’. Full story, here.

A group of prominent doctors’ organisations has called for changes to UK visa rules concerning adult dependent relatives. Full story, here.

Skilled Workers in Manitoba— 236 LAAs with a score of at least 461; Skilled Workers Overseas— 7 LAAs with a score of at least 722; and International Education Stream— 29 LAAs, no EOI score requirement. Out of the 272 LAAs issued, 18 went to Express Entry candidates. The MPNP says they will refuse any of these candidates who do not have a valid Express Entry ID, a job seeker validation code, and verifiable experience in an occupation on Manitoba’s In-demand Occupations list. The MPNP on...

Continued UK immigration delays affecting migrants doctors are keeping them off the frontline in the fight against COVID-19. With the NHS crumbling under the strain of rising coronavirus cases, and with tens of thousands of doctors and nurses off sick having been infected, qualified foreign doctors continue to remain sidelined due to immigration delays.   For the first time since April 2020, daily coronavirus deaths recently hit four figures. The NHS staffing crisis is so severe that healthcar...

Brussels has been accused of refusing to agree to visa-free travel to the EU for UK musicians as petition gathers momentum. Full story, here.

In country UK Skilled Worker visa applicants may have been hit by COVID-19 related concessions, according to a report published by Personnel Today. It’s understood that Home Office guidance issued for Skilled Worker visa applicants was amended on 23 December at 5.32pm, when many British businesses would have closed for Christmas.   The guidance was changed to read: “People still awaiting a decision on their visa application can only begin working for a new employer if they have been assign...