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15 Top tips about moving to the UK

01 July 2006

You confront challenges that may be overwhelming. You face worries about a new neighborhood, new schools, new bank, new doctors, new way to work, new job, and new ways to get lost on new roads. All of this can be quite aggravating and stressful. Not to mention expensive.

Here are a few helpful tips:

UK immigration provision for MBA graduates

06 April 2006

The UK Government is launching in April 2005 its new provision for graduates of the top 50 business schools (below) to work in the UK for up to 12 months upon completion of their MBAs. This provision is part of the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP), although the government has not yet clarified how the HSMP and the MBA provision are related.

Investigation in to allegations about the Croydon PEO

19 March 2006

On 3 January 2006, The Sun published allegations of corruption at the Public Enquiry Office (PEO) in Croydon. The newspaper’s central claim was that officials were demanding “sex for visas”.

Lisa's told to leave the country

26 February 2006

An American woman married to a Croydon teacher for nearly four years has been told to leave the UK because her marriage is not authentic.

US visitor is sent home over her diary admission

14 January 2006

An American woman visiting Britain on a tourist visa has been sent home after immigration officials at Heathrow read in her diary that she had wanted to find work on a previous visit, her English boyf

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