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From 1 January 2014 passport holders of Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates can visit the UK for up to 6 months with an electronic visa waiver.…
If you apply for a visa from outside the UK, you will be asked to fill in a new customer satisfaction survey.…
Government announces further improvements to the visa system to attract the brightest and best to work, do business and invest in the UK.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
New changes give greater flexibility to business visitors and allow international students to take up corporate internships after graduation.
Speech given by Rt Hon Theresa May MP on 'An immigration system that works in the national interest'. The speech was delivered on 12 December 2012.
This speech was delivered to the Royal United Services Institute on 14 March 2012. This speech has been checked against delivery.
This speech was given by Home Office Immigration Minister, Damian Green, at the Royal Commonwealth Society on 6 September 2010.
Nationality instructions guidance of a refusal letter to a Gurkha for British citizenship.
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