All non-majority English speaking nationals who wants to obtain a visa to live, work, or study in the UK must meet an English language requirement for their visas. Depending on your visa category you will have to obtain a minimum level of english according to the table below. The levels are divided into six Common […]

The Home Office limits the time you can spend studying in the UK on a student visa. This includes leave granted under a Tier 4 visa, and/or a pre-Tier 4 student visa (hereon in referred to as ‘student visa’). In general, you are limited to a maximum of five years in the UK studying at […]

The Quebec Skilled Worker Program (QSWP), one of the few remaining Canadian immigration programs operating on a first-come, first-served basis, will have an application intake period this coming June. Following this, another intake period will take place. Both of these intakes will receive up to 5,000 applications from individuals interested in settling in one of […]

On 19 February, the Australian Government announced the introduction of a new pathway to permanent residence for New Zealand Special Category Visa (SCV) holders. Applications will be open from 1 July 2017. Holders of the Subclass 444 Special Category Visa (which is available to New Zealand passport holders on entry to Australia) will be eligible for […]

From 6 April all skilled workers from outside the EU who have been living here for less than 10 years will need to earn at least £35,000 a year to settle permanently in the UK. Some jobs, such as nurses, are exempt (see How the rules are changing, right) but Frazier’s is not. Unless she […]

A hardship fund for international students has been set up, Pat Matthewson, President of the Students’ Association, has confirmed. In late December the University Court – the governing body of the University – voted on and passed a motion to set up a “hardship fund” for international students. Mr Matthewson told The Saint the fund […]

Business school dean tells report: ‘The UK has become less attractive than the US, Canada or Australia’ The Government’s “damaging” visa policies are making Britain a “difficult and unattractive” place to study for international students, a new report has warned. According to the findings from the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS), last year’s business school student intake […]

For the first time in decades, Canada is on track to welcome more than 300,000 new permanent residents to Canada in one year, according to the Liberal government’s 2016 immigration targets tabled Tuesday. Immigration Minister John McCallum says Canada plans to accept between 280,000 and 305,000 – with a target of 300,000 – new permanent […]

The Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited only 1,013 candidates to apply for Permanent Residence in Canada through Express Entry. The lowest qualifying score for this round was 473 which represents a marked increase in the points required for an Invitation to Apply as well as a significant decrease in the actual […]

UK Visas and Immigration is making changes to the Immigration Rules affecting various categories. The government announced on  (29 October), changes to the Immigration Rules. Most of these changes will affect all applications submitted on or after 19 November 2015 unless otherwise stated. The main changes are: Asylum making asylum claims from EU nationals invalid, unless […]