Service profile: Visas and Nationality Service

What is the Visas and Nationality Service? The Visas and Nationality Service is designed to support individuals applying for visas or settlement in the UK; it is provided by UK…

A summary of significant changes to UK Home Office immigration rules and guidance: Published 6 April 2017

On 6 April 2017 The UK Home Office made changes to the UK’s immigration system, which are currently still in effect. Key changes include: The introduction of a skills levy…

UK NARIC’s Visas and Nationality Service launches on 6 April

In early March 2016, the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) section of the Home Office announced that the online Points Based System (PBS) Calculator was being turned off on 5…

Immigration Update – April 2014

Please note that since this article has been published immigration guidance has changed. Please see our post UK NARIC’s Visas and Nationality Service launches on 6 April which contains more up-to-date…

Application Trends – English Speaking Africa

The 2009 figures from UNESCO showed that there were 3.3 million outwardly mobile students across the world. The regions with the largest number of mobile students are East Asia and…

What is a Statement of Comparability?

Please note that since this article has been published immigration guidance has changed. Please see our post UK NARIC’s Visas and Nationality Service launches on 6 April which contains more up-to-date…

How to spot fraudulent education documents and fake degrees

The production of fraudulent documents, or fake degrees and diplomas, has been going on since antiquity, but it is only in the last ten to fifteen years that educational fraud or…

Immigration Update: Summary of Changes to Tier 4

Please note that since this article has been published immigration guidance has changed. Please see our post UK NARIC’s Visas and Nationality Service launches on 6 April which contains more up-to-date…