Tuesday, August 04, 2015
Immigration Matters: Care workers needed for UK migrant worker research...
Immigration Matters: Care workers needed for UK migrant worker research...: The UKHCA reports that researchers at older people's charity Independent Age are carrying out research with the International Longevi...
Care workers needed for UK migrant worker research as employers look to Croatia and EU to fill staff shortages
The UKHCA reports that researchers
at older people's charity Independent Age are carrying out research with the International Longevity Centre. researchers hope to identify the risk of future
staff shortages in the care workforce and the role of migrant care workers in the UK in
the light of current immigration policy.
The report will make recommendations to the UK government and to the care sector about workforce strategies.
Independent Age are seeking care workers in London, who have come to the UK in the last 10 years, and who would be willing to take part in a 45 minute interview about their motivations to work in social care and their plans for the future. Interviews will be confidential and people will be given a thank you payment for taking part.
Do you know any staff who would be interested? If so, please get in touch with Sue Arthur of Independent Age for more details on 020 7605 4262 or sue.arthur@independentage.org. The researchers will be happy to send a copy of the research report to anyone who takes part. If any employers are particularly interested in, or want to find out more about this research, please contact Sue.
Work Permits for new non-EU care workers or Senior Carers have not been issued for many years prompting employers to look to Eastern European countries, such as Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia, for staff they cannot recruit from within the UK.
Whilst there is no 'official' shortage of care workers on the Home Office Shortage Occupations list, care providers have struggled to recruit staff for years. Following large scale recruitment in Poland, Romania and Bulgaria, some employers are recruiting Croatian care workers.
Unlike other EU members, Croatians need permission to work in the UK under the 7 year restriction imposed when Croatia joined the European Union on 1 July 2013. However, the Home Office do not consider the job of a care worker to be sufficiently skilled enough to qualify for a Work Permit under Tier 2 of the Points Based System.
Croatians can apply for a 'yellow card' permit and work full time whilst studying a for a vocational qualification (e.g Health and Social Care). For information and UK jobs in care and nursing, see the Croatians in the UK Facebook page.
The report will make recommendations to the UK government and to the care sector about workforce strategies.
Independent Age are seeking care workers in London, who have come to the UK in the last 10 years, and who would be willing to take part in a 45 minute interview about their motivations to work in social care and their plans for the future. Interviews will be confidential and people will be given a thank you payment for taking part.
Do you know any staff who would be interested? If so, please get in touch with Sue Arthur of Independent Age for more details on 020 7605 4262 or sue.arthur@independentage.org. The researchers will be happy to send a copy of the research report to anyone who takes part. If any employers are particularly interested in, or want to find out more about this research, please contact Sue.
Work Permits for new non-EU care workers or Senior Carers have not been issued for many years prompting employers to look to Eastern European countries, such as Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia, for staff they cannot recruit from within the UK.
Whilst there is no 'official' shortage of care workers on the Home Office Shortage Occupations list, care providers have struggled to recruit staff for years. Following large scale recruitment in Poland, Romania and Bulgaria, some employers are recruiting Croatian care workers.
Unlike other EU members, Croatians need permission to work in the UK under the 7 year restriction imposed when Croatia joined the European Union on 1 July 2013. However, the Home Office do not consider the job of a care worker to be sufficiently skilled enough to qualify for a Work Permit under Tier 2 of the Points Based System.
Croatians can apply for a 'yellow card' permit and work full time whilst studying a for a vocational qualification (e.g Health and Social Care). For information and UK jobs in care and nursing, see the Croatians in the UK Facebook page.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Birmingham Nurse Recruitment Open Day Coundown Sat 1 Aug
Concept Care Solutions (Dolphin Care) are delighted to invite you to attend a Nurse Recruitment Day which is due to be held on Saturday 1st August 2015. The event will run all day from 9am-5pm. Our Recruitment Day is focused on undertaking an interview on the day and collecting/copying a number of documents (listed further down) in order to make you compliant to work with us as soon as possible. Food and drink will be available and activities will be provided for any children accompanying you to keep everyone occupied.
Concept Care Solutions (Dolphin Care) is one of the UK’s leading nursing agencies and has built a reputation for consistently exceeding expectations, by recruiting a large volume of high caliber, highly specialised healthcare staff and placing them in some of the country’s leading healthcare providers. We are currently working with a large number of NHS Trusts and private healthcare settings across the East Midlands, West Midlands and North West of the UK, whom we have strong, ongoing and professional relationships with. Maintaining these professional relationships means that a high number of shifts become available to Dolphin Care, thus our nurses get access to shifts where they want and choose to work when they want.
We have nursing jobs and work all over the Midlands and North West so if you could make it to the open day in Birmingham as a one off, we can put you out to work elsewhere at a location that suits you.
http://conceptcaresolutions.com
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Immigration Matters: Recruiting International Nurses 'Frustrating And E...
Immigration Matters: Recruiting International Nurses 'Frustrating And E...: An NHS Chief has branded the recruitment of overseas nurses as "distracting, frustrating and expensive" despite employing 300 n...
Recruiting International Nurses 'Frustrating And Expensive' NHS Chief Claims
An NHS Chief
has branded the recruitment of overseas nurses as "distracting,
frustrating and expensive" despite employing 300 nurses from the Philippines
and the EU in the last year, the BBC reports.
Dr Keith
McNeil, the Chief Executive of Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, called for
NHS officials to "figure out" what resources were needed to improve
UK recruitment and train more home grown nurses.
Last year
more than 7,500 international nurses were recruited and registered to work in the UK from countries
such as Spain, Croatia and
The Philippines.
The majority
of overseas nurses coming to work in the UK are from the EU, while the number
of nurses from outside of Europe has declined. EU nurses (apart from Croatian Citizens) do not need Tier 2 Work Permits and can generally gain NMC PIN numbers without the need to undergo addition ONP training.
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) figures confirm that the recruitment of overseas staff to the UK is on the rise as severe shortages hit NHS hospitals and Nursing Home groups.
In the last
year, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has taken on 303
foreign nurses - half from the Philippines and the rest largely from Italy,
Spain and Portugal.
Candidates at recruitment event in Portugal
In an
interview with the BBC Dr McNeil said: "Nurses are the backbone of the
NHS. You can't run services effectively in an acute hospital like this without
adequate numbers of trained nursing staff.
"It's
distracting, frustrating and expensive to do international recruitment. It
would be nice not to have to do it... [and] to have a more targeted
approach."
He added:
"We don't have enough home-grown nurses, but we know the demographics. The
health service has to figure out what resources are needed for our activity. We
need proper planning; I think the people at Health Education England are doing
that now.
"At
least doing it now means avoiding having to do this in the years to come."
Nursing
experts fear that shortages could be fuelled in the coming years by retirement
among the baby-boomer generation, and limits on the number of skilled workers
from outside the EU who are allowed into the UK.
NHS Employers has issued guidance to hospitals Trusts who may be considering international nurse recruitment.
NHS Employers has issued guidance to hospitals Trusts who may be considering international nurse recruitment.
Addenbrooke's
estimates that it costs £3,000 to recruit each nurse from the EU, plus new
arrivals are awarded £400 their first month's accommodation, so long as they
stay for 18 months.
EU nurses
had to be sent on a language course if they need to boost their conversational
skills in English, as well as being given 10 weeks of mentoring support in the
hospital to help their technical and clinical language.
On the plus
side, the hospital admits that the overseas recruitment drive is paying dividends,
because it is now using fewer temporary staff from agencies and saving hundreds
of thousands of pounds.
A number of large Trusts regularly spend
several million pounds every year on agency staff to cover shifts they cannot
fill from their own staff bank.
The head of nurse’s union, the Royal College of Nursing, Dr Peter Carter, said: "Last year there were 57,000 applicants for 20,000 nurse training posts.
The head of nurse’s union, the Royal College of Nursing, Dr Peter Carter, said: "Last year there were 57,000 applicants for 20,000 nurse training posts.
"Isn't
that a matter of huge regret that you've got people in the four countries of
the UK who want to train as nurses. They're being turned away, while we're
going off and raiding the often impoverished workforce of other countries."
He added:
"It's hugely regrettable and the UK is not exactly covering itself in
glory in this."
But the
organisation now in charge of nurse training, Health Education England, says it
has increased places by 14% in two years.
A spokesperson
said: "The number of nurses in the NHS is a matter of public and political
comment, and HEE has responded to those concerns.
"HEE
increased adult nurse commissions significantly in its first year and increased
them again the following year.
"And we
launched the Return to Practice campaign which has already started 1,300
experienced nurses on their journey back into the NHS. [Some] 160 of these have
successfully completed training and are now employed."
Nursing
agencies, such as Dolphin Care and Concept care Solutions have been supplying both
temporary and permanent nurses to the NHS and private sector for many years.
A spokesman
said: “The staffing crisis is similar to the shortages experiences in 1999-2000
when we recruited international nurses in their thousands from The Philippines and
India.
“Whilst the
initial cost may be high, international recruitment is a more permanent
solution than using expensive agency staff, which the government wants to
reduce.
“Of course
we need to train more UK nurses for UK nursing jobs, but this will take years and in the meantime thousands
of nurses are retiring, gaining promotion or going abroad to take higher paid
jobs in the Middle East, Australia or the USA and Canada.”
Concept Care Solutions is on the
LPP Framework to supply International nurses to the NHS. They are currently
supplying nurses from Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria and The
Philippines.
Friday, July 24, 2015
Immigration Matters: UK Universities need International students who co...
Immigration Matters: UK Universities need International students who co...: UK higher education brings billions of pounds into the economy with thousands of international students coming here to study and, for man...
International students needed by UK Universities and they contribute billions to the UK economy
UK higher education brings billions of pounds into the
economy with thousands of international students coming here to study and, for many, to make a life in Britain.
Immigration Rules allow university students to work under a
student visa while studying in the UK and apply for a Tier 2 work permit after
they graduate with a UK degree.
But under new proposals announced by Sajid
Javid, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, graduates
will be required to leave the country and re-apply for a UK visa to come back
and work.
The government must balance the need to control
immigration and keep the economy moving in the right direction. Figures show that thousands of students are remaining in the UK after their studies putting more pressure on Home Office net migration targets.
Putting it in simple terms, an international student from a less affluent country can make more money in the UK as a care worker than he can back home as a lawyer or accountant.
The problem is, a low paid care worker on minimum wage is not contributing to the economy - many will pay hardly any tax and if they have children at schools will be a net drain on the system.
Employers want a more open UK visa system for foreign
students and Tier 2 workers, as this gives them a wider choice of available
talent.
On the other hand, the country is facing a huge shortage of
housing which is forcing prices beyond the reach of young people trying to get
on the property ladder.
UK universities argue that they are competing with countries,
like Australia, which welcome the best students and allow them to stay on to
find and obtain working visas.
International students are important to the UK’s economy,
contributing billions of pounds every year and creating hundreds of thousands
of new jobs.
Many UK universities appear in the top of world’s league
tables year after year, and need the best national and international talent to stay ahead of the
competition.
For overseas students and migrants, the UK remains a huge draw because of its strong economy, flexible business laws and money making opportunities. Frankly, Britain needs their energy and drive.
For overseas students and migrants, the UK remains a huge draw because of its strong economy, flexible business laws and money making opportunities. Frankly, Britain needs their energy and drive.
Immigration Matters: New National Living Wage Will Boost Care Worker Pa...
Immigration Matters: New National Living Wage Will Boost Care Worker Pa...: A new National Living Wage of £7.20 an hour for workers aged 25 or over will be introduced from April 2016, the UK Chancellor George Osbo...
Immigration Matters: NMC consultation on English language requirements ...
Immigration Matters: NMC consultation on English language requirements ...: The NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council), the body which regulates and registers nurses and midwives in the UK, has launched a consultati...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Immigration Matters: Croatian Carer working in the UK on a Yellow Card ...
Immigration Matters: Croatian Carer working in the UK on a Yellow Card ...: Croatian Care Worker talks about working in the UK and how she got her yellow card permit and NIN with the help of Concept Care Solu...
Monday, July 20, 2015
Croatian Carer working in the UK on a Yellow Card Permit
Croatian Care Worker talks about working in the UK and how she got her yellow card permit and NIN with the help of Concept Care Solutions.
For more information on Croatians working in the UK see: http://how2cometotheuk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/immigration-information-for-croatians.html
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Immigration Matters: NMC consultation on English language requirements ...
Immigration Matters: NMC consultation on English language requirements ...: The NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council), the body which regulates and registers nurses and midwives in the UK, has launched a consultati...
Immigration Matters: NMC consultation on English language requirements ...
Immigration Matters: NMC consultation on English language requirements ...: The NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council), the body which regulates and registers nurses and midwives in the UK, has launched a consultati...
Immigration Matters: Croatian Care Worker and Life in the UK
Immigration Matters: Croatian Care Worker and Life in the UK: Croatian Care Worker tells her story of life and work in the UK. Croatia is in the EU, however, there is a 7 year restriction on work...
Croatian Care Worker and Life in the UK
Croatian Care Worker tells her story of life and work in the UK.
Croatia is in the EU, however, there is a 7 year
restriction on working, which means Croatians need a permit to work in
the UK. Croatians can also study (and obtain courses funded by government-backed student loans)
or become self-employed by setting up a business.
One method for Croatians to come the UK is to study and work on a YELLOWCARD permit, which allows full-time work provided the course is vocational and the
work relates to the course – e.g. care work with a diploma course in health and
social care.
If you are interested in a study course and paid work
placement, provided you are willing to do care work, I can help with a job and the YELLOW CARD paperwork. See: http://how2cometotheuk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/immigration-information-for-croatians.html
Thursday, July 09, 2015
Immigration Matters: New National Living Wage Will Boost Care Worker Pa...
Immigration Matters: New National Living Wage Will Boost Care Worker Pa...: A new National Living Wage of £7.20 an hour for workers aged 25 or over will be introduced from April 2016, the UK Chancellor George Osbor...
New National Living Wage Will Boost Care Worker Pay From April 2016
A new National Living Wage of £7.20 an hour for workers aged 25
or over will be introduced from April 2016, the UK Chancellor George Osborne announced
in his Budget Statement yesterday.
The National Living Wage will replace the National Minimum
Wage pay rate (for over 25's) - currently £6.50 per hour and is set to rise to £6.70 per hour on 1 October 2015 - next April, and will rise to over £9 an hour by 2020.
Some workers will lose a benefit called 'tax credits', which means the pay rise is not as exciting for them, but for most the new living wage will be a welcome boost to their take home pay, especially with the reduction in tax for the lower paid.
The UK government wants to make it more attractive to work than live off benefits.
Some workers will lose a benefit called 'tax credits', which means the pay rise is not as exciting for them, but for most the new living wage will be a welcome boost to their take home pay, especially with the reduction in tax for the lower paid.
The UK government wants to make it more attractive to work than live off benefits.
Colin Angel, Policy Director for the UKHCA (United Kingdom
Care Home Association) said:
"UKHCA supports measures which improve the terms and
conditions of low-paid workforces. We note that Government's announcement on a
National Living Wage for workers aged 25 years and above is offset to some
degree by changes to employers' National Insurance contributions. However, due
to the age profile of the social care workforce this announcement will have a
significant impact on the cost of homecare."
Most home care providers and nursing agencies already pay their staff above
the minimum wage and is currently recruiting Care Support Workers to work in Hertfordshire, Northampton and Southend-on-Sea. The company has also recruited overseas Nurses, Doctors and Health Care Assistants (HCA's) from EU countries, such as Spain, Ireland, Greece and Croatia, to work in UK NHS hospitals and care homes.
Wednesday, July 08, 2015
Dario from Croatia talks about working in the UK
If you would like more information about how Croatian EU Citizens can legally work in the UK visit my blog - Immigration Information for Croatians Coming to the UK to Work, Study or Visit.
Immigration Matters: Immigration Information for Croatians Coming to th...
Immigration Matters: Immigration Information for Croatians Coming to th...: Under the EU Accession of Croatia Immigration and Worker Authorisiation Rules, the UK Home Office has imposed a 7 year work or full free mo...
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Immigration Matters: NMC consultation on English language requirements ...
Immigration Matters: NMC consultation on English language requirements ...: The NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council), the body which regulates and registers nurses and midwives in the UK, has launched a consultati...
NMC consultation on English language requirements for EU Nurse registration process
The NMC (Nursing and
Midwifery Council), the body which regulates and registers nurses and midwives
in the UK, has launched a consultation on introducing English language controls
for EU and EEA trained Nurses wishing to work in the UK.
Last year the UK government announced plans to give the NMC
authority to introduce new language controls for European Economic Area (EEA)
trained nurses and midwives, as part of revised European Directive on the
Recognition of Professional Qualifications.
The Department of Health has authorised the NMC to change
the statutory rules setting out new processes in the way it deals with nurses
from the EU and EEA.
Until now, EU/EEA nurses have been exempt from English
language checks, unlike their non-EU counterparts who are required to pass an
IELTS English test at level 7.00. This is why, in general, nurses from India or
the Philippines have a greater command of the English language than European candidates.
New language controls should raise the standard of English language spoken by European nurses which can only help to improve the standard of care in hospitals and nursing homes recruiting overseas nurses.
The consultation seeking views on the processes that the NMC
are putting in place for language controls for:
- EEA trained nurses and midwives who apply for registration
- Nurses and midwives seeking readmission to our register following a lapse of registration, and
- investigating concerns about the language competence of nurses and midwives on our register.
For more information see the consultation document [PDF] and further documents
outlining the full process.
NMC consultation on English language requirements for EU/EEA nurses: Respond to this consultation by clicking here
The NMC consultation will run for 12 weeks from 1 June to
midday on 21 August 2015.
The NHS (National Health Service) are recruiting thousands of overseas nurses from both EU and non-EU countries such as The Philippines, India, Australia and NZ.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Immigration Matters: Overseas Nurses Working in UK Hospitals Despite Vi...
Immigration Matters: Overseas Nurses Working in UK Hospitals Despite Vi...: UK visa restrictions contained in the new 2014 Immigration Act will have far reaching consequences for overstayers and illegal immigrant...
Overseas Nurses Working in UK Hospitals Despite Visa Restrictions
UK visa restrictions contained in the new 2014 Immigration Act will have far reaching consequences for overstayers and illegal immigrants. New Immigration Rules enable the Home Office to deport visa overstayers - in some cases with no right of appeal - much faster forcing migrants and their families to leave the UK.
Legal migrants, such as students applying for visa extensions, can also be arrested by UK Border Officers and
removed from the UK if their applications are refused by the Home Office and they no longer have valid leave to remain.
The UK has more job openings than in anywhere else in the EU, which has seen a sharp increase in EU immigration from countries such as Croatia, France, Italy, Spain and Romania.
In addition other former non-EU migrants, such as Filipinos living in Spain, are taking advantage of EU free movement rights and coming to the UK to work in care or nursing jobs in the NHS.
Migrants coming to the UK to work are taking thousands of shortage occupation jobs, such as care work or to fill the huge number of vacancies for nurses in the NHS or nursing homes.
NHS hospitals are recruiting doctors and nurses in EU countries such as Spain, and non-EU countries, for instance in the Philippines.
Overseas Nurse with Charles Kelly, Marketing Manager at Concept Care
EU nurses in most cases obtain automatic NMC registration. Non-EU nurses will need to obtain an IELTS English language test overall band score of 7.00. You will also need a year’s clinical experience in a hospital (not as a private or company nurse) and pass the new competency tests.
Tier 2 work permits are available for nurses, doctors, higher managerial level jobs or in ‘shortage occupations’, but not for care givers.
Beware of fake job advertisements offering working visas for unskilled jobs in care or catering and stick to government approved agencies. In the UK, Concept Care Solutions are on the LPP framework list of agencies approved to recruit overseas nurses for NHS hospital jobs.
For more information on UK jobs, immigration advice, help with Sponsorship, Work Permits, Visa, ILR, Settlement, Citizenship, Dependant Visa, Leave to Remain or visa refusal email me.
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Immigration Matters: Land of opportunity for free training and student ...
Immigration Matters: Land of opportunity for free training and student ...: The UK is the land of opportunity for jobs, free education and government funded student loans - even for EU and EEA nationals or non-EU na...
Friday, May 15, 2015
Immigration Matters: Conservative Government Introduce New NHS Health C...
Immigration Matters: Conservative Government Introduce New NHS Health C...: UK Home Office will impose in a new ‘health surcharge’ on non-EU migrants to gain access to the NHS treatment at UK hospitals. Staring on ...
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Immigration Matters: Land of opportunity for free training and student ...
Immigration Matters: Land of opportunity for free training and student ...: The UK is the land of opportunity for jobs, free education and government funded student loans - even for EU and EEA nationals or non-EU na...
Land of opportunity for free training and student loans
The UK is the land of opportunity for jobs, free education and government funded student loans - even for EU and EEA nationals or non-EU national residents.
Vocational or work related diploma courses - such as Health and Social Care (leading to a career in care or nursing) or Assessing - are available with no money to pay upfront, and where student loan fees are only repaid when you are working and earning over £21,000. In some cases the loans can be legally written off and never have to be repaid.
Universities and approved Colleges of Further Education (FE Colleges) all offer courses funded by the student loan scheme and this year hundreds of millions of pounds will be used by students who study in the UK.
Despite this, millions of pounds of funding and loans are not taken up, perhaps because students are confused or afraid of ending up with a debt at the end of their studies.
The reality is that the repayments are relatively painless and many student loans will be written off, for instance when a student takes a loan for a level 3 BTEC course and then goes on to higher education.
There are also fully funded or free courses such as government-backed Apprenticeships, like those offered by London Cactus College in North London.
With around a million young people not in employment or education (NEATS), the UK government are pumping billions of pounds into apprenticeship courses (e.g. in health and social care, business admin, child care or hairdressing), which are combined with paid work arranged by your training provider.
London Cactus College specialises in vocational and management training and offers a huge range of courses in everything from Child Care to higher level diplomas in management. Many of their courses are totally free to the student (subject to qualification) and others offer a £500 bursary or grant!
College head, Jackie Aiyela feels that people of all ages are missing out on opportunities to further their education and enhance their career prospects:
"Many people are not aware that there are opportunities to further or get back into education - from basic maths and English, SIA Door Supervision, right up to diplomas and degree level qualifications - most either free or paid for via student loans.
"Our courses are all work related and lead to real employment opportunities, for instance apprenticeships with paid jobs, and transferable skills."
"Our trained career and course advisers are on hand every day to help students decide the on the best way forward for their needs."
Now you know about it, you have no excuse not to do something about it! If you need to gain further qualifications, the UK really is the 'land of opportunity'.
For further information on funded or free courses, contact London Cactus College Tel 0208 381 1838 or email admin@mycccollege.com. Middlesex House, 29-45 High Street, Edgware, HA8 7UU. . Website: www.mycccollege.com
Vocational or work related diploma courses - such as Health and Social Care (leading to a career in care or nursing) or Assessing - are available with no money to pay upfront, and where student loan fees are only repaid when you are working and earning over £21,000. In some cases the loans can be legally written off and never have to be repaid.
Universities and approved Colleges of Further Education (FE Colleges) all offer courses funded by the student loan scheme and this year hundreds of millions of pounds will be used by students who study in the UK.
Despite this, millions of pounds of funding and loans are not taken up, perhaps because students are confused or afraid of ending up with a debt at the end of their studies.
The reality is that the repayments are relatively painless and many student loans will be written off, for instance when a student takes a loan for a level 3 BTEC course and then goes on to higher education.
There are also fully funded or free courses such as government-backed Apprenticeships, like those offered by London Cactus College in North London.
With around a million young people not in employment or education (NEATS), the UK government are pumping billions of pounds into apprenticeship courses (e.g. in health and social care, business admin, child care or hairdressing), which are combined with paid work arranged by your training provider.
London Cactus College specialises in vocational and management training and offers a huge range of courses in everything from Child Care to higher level diplomas in management. Many of their courses are totally free to the student (subject to qualification) and others offer a £500 bursary or grant!
College head, Jackie Aiyela feels that people of all ages are missing out on opportunities to further their education and enhance their career prospects:
"Many people are not aware that there are opportunities to further or get back into education - from basic maths and English, SIA Door Supervision, right up to diplomas and degree level qualifications - most either free or paid for via student loans.
"Our courses are all work related and lead to real employment opportunities, for instance apprenticeships with paid jobs, and transferable skills."
"Our trained career and course advisers are on hand every day to help students decide the on the best way forward for their needs."
Now you know about it, you have no excuse not to do something about it! If you need to gain further qualifications, the UK really is the 'land of opportunity'.
For further information on funded or free courses, contact London Cactus College Tel 0208 381 1838 or email admin@mycccollege.com. Middlesex House, 29-45 High Street, Edgware, HA8 7UU. . Website: www.mycccollege.com
Monday, April 13, 2015
Immigration Matters: Conservative Government Introduce New NHS Health C...
Immigration Matters: Conservative Government Introduce New NHS Health C...: UK Home Office will impose in a new ‘health surcharge’ on non-EU migrants to gain access to the NHS treatment at UK hospitals. Staring on ...
Conservative Government Introduce New NHS Health Charge For UK Migrants
UK Home Office will impose in a new ‘health surcharge’ on
non-EU migrants to gain access to the NHS treatment at UK hospitals. Staring on
6 April, all citizens from outside of Europe who want to to live in the UK for
longer than six months will be required to pay a ‘health surcharge’ before
being issue with a visa or leave to remain.
Until now, all non-EEA national migrants coming to work,
study or join family members automatically received free medical treatment in
the UK’s NHS hospital and had the same access a permanent resident or British
Citizen.
This has now changed as the Government wants to ensure “that
those coming to the UK make an appropriate financial contribution to the cost of
their healthcare”.
The health surcharge charge will also apply to non-EEA
nationals already in the UK who apply to extend their stay.
The cost of health surcharge will be £200 per year and £150
per year for students - payable at the you apply for your UK visa.
UK Visa applicants will have to pay up-front for the total
period of their stay in the UK, regardless of whether or not you actually use
the NHS system.
The surcharge levels were set by the Conservative-led
coalition Government, now fighting an election to come back into power on 7 May
2015, after taking into account the wide range of free health services
available to migrants coming to live in the UK, whilst balancing that the
valuable contribution they make to the economy.
Immigration and Security Minister, James Brokenshire said:
“The health surcharge will play a vital role in ensuring
Britain’s most cherished public service is provided on a basis that is fair to
all who use it. For generations, the British public have paid their taxes to
help make the NHS what it is today – the surcharge will mean temporary migrants
will also pay their way.
“And by keeping the surcharge at a competitive level, we are
also recognising the contribution temporary migrants make to the wider
economy.”
The Conservatives have been critical of the previous Labour
administration which allowed open access to the NHS under what became known as ‘health
tourism’, where people flew into to the UK to deliver a baby or receive treatment
for diabetes or HIV.
The visa changes do not affect UK visitors coming to the UK
on a standard visit visa, and tourists will have to pay for any treatment they
receive from the NHS at the point of receiving it.
Administering this at the
point of treatment, for instance following an accident or in an A & E ward,
has proved difficult in the past.
Intra-company transfer (ICT Tier 2 visa) will be exempt from
the charges but must still complete the process through the surcharge website.
The surcharge levels are set at a lower rate the cost of
medical insurance required in some competitor nations, and is less than
Croatian nationals pay in medical insurance in order to obtain a Yellow Card permit to work and study in the UK.
I you are an overseas student, the health charge amounts to
only 1% of the total cost of studying in the UK for a three year undergraduate
course, the Home Office said.
Those who have paid will enjoy the same access to the NHS as
a UK permanent resident for the duration of their visa. The money generated by
the health surcharge will go directly to funding the NHS.
Migrants and students already here will not be affected by
the change unless they extend their leave to remain in the UK.
Other recent tighter immigration measure include a crackdown on sham marriages and a reduction in the right of appeal against deportation of visa overstayers.
Wednesday, April 08, 2015
Immigration Matters: Home Office Crackdown on Immigration Appeals Will ...
Immigration Matters: Home Office Crackdown on Immigration Appeals Will ...: UK Home Secretary Theresa May’s visa restrictions contained in the new 2014 Immigration Act are already starting to bite, despite the fact...
Home Office Crackdown on Immigration Appeals Will See More Deportations
UK Home Secretary Theresa May’s visa restrictions contained in the new 2014 Immigration Act are already starting to bite over staying immigrants. New Immigration Rules empowering the Home Office to deport visa overstayers and illegal immigrants - in some cases with no right of appeal - much faster are forcing migrants and their families to leave
the UK.
Legal migrants, such as students
applying for visa extensions, can also be arrested by UK Border Officers and
removed from the UK if their applications are refused by the Home Office and
they no longer have valid leave to remain.
The booming UK economy,
and more job openings than in anywhere else in the EU, has resulted in an increase in EU immigration from countries such as France, Italy,
Spain and Romania. More and more Filipinos with EU passports are coming to the UK to work in care or nursing jobs in the NHS.
David Cameron has promised an in-out European Union referendum if the Conservatives are voted back into power on 7 May, the only mainstream party to give British people the option of leaving the EU.
David Cameron has promised an in-out European Union referendum if the Conservatives are voted back into power on 7 May, the only mainstream party to give British people the option of leaving the EU.
Election surveys all show that immigration is high on the list of British voter concerns, coming
only second to the NHS and ahead of the economy! Around 40% of those polled
want to see further restrictions particularly on immigrants claiming benefits,
despite the fact that migrants are less likely to claim benefits.
On the whole, the British public do not mind migrants who
come to the UK to work in jobs where there are shortages, such as care work or
to fill the huge number of vacancies for nurses in the NHS or nursing homes.
Many NHS hospitals are again recruiting nurses and doctors in the EU and
the Philippines, so if you are a nurse make sure you check the UK NMC website
and obtain an IELTS English language test overall band score of 7.00. You will
need a year’s clinical experience in a hospital – obviously not in a call
centre or as a private or company nurse.
Tier 2 work permits are available for nurses, higher managerial
level jobs or in ‘shortage occupations’, but not for care givers. Beware of
fake job advertisements offering working visas for unskilled jobs in care or
catering and stick to POEA approved agencies.
Concept Care Solutions are on the LPP framework list of agencies approved to recruit overseas nurses for NHS hospital jobs.
Concept Care Solutions are on the LPP framework list of agencies approved to recruit overseas nurses for NHS hospital jobs.
For more information on UK jobs, immigration advice, help
with Sponsorship, Work Permits, Visa, ILR, Settlement, Citizenship, Dependant Visa,
Leave to Remain or visa refusal, email Immigration@londonccs.com.
Thursday, February 05, 2015
Immigration Matters: Irish Nurses Wanted By London NHS Hospital To Fill...
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Irish Nurses Wanted By London NHS Hospital To Fill Nursing Job Vacancies
Edgware based medical recruitment agency, Concept Care Solutions, were in Sligo, Galway, Cork and Dublin this weekend looking for Irish nurses who want to work in the UK at leading London hospitals.
New graduates will be considered, however, the team are especially looking for Adult and Paediatric Emergency nurses who will start at a Band 5 pay scale, as well as receiving a generous £1000 relocation allowance plus a free flight home after 12 months.
Concept Care has previously recruited nurses from Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania, and will be talking an NHS recruitment team from a top London hospital to interview nurses in Dublin at the Ballsbridge Hotel on 13 February 2015.
New graduates will be considered, however, the team are especially looking for Adult and Paediatric Emergency nurses who will start at a Band 5 pay scale, as well as receiving a generous £1000 relocation allowance plus a free flight home after 12 months.
Concept Care has previously recruited nurses from Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania, and will be talking an NHS recruitment team from a top London hospital to interview nurses in Dublin at the Ballsbridge Hotel on 13 February 2015.
If you are an EU/EEA passport holder living in Ireland and would like to be interviewed to work in a London NHS hospital, email Charles Kelly at Concept Care Solutions - ckelly@londonccs.com - with your CV.
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
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Monday, January 12, 2015
Immigration Matters: Sham marriage crackdown announced by Home Office a...
Immigration Matters: Sham marriage crackdown announced by Home Office a...: The Home Office will implement urgent reforms to designed to clamp down on sham marriages, or bogus weddings - where a non-EU national mar...
Thursday, January 08, 2015
Immigration Matters: Immigration Information for Croatians Coming to th...
Immigration Matters: Immigration Information for Croatians Coming to th...: Under the EU Accession of Croatia Immigration and Worker Authorisiation Rules, the UK Home Office has imposed a 7 year work or full free mo...
Friday, January 02, 2015
Immigration Matters: Happy New Year!
Immigration Matters: Happy New Year!: Wishing all our readers and followers who have supported our immigration blog a very happy and prosperous new year! 2015 should be a good...
Thursday, January 01, 2015
Happy New Year!
Wishing all our readers and followers who have supported our immigration blog a very happy and prosperous new year!
2015 should be a good year for international nurses who want to work in the UK. The NHS are recruiting 1000's of nurses from the EU and outside the EU for job vacancies in the UK.
Good luck and all the best!
For more information on registering as a nurse in the UK and the new NMC test of competence, see:
http://how2cometotheuk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/nmc-test-of-competence-for.html
2015 should be a good year for international nurses who want to work in the UK. The NHS are recruiting 1000's of nurses from the EU and outside the EU for job vacancies in the UK.
Good luck and all the best!
For more information on registering as a nurse in the UK and the new NMC test of competence, see:
http://how2cometotheuk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/nmc-test-of-competence-for.html
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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Monday, December 29, 2014
Immigration Matters: Sham marriage crackdown announced by Home Office a...
Immigration Matters: Sham marriage crackdown announced by Home Office a...: The Home Office will implement urgent reforms to designed to clamp down on sham marriages, or bogus weddings - where a non-EU national mar...
Immigration Matters: New Immigration Rules to prevent sham marriages an...
Immigration Matters: New Immigration Rules to prevent sham marriages an...: The Home Office will implement urgent reforms to designed to clamp down on sham marriages, or bogus weddings - where a non-EU national mar...
Sham marriage crackdown by Home Office under New UK Immigration Rules
The Home Office will implement reforms to clamp down
on sham marriages or bogus weddings - where a non-EU national marries a British,
EU/EEA national in order to obtain Indefinite Leave to Remain under UK Immigration Rules.
The UK Minister for Security and Immigration, Mr James
Broken-Shire, recently announced that Part 4 of the Immigration Act 2014 is to be
put in place on 2 March 2015, Colin Yeo of
The new rules will change the procedure for marriage and
civil partnership for both UK citizens and foreign nationals with the current notice periods being almost doubled.
New powers and duties are being created to report suspected sham
marriages and to investigate and prevent bogus marriages, which are generally used
to extend the UK visa (obtain a spouse visa) or leave to remain of a non-EU national.
According to official estimates the new measures will result in up to 35,000 suspected sham marriages per year being referred to the Home Office for investigation, with 6,000 marriages actually being investigated.
After 2 March next year, anyone who wants to get married in
the UK will be subject to the extended 28 day notice period.
Anyone marrying a non EEA national in the Anglican Church
will be forced to undertake full civil preliminaries.
The new powers means that any couple involving at least one
party who is subject to ‘immigration control’ and not holding settled status in
the UK, or permanent residence under EU law, or not exempt from immigration
control, could be investigated by the Home Office where there are reasonable
grounds to suspect a sham marriage.
The Home Office will use a number of potential ‘risk factors’ (most of them fairly obvious) to help identify possible sham marriage cases requiring further investigation
including those where one of the parties:
· Belongs to a ‘high risk’ nationality with possible involvement
in a sham, based on objective information and intelligence held on sham cases.
Has a UK visa type known to be linked based on intelligence to bogus marriages.
Is a visa overstayer with illegally here no immigration status or their leave is about to expire.
Has already had a UK visa or leave to remain application refused by the Home Office.
Previously sponsored another spouse or civil partner to enter or remain in the UK.
Has been or is currently subject to a section 24/24A report.
Has a UK visa type known to be linked based on intelligence to bogus marriages.
Is a visa overstayer with illegally here no immigration status or their leave is about to expire.
Has already had a UK visa or leave to remain application refused by the Home Office.
Previously sponsored another spouse or civil partner to enter or remain in the UK.
Has been or is currently subject to a section 24/24A report.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Immigration Matters: Home Office plans to send international students b...
Immigration Matters: Home Office plans to send international students b...: The Sunday Times has leaked Home Office plans to force overseas students – who can spend as much as £50000 in course fees and living costs...
Home Office plans to send international students back home after spending up to £50000 obtaining a UK degree
The Sunday Times has leaked Home Office plans to force overseas
students – who can spend as much as £50000 in course fees and living costs
completing a UK degree at a minor university - to return to their home country
after their courses finish before applying for a visa extension.
The latest Government plan to reduce net migration, reportedly
being considered by the Home Secretary Theresa May, will be seen by international
students, who bring in billions of pounds to the UK, as another slap in the
face.
The news is bound to drive yet more of bright young people
to the more student friendly visa regimes of Australia, Canada and other EU
countries such as Germany.
Under May’s proposals, students from non-European countries
would have to return home and apply for a work visa if they wanted to continue
to live in the UK after graduation.
This means that if an employer wanted to sponsor a Tier 4 student visa graduate under a Tier 2 working visa, the candidate would have to travel back home to apply for another visa to re-enter the UK, a process which could take several months.
The report in The Sunday Times said Mrs May wants a future
Conservative government to "move towards zero net student migration"
by sending home those who come to Britain on student visas.
A “source” close to the Home Secretary told the newspaper:
"Making sure immigrants leave Britain at the end of their visa is as
important a part of running a fair and efficient immigration system as
controlling who comes here in the first place.
"Theresa is pressing for the next Conservative
manifesto to contain a policy that will make sure that anybody coming here on a
student visa will have to leave the country in order to apply for a new visa of
any kind.
"She wants to make the colleges and universities that
sponsor foreign students responsible for ensuring their departure.
"She wants to be able to fine colleges and universities
with low departure rates and deprive the worst of them of their right to
sponsor foreign students."
At present under the current Immigration Rules, the majority
of graduate students are able to switch to a Tier 2 work visa whilst the UK.
They also have options to apply for further leave to remain, for instance by
switching to a Tier 1 or Entrepreneur visa.
The latest move will further erode the available options for
graduate to remain in the UK. The previous Post Study Work (PSW), which allowed
graduates to remain in the UK for up to 2 years in order to find an employer,
was abolished along with other attractive features which helped make the UK a
leading destination for fee paying students.
The coalition Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince
Cable, who holds responsibility for universities has previously warned about the
anti-immigration message being sent out around the world which is putting off
students from countries like India from attending UK universities.
A senior Lib Dem source said her plan made "zero
economic sense" and could deprive the UK of highly-skilled graduates.
"Such a blunt instrument would not get our support,"
the source said.
"The idea that you have people from abroad studying in
this country and they become engineers or scientists of huge practical value to
the economy, and rather than have them stay here you immediately turf them out
makes zero economic sense."
Whilst the proposals have yet to become law, any foreign
student currently studying in the UK or considering coming to the UK to study at a British university will be affected by
the new visa rules upon graduation. In other words, even if they idea is never followed through the damage has been done and UK universities will have lost international students and much needed fees.
Friday, December 19, 2014
Immigration Matters: Immigration Information for Croatians Coming to th...
Immigration Matters: Immigration Information for Croatians Coming to th...: Under the EU Accession of Croatia Immigration and Worker Authorisiation Rules, the UK Home Office has imposed a 7 year work or full free mov...
Immigration Matters: Immigration Information for Croatians Coming to th...
Immigration Matters: Immigration Information for Croatians Coming to th...: Under the EU Accession of Croatia Immigration and Worker Authorisiation Rules, the UK Home Office has imposed a 7 year work or full free mov...
Immigration Rules for Croatians Coming to the UK to Work, Study or Visit
Under the EU Accession of Croatia Immigration and Worker Authorisiation Rules, the UK Home Office has imposed a 7 year work or full free movement of labour restriction on Croatian nationals coming to live in the UK.
Croatian nationals may stay in the UK for up to 90 days before exercise their 'free movement' rights to stay under a number of immigration categories, for instance, as a worker, student or self sufficient person.
Croatians (like Romanians and Bulgarians before them) require Accession Worker Authorisation to work in the UK. Permission to work is can come in various forms such as Work Permits (Purple Registration Cards), Highly Skilled worker cards, Au Pairs and student "Yellow Card", which allow work and study when taking a vocational (work based) training course in the UK.
Purple Cards are a type of work permit issued by the Home Office to workers in jobs at NQF (National Qualifications Framework) level 4 and above. For example, you will get a Purple Card for a qualified nursing job in an NHS hospital, but not as a care worker or HCA.
The job must also be on the National Shortage Occupations list or meet the Resident Labour Market test - in other words, the employer cannot find a suitable resident worker or EU/EEA national to fill the job vacancy.
The employer should be licensed under Tier 2 of the points based system and must apply for your Purple Registration Certificate before you come to the UK.
You should be able to demonstrate a level of English language at B1 or above on the Council of Europe's Common European Framework for Language Learning (CEFL), although this requirement would appear to run against EU regulations?
Croatian nationals can come to the UK to set up a business and work on a self-employed basis. You do not need a yellow card to set up a business under the free movement regulations, but you should register the business with the UK tax authority (HMRC) and demonstrate that you are running a genuine business.
Once a Croatian has been living in the UK legally for 12 months they can normally apply for a Blue Registration Card, which gives them rights to remain and work in the UK.
Like Romanians and Bulgarians, many Croatians are choosing to migrate here as a student to study and work in the UK.
Before applying for a student yellow card, students must register on an approved course (which will normally be chargeable by monthly installments) and take out comprehensive sickness insurance. A European insurance health card 'EHIC' if the stay in temporary.
London based Concept Care Solutions and training provider London Cactus College have combined to offer paid work placements in care and approved vocational courses to Croatian nationals who want to work and study in the UK.
Assistance is also offered with Yellow and Blue Card immigration paperwork, as well as finding accommodation and getting settled in London.
Further information on the immigration process can be found on the Home Office UK Visas and Immigration website or email me if you would like to work in the UK.
Croatian nationals may stay in the UK for up to 90 days before exercise their 'free movement' rights to stay under a number of immigration categories, for instance, as a worker, student or self sufficient person.
Croatians (like Romanians and Bulgarians before them) require Accession Worker Authorisation to work in the UK. Permission to work is can come in various forms such as Work Permits (Purple Registration Cards), Highly Skilled worker cards, Au Pairs and student "Yellow Card", which allow work and study when taking a vocational (work based) training course in the UK.
Purple Cards are a type of work permit issued by the Home Office to workers in jobs at NQF (National Qualifications Framework) level 4 and above. For example, you will get a Purple Card for a qualified nursing job in an NHS hospital, but not as a care worker or HCA.
The job must also be on the National Shortage Occupations list or meet the Resident Labour Market test - in other words, the employer cannot find a suitable resident worker or EU/EEA national to fill the job vacancy.
The employer should be licensed under Tier 2 of the points based system and must apply for your Purple Registration Certificate before you come to the UK.
You should be able to demonstrate a level of English language at B1 or above on the Council of Europe's Common European Framework for Language Learning (CEFL), although this requirement would appear to run against EU regulations?
Croatian nationals can come to the UK to set up a business and work on a self-employed basis. You do not need a yellow card to set up a business under the free movement regulations, but you should register the business with the UK tax authority (HMRC) and demonstrate that you are running a genuine business.
Once a Croatian has been living in the UK legally for 12 months they can normally apply for a Blue Registration Card, which gives them rights to remain and work in the UK.
Like Romanians and Bulgarians, many Croatians are choosing to migrate here as a student to study and work in the UK.
Before applying for a student yellow card, students must register on an approved course (which will normally be chargeable by monthly installments) and take out comprehensive sickness insurance. A European insurance health card 'EHIC' if the stay in temporary.
London based Concept Care Solutions and training provider London Cactus College have combined to offer paid work placements in care and approved vocational courses to Croatian nationals who want to work and study in the UK.
Assistance is also offered with Yellow and Blue Card immigration paperwork, as well as finding accommodation and getting settled in London.
Further information on the immigration process can be found on the Home Office UK Visas and Immigration website or email me if you would like to work in the UK.
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Thursday, December 18, 2014
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UK visa overstayers still here despite £30 million Home Office illegal immigration crackdown
A new immigration report has slammed the Government and Home Office for
failing to find and deport thousands of foreign nationals overstaying and living
illegally in the UK.
The Home Office has been criticised for failing to crack
down on the number of foreign nationals who have overstayed their visas in the
UK.
The inspector of borders and immigration John Vine said the
Government had failed to reduce the number of 'overstayers' despite a flagship
Home Office scheme costing millions of pounds designed to reduce the number of
illegal immigrants in the UK.
Mr Vine said the ‘immigration refusal pool’, or the numberof foreign nationals refused leave to remain in the UK after 2008, was 174,057
in June 2012.
That visa refusal figure was relatively unchanged in the
same period this year and remained at 173,562.
Mr Vine said:
"Any failure to take action against foreign nationals
who overstay their permission to be in the UK has the potential to undermine
public confidence in immigration control."
The Home Office awarded a multi-million pound contract to
outsourcing firm Capita in 2012 to review and, where possible, close the
records of foreign nationals in the migration refusal pool.
But according to Mr Vine, Capita has not only failed to
deliver on the Government's ambition to crack down on illegal 'overstayers' it
has also overstated its successes.
The report highlights a sample of 57 migrant records closed
by Capita after stating that the overstayer had left the country. Inspectors
found that 16 – around one quarter - had been ‘closed in error’.
This would amount to 1,140 records in 2013/14, 25% of the
4,080 people Capita reported to have left the UK that year, may still be illegally
staying in the country.
"I was disappointed to find a high level of inaccuracy
in the classification of MRP records, with more than a quarter of departures in
my sample being incorrectly recorded," Mr Vine added.
"Considerable improvements in the Home Office's
capability to monitor, progress, and prioritise the immigration enforcement
caseload will be needed to deliver its strategy for reducing the level of irregular
migration."
Immigration and Security Minister James Brokenshire defended
the Home Office:
"We inherited an immigration system in complete
disarray, which turned a blind eye to hundreds of thousands of people with no
right to be here, and made no attempt to remove them or even to properly
identify the scale of the problem.
"Under the UK Border Agency there was no systematic
plan to deal with illegal migrants other than failed asylum seekers and foreign
criminals. We scrapped the failing UK Border Agency and brought its work back
under the control of ministers partly in order to sort out that mess."
The Government has introduced a new Immigration Act, which cuts the number of human rights type visa appeals blocking the deportation of an illegal immigrant from 17 to 4
Immigration specialist Cynthia Barker said that the problem of visa overstayers will take years to solve:
"The UK still has no proper system to count people in and out
of its borders, so nobody really knows how many overstayers and illegal
immigrants there are in the UK.
"Research by the think tank ippr, suggests that
the illegal immigration figure is at least 500,000, which it estimates would
take £5 billion and 20 years to deport and remove all of the overstayers.
"The longer an illegal migrants stays in the UK the more chance they have of staying, for instance due to right to a family life under article 8 or through a long stay concession or amnesty."
The failure of the campaign to remove overstaying migrants and students included the ‘go home’ vans and Capita’s bungled 40,000 text messages to so-called illegal
immigrants and visa overstayers, asking them to leave the UK. Many of the
messages were sent in error to British citizens.
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