As we are rapidly approaching D-day for the UK’s future Prime Minister and government for the next 4-years to be announced, we here at Global Visas wanted you to be aware of the immigration policies being peddled by the main political parties.

The election is on 6th May, so before you mark your card in one of the specially formed church-come-ballot booths, check out the main parties policies on UK immigration to make an informed decision rather than a knee-jerk reaction.

Labour 

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The general election is undeniably in full-swing. As we now enter the second week of campaigning by all sides involved, we are slightly more informed of the party’s main plans – if you have been following any of the large news corporations feeds, you should be very well-informed? For as well as learning about the UK immigration proposals by all involved we are also witnessing various ‘impromptu’ revelations.

‘Gordon and Sarah’ revealed that they like waking up to a smoothie and ‘Dave’ likes nothing more than a leisurely stroll with Beefy (this is of course a reference to a sponsored walk with ex-England cricketer Ian Botham). While in the Lib Dems camp we are gradually uncovering just how highly Vince Cable is regarded within the party.

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The case of the family that jumped from a Glasgow tower-block earlier this month was a startling revelation to many people around the UK. The underside of immigration into the UK is rarely glimpsed at and this was one such case that people would rather put to the back of their mind.

The families name was Sehryk and they hailed from Russia. The family, consisting of parents, Serguei and Tatiana, and 19-year old stepson, Stepan, had been in the UK since 2007. They had recently been refused the right to remain in the UK.

Of course all asylum applications are different and judged on varying factors, however the UKBA have come under increasing criticism for failings in this specific case. It is anticipated that a fatal accident inquiry into the incident will now take place, this is however little solace to the family or those in a similar situation living in the same desolate tower blocks as the now passed Sehryk family inhabited.

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We are within spitting distance of the next general election, an event that has been as ignored and distanced from by the people that wield the sword of power as it has been the antithesis for ‘Dave’ and his cronies for the last few years.

This is the main event – the shadowy characters of the Tory party have been waiting for this since Cameron was convincingly voted ahead of David Davis by a margin of 2:1 in 2005, this is the chance to wrestle the pendulum of public opinion back onto their side. For the political party that was tarnished for what at the time seemed like it would last more than the 13-years it has now been stands a real chance of achieving the top spot.

So does anyone care? Or should that be what’s the difference?

For what we are faced with is a Conservative party that looks for all intents and purposes a fake ‘people’ party, just as New Labour proved to be.
Who can forget the cheesy smiles and the Brit poppers, in Tony’s lav. snorting their naughty powders, while the party churned out the theme tune that things can only get better? Well they did, they couldn’t get much worse, but for all of 5-minutes. We now know the Labour party as much for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (and the belligerence that was pursued) as much as we do for Mo Mowlam and the Irish peace process.

However, what we see before us is a less convincing caricature of the early years of the terrible twosome, just as Vic and Bob are a slightly familiar aperitif of Morecombe and Wise, so too are Dave and George a not so funny Tony and Gord.
For the haphazard stock-brokers son, educated at Eton and wishing to regain power for the Tories is a lot more unconvincing as the man of the people than the effervescent Blair of the 90’s succeeded in portraying.

UK Immigration and the general election

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If you are currently working in the UK on a UK work visa you are no doubt abundantly aware of when this visa will run out. The process of immigration into the UK is structured in such a way that you would have to be lacking in vital minerals to not know a round about date of when your UK visa is going to expire. Are people that forgetful? It is possible I suppose. This as you could imagine is a common occurrence for those posturing in a position of authority within UK immigration, similar to the school teacher that questions the pupil on why he is late or the dog on why he chose that particular cellulose pulp, mainly derived from wood, to have for his breakfast. It is of course bound to happen sooner or later, the latter being the operative word for those in this predicament.

The situation, although easily avoided, is where some forgetful souls find themselves. In a foreign land and not legally entitled to be there. Arggghhh exclamation mark, exclamation mark. I am now officially a government statistic they say to all their friends that know of what they talketh. Nights are filled with a restless, morose, melancholy sleep, punctuated only by moments of sheer terror that the UK version of the KGB are knocking at the door and they aren’t here to discuss the matter.

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The UK immigration authorities have announced price increases for certain types of UK visas. Government involved in this matter will no doubt feel that these measures are needed and most immigration observers would more than likely agree.

The criticism I have lobbied at the Labour party from this very blog is that in regards to the UK immigration policy they have simply not provided extra funding for services and institutions that an increase in population would require. By this I mean public services such as the healthcare system and schools.

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The points-based UK immigration system aimed at rooting out terrorists blamed for delaying visas for genuine students.

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Claims that increases in UK immigration have a negative effect on the job-market and that immigrants “take our jobs” and “cut our pay” are misplaced and wrong, according to research published by the Institute for Public Policy Research.

The economists say there is no evidence to suggest that large-scale immigration from eastern Europe into the UK since 2004 has had any substantial negative impact on either wages or employment. Indeed, they add that it is entirely possible there has been a small positive impact on both of these, or no impact at all.

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The Law Society has negotiated major changes for Britain’s leading international law practices in plans that will mean firms can employ the world’s best and brightest legal workers from overseas.

The Society has witnessed many of its suggestions to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) replicated in the MAC’s official plans submitted to the Government this week in regards to the UK visa points-based system, which controls the amount of migrant workers entering into jobs in Britain.

The principle idea pointed out to MAC was that immigrants working within the UK’s international law sector are often highly qualified and receive a higher than average salary, therefore being able to make a significant input to the domestic economy. This is coupled with the desirable benefit that these workers do not pose a significant risk of abusing of the UK immigration system.

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A roadshow campaign by UK immigration officials around England has seen children fingerprinted, pensioners handcuffed and families locked into immigration service cell vans as part of a PR drive to dispel myths that surround immigration issues.

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