Changes to UK Immigration Rules

[evadgib]

Rather than open a new thread I'm posting these UK-related links here:

Changes to the immigration rules will clamp down on visa abuse

Statement of changes in Immigration Rules

Mods: Feel free to move if they're in the wrong place:)

Edited July 11, 2014 by evadgib

[theoldgit]

@evadgib, thanks for posting, I've moved your post into a new topic.

The changes really involve Tier 4 (Student) or Tier 1 (Post Study Work) migrant to make an in-country application for an extension of stay as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur), so will be of little interest to most forum members.

Though there are some changes regarding the right to family life in respect of Section 8 of the Human Rights Act.

[evadgib]

Some patients from outside Europe using the NHS will be charged 150% of the cost of treatment under new incentives for the NHS to recover costs from visitors and migrants using the NHS.

Visitors and migrants can currently get free NHS care immediately or soon after arrival in the UK, leaving the NHS open to abuse.

But now government is asking the NHS to clamp down by identifying these patients more effectively so costs can be recovered from them.

Plans to encourage the recovery of migrant NHS healthcare costs

Edited July 15, 2014 by evadgib

[7by7]

From the link

Visitors and migrants can currently get free NHS care immediately or soon after arrival in the UK, leaving the NHS open to abuse.

Visitors, i.e. those in the UK with a visit visa cannot currently get free NHS care; except for initial care in an A&E department. Anything else, even if admitted to hospital from A&E, should be charged for.

In this respect, the problem isn't the current law, it's hospitals and GPs not applying it correctly.

Whoever wrote that briefing should know this.

A genuine error, or a deliberate mistake?