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UK immigration policy 'damaging IT industry'
News The chief executive of Autonomy attacked the UK government on Tuesday for what he claims is its "parochial" and "crazy" attitude to immigration. The current UK immigration system is widely seen as overly complicated.
[July 12, 2005, 15:35]
Home Office: Immigration points system 'will benefit UK'
News The Government on Tuesday announced the introduction of a "cleaner" points-based immigration system for IT specialists and other highly skilled workers. Centre-left think tank the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) cautiously welcomed the...
[March 8, 2006, 15:15]
UK immigration policy 'damaging IT industry'
Talkback For some companies this is a problem, For the UK as a whole the issue is that we are still not producing young people with adequate (Both in depth and bredth) technical skils, This affects many industries, not just IT.
[July 13, 2005, 11:40]
Home Office: Immigration points system 'will benefit UK'
Talkback I want to apply for HSMP having 35 years practice in supreme court of Pakistan
[April 27, 2006, 16:03]
Siemens mops up immigration IT contract
News The UK's Immigration and Nationality Directorate has welcomed back an IT supplier which was at the centre of its previous computer failures. The Home Office has commissioned Siemens Business Services to run IT systems for processing work permit and...
[February 22, 2006, 15:40]
Biometrics land at Gatwick
News Gatwick airport is the latest UK airport to trial biometric fingerprinting technology to boost immigration security. On arrival, passengers will have their fingerprints and photos checked against a database by immigration officials, and those...
[October 10, 2007, 8:30]
Home Office expands scope of compulsory ID cards
News Under the proposed regulations, which are part of government plans, applicants under six categories for UK immigration will need to provide fingerprints and a photograph to be stored electronically on the card, the Home Office said on Thursday.
[February 12, 2009, 16:32]
Gov't faces backlash over e-Borders travel database
News Our hi-tech electronic borders system will allow us to count all passengers in and out of the UK and targets those who aren't willing to play by our rules," said UK border and immigration minister Phil Woolas in a statement.
[February 9, 2009, 15:21]
UK urged to import more skilled IT workers
News The Work Foundation report also points out that availability of skilled workers can influence where companies choose to base themselves, especially those working at the cutting edge of R&D, and claims a climate of hostility towards immigration in...
[June 2, 2008, 8:55]
SOCA: Beware the IT mafia
News SOCA was formed earlier this month, combining the National Crime Squad, the National Criminal Intelligence Service and experts from HM Revenue & Customs and the UK Immigration Service. According to SOCA's annual plan, around 40 percent of its...
[April 25, 2006, 15:30]
Immigration can cure skills shortage, says SAS chief
News In an interview with silicon.com (ZDNet UK's sister site), Goodnight said that the IT industry is crying out for changes to immigration laws and added that SAS has slowed its hiring in the US in favour of growing its teams in India and China where...
[July 3, 2006, 14:55]
Biometric tech gets small town trial
News Separately, the government announced plans to extend a biometric scheme for people applying for visas to the UK to tackle immigration and asylum abuse. This is then used to identify the "significant number" of Sri Lankans who the government claims...
[August 28, 2003, 9:50]
Biometric checks launched for all UK visa applicants
News Immigration minister Liam Byrne congratulated Border and Immigration Agency officials and set out 10 milestones to strengthen border protection this year, including introducing compulsory ID cards for foreign nationals who want to stay in the UK...
[January 15, 2008, 7:18]
Home Office: 50,000 ID cards to be issued by April
News Volumes will rise rapidly thereafter and will depend on the speed of implementation and the nature of the immigration categories brought into the scheme," she added. In response to questions from MPs Damian Green, Nigel Evans and Philip Davies...
[September 9, 2008, 14:04]
Biometrics needs to keep the bad guys out not the good guys
Blog Take for example the UK immigration’s (or I should say UK border Agency - to give it it’s new name) rather tautologically named “Iris recognition immigration system” - IRIS system. This system allows users that have pre-registered to get through UK...
[August 18, 2008, 15:56]
IBM's ID card contract to last seven years
News We will scrutinise these contracts closely, but the Conservatives are committed to dropping the ID cards scheme and the national register," shadow immigration minister Damian Green told ZDNet UK on Friday.
[July 10, 2009, 17:56]
Government releases more details of UK ID Card
Blog To ensure the benefits of the programme are felt from the start, the UK Border Agency will start with categories that have been targeted by those wanting to abuse our immigration system, including students and people seeking leave to remain on the...
[September 25, 2008, 14:00]
UK education system failing tech industry
News But while many in the technology industry claim that improving education is the only way for the UK to stay competitive, others argue that immigration is a faster and surer way of bringing in the skills needed.
[August 14, 2006, 14:35]
Compulsory ID card scheme on course for Parliament
News David Blunkett said in a statement that ID cards will help "tackle the challenges of the 21st century" including terrorism, organised crime and illegal immigration. You will not solve terrorism or immigration by introducing biometrics to a card.
[November 27, 2003, 9:10]
SOCA: We are tackling e-crime
News SOCA was formed in May 2006 as an amalgamation of the NHTCU, National Crime Squad (NCS), National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), the part of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that deals with with drug trafficking and associated criminal finance...
[March 28, 2007, 14:52]
