Draft Immigration Bill 2009 
Copyright acnowledge – Home Office
A draft Immigration Bill was published by the government on 12th November 2009.
As this home office press release explains, under measures included in this bill, “the five current application categories available to migrants will be replaced by one clear concept – ‘permission’ to be in the United Kingdom. With this new approach, migrants will either be granted permission or refused“. A “new, temporary, time-limited, permission will be given for a particular purpose to visit, work or study and is subject to conditions such as access to work or public funds. Permanent residents will be given permission without any time limit or conditions attached.”
The government has also announced that it is accepting the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) shortage occupation list in full.
See also this article in the BBC “PM to ‘tighten’ migration rules” and this response to Gordon Brown’s speech on immigration from Unite “Tony Woodley on the Gordon Brown speech on immigration“.
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