The UK Border Agency in the Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait is introducing a priority visa service in all visa application centres on 27 February 2012.

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The UK Border Agency in the Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait is introducing a priority visa service in all visa application centres on 27 February 2012.

Applying to stay here for more than six months, obtain a biometric residence permit

Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) applicants have been urged to use the new form with immediate effect, but the Home Office will continue to accept applications made on the previous version of the form up to and including 5 March 2012.

Migrant workers under Tiers 2 and 5 of the points-based system can now apply and pay their application fees online if they are already in the UK.

Graduates entrepreneurs with outstanding ground-breaking ideas would be permitted to stay put in the UK further than their university studies, as the government reacted to disapproval of its new visa regime for overseas students. Immigration minister Damian Green said up to 1,000 places for non-EU students will be made available under the Graduate Entrepreneur Route.
