• Damian Green introduces idea of ‘contribution-based’ immigration system
• Phone lines now closed for biometric enrolment
• English language test requirements increased for Tier 1 and 2
• List of approved English language tests updated for Tiers 1, 2 and 4
• Biometric appointment booking service to be online only from February
• Online Tier 2 and 5 applications from February 2012
• Is immigration affecting unemployment?
• New application form for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals
• Immigration expected to fall because of economy, not policy
• New procedure for Exception Talent visas with Arts Council endorsement
• Fees for appeals apply from December 2011
• Appeal against English language requirements for spouses and partners fails
• Biometric residence permits to be issued with ILR
• Apply Online and Sponsor management services unavailable on 3-4 December
• UK Net migration hits record levels
• Working rights restrictions to continue for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals
• Skilled workers may have to meet minimum salary requirement for ILR
• Salary thresholds for sponsoring dependents proposed
• New Shortage Occupation List comes into effect
• Border control lapses put Home Secretary under pressure to resign
• New policy guidance on marriage visas for under-21s
• Over 500 colleges lose the right to sponsor students
• Unqualified financial institutions for Tier 4
• Settlement requirements amended for Tier 2 visas and work permits
• Shortage Occupation List reduced for skilled migrants
• Ban on marriage visas for under-21s thrown out by Supreme Court
• New style passports all now printed in the UK
• Further crackdown on immigration outlined by Prime Minister
• ‘We’re going to change the British citizenship test,’ says Prime Minister
• Changes to the Immigration Rules announced affecting Tier 2 visas
• New rules block stays in the UK for NHS debtors
• Fake university website closed down
• The Guardian asks, Do You Feel British?
• Apply Online service unavailable on Thursday 6 October
• Changes made to list of approved English language tests
• Online services unavailable on 30 September 2011
• UKBA announces changes for carers of British citizens
• 2012 editions are nearly here!
• Family migration consultation ‘to promote better integration’
• MAC advises shortage occupation list be restricted to limit migration
• UKBA request feedback on biometric residence permits
• Settlement consultation closes on 9 September
• UK Border Agency launches new website
• Student visas and International Baccalaureate qualifications
• Latest statistics show net migration up 21%
• The Migrant Journey - Second Report
• Marriage-related migration to the UK
• Biometric visa ‘clinic’ to open in Amsterdam
• Tier 1 (Exceptional talent) route opens
• UKBA launch improved online booking system
• Online services unavailable from 4-7 August
• Details of the Tier 1 (Exceptional talent) route confirmed
• New Tier 1 (Post-study work) forms and policy guidance published
• Payment methods for premium appointments in Glasgow and Cardiff
• Test booking process changes
• New chief executive of the UKBA announced
• Consultation announced on family migration
• Immigration Advisory Service enters into administration
• New approved English language tests and providers
• Changes to student visa rules implemented
• Further clarification on Tier 4 student visas
• UKBA strike action planned on 30 June
• Free extension of stay announced for skilled workers in closed work routes
• New forms published: EEA and BR1
• New scrutiny on private colleges
• More changes to student visas announced
• Breaking the link between temporary and permanent migration
• Q&A document on English language requirements for students
• Home Affairs committee finds UKBA failing to control immigration
• UKBA ‘reviewing’ impact of ECJ cases
• New immigration removal centre opened in Lincolnshire
• Test fee increased for Life in the UK test
• Net migration leaps by nearly 100,000
• Newport passport office to be closed to applications
• ‘Unnecessary’ immigration appeals curbed by new restrictions
• Passenger movement data to be tracked across the EU
• Tier 2 allocations made for April 2011
• Immigration Minister’s answers to your questions released
• Prime Minister defends immigration policy
• Reduced points based test calculator until summer 2011
• Changes to the ‘knowledge of language and life’ requirement for settlement
• ESOL rules change for ‘knowledge of life and language in the UK’ requirement
• Limits on Tier 2 visas and Tier 1 changes come into effect
• Damian Green answers your questions
• New immigration fees - April 2011
• Certificates of Approval abolished in May 2011
• BBC Oxford talks to lifeintheuk.net
• Finalised details of student visa programme announced
• NHS debtors to face restrictions on immigration
• Tier 1 & 2 visas and Settlement from April 2011
• Home Affairs Committee criticises student visa plans
• Re-entry bans reduced for voluntary departures
• Details of Tier 1 Investor and Entrepreneur visas announced
• Government confirms reduction of shortage occupation list and Tier 2 approved professions
• Pilot Sojourner Scheme to be continued to protect victims of domestic violence
• Full treaty rights to be granted as Worker Registration Scheme closes
• MAC recommends reduced shortage occupation list
• Dominica and St Lucia visa waivers
• New family returns process launched
• Immigration fees to increase again in April 2011

Learn more about immigration to the UK with Born Abroad

The BBC has published research and statistical analysis about residents of the UK who were not born in this country.

If you need to take the Life in the UK test then you must have been born in another country.  You may be interested in analysis that has been published on the BBC website.

Born Abroad presents a breakdown of where immigrants live, where they come from and how they make a living.  The analysis uses maps to show the density and distribution of the population of overseas born people.

You can learn more at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/born_abroad/html/overview.stm