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From the end of February 2012, the United Kingdom is extending the requirement to register biometric details to all non-EEA applicants within the country who are applying for visas of more than six months.

The UK government's move is in line with the European Union regulations specifying a uniform format for residence permits for third-country nationals. The UK was the first EU member state to implement the programme, introducing electronic residence permit cards for some immigration categories from November 2008. The new extension will complete the rollout to all in-country applicants with effect from 29 February 2012.

To learn about the requirement and its implications for employers, please continue reading at our collaborative blog, Global Employment Law.

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On November 29 the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of passing the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (H.R. 3012), bipartisan legislation that would abolish the per-country numerical limits on employment-based immigrant visas. Introduced by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) on September 22 and approved by a vote of 389-15, the measure would incrementally change the current system, whereby the annual number of employment-based immigrant visas allocated to natives of any single foreign country cannot exceed 7 percent of the total number of such visas issued that year. To learn more about the bill and its potential implications for employers, please continue reading at Littler's Washington D.C. Employment Law Update. 

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