Can you guess who wins?
not the NHS
Not the doctors or other hospital workers.
https://www.ft.com/content/040d6323-cf40-46da-855e-1d4aaf59418b
"The Home Office, which is responsible for the UK’s immigration system, pledged on March 31 that it would automatically grant a year’s extension to the visas of any NHS staff whose permission to stay in the UK expired before October 1.
Priti Patel, the home secretary, said at the time that she did not want staff dealing with the pandemic to be “distracted by the visa process”. The offer also covered the visas of the workers’ dependants and was subsequently made free of charge."
You can trust Prissy Patel...
Can't you?
"Overseas doctors have been unable to leave the country, threatened with eviction and had family members sacked because of delays in issuing new UK residence permits they were promised at the height of the pandemic.
The issue affects non-EU nationals working in the NHS — many exhausted after months battling Covid-19. One doctor said he had been unable to visit an ill relative in Pakistan, while another had to cancel plans to get married in his home country."
How did it happen?
"The hospitals asked those affected to hand over their and their families’ Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) ahead of their visa renewal date at the request of the Home Office, according to testimony from eight doctors interviewed by the Financial Times. But months later they were still awaiting for some or all of the replacements.
The tightening up on undocumented migrants in the UK in recent years makes it impossible for immigrants to undertake many essential tasks, ranging from renting property to placing their children in a school, without showing a BRP, which proves the holder has a valid visa for the UK."
not the NHS
Not the doctors or other hospital workers.
https://www.ft.com/content/040d6323-cf40-46da-855e-1d4aaf59418b
"The Home Office, which is responsible for the UK’s immigration system, pledged on March 31 that it would automatically grant a year’s extension to the visas of any NHS staff whose permission to stay in the UK expired before October 1.
Priti Patel, the home secretary, said at the time that she did not want staff dealing with the pandemic to be “distracted by the visa process”. The offer also covered the visas of the workers’ dependants and was subsequently made free of charge."
You can trust Prissy Patel...
Can't you?
"Overseas doctors have been unable to leave the country, threatened with eviction and had family members sacked because of delays in issuing new UK residence permits they were promised at the height of the pandemic.
The issue affects non-EU nationals working in the NHS — many exhausted after months battling Covid-19. One doctor said he had been unable to visit an ill relative in Pakistan, while another had to cancel plans to get married in his home country."
How did it happen?
"The hospitals asked those affected to hand over their and their families’ Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) ahead of their visa renewal date at the request of the Home Office, according to testimony from eight doctors interviewed by the Financial Times. But months later they were still awaiting for some or all of the replacements.
The tightening up on undocumented migrants in the UK in recent years makes it impossible for immigrants to undertake many essential tasks, ranging from renting property to placing their children in a school, without showing a BRP, which proves the holder has a valid visa for the UK."
