** Reply to note from Gwenan Owen <[log in to unmask]> Mon, 18 Mar 2002 15:02:36 -0000
> We've had a request from the UK Immigration Service to confirm the student
> status of someone - they are asking under s.29(3) of the DP Act 98. This
> particular student is now a member of staff here - I don't know if this makes
> a difference.
>
> Amazingly I've never had to deal with this type of request before and wonder
> if anyone could confirm the UK Immigration Service's powers to request this
> info from us?
Was that student an overseas student? If yes read on, if not excuse me ...
old age.
There was some debate a while back about telling/not telling the home
office (Aliens department as I remember). I was told we did not have to
tell.
At the time I took the view that by giving a letter of acceptance to the
student and stating the length of course etc we enabled the student to get a
visa hence we HAD TO tell. Not the case.
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In practical terms though.
Make sure your member of staff has a work permit just in case and if s/he has
not got one DON'T TELL the list.
Charles
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Charles Christacopoulos, Management Information Officer,
Planning & Information Group, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN,
Scotland, United Kingdom.
Tel: 44(0)1382-344891. Fax: 44(0)1382-201604.
http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/ http://somis2.ais.dundee.ac.uk/
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