Immigration and asylum | The Guardian

• UK food delivery firms step up checks after claims of illegal workers
  Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat to increase use of facial verification after ministers raise concernsThe UK’s three largest food delivery companies have announced increased security checks for riders after ministers raised concerns about people working illegally for the firms.Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat have committed to increasing the use of facial verification checks […]
• UK government agency not accepting eVisas as ID from job applicants
  Home Office says system changes needed at SIA to allow eVisas, prompting fears of another Windrush-type scandalThe Home Office-sponsored agency that licenses hundreds of thousands of security guards has become the latest to confirm that it will not accept newly introduced eVisas from job applicants, the Guardian has learned.eVisas are designed to replace physical biometric […]
• Man criticises Home Office for keeping visa fee of wife who died before reaching UK
  Mohamed Jama says the Home Office should refund the £3,105 immigration health surcharge because his wife never made it to the UKA grieving husband has criticised the Home Office for holding on to thousands of pounds in visa fees he paid for his wife to come to the UK, despite the fact that she died […]