• Home Office granted 275 visas to nonexistent care home, report finds

    Home Office granted 275 visas to nonexistent care home, report finds
    ‘Shocking’ system for awarding care worker visas leaves people at risk of exploitation, inspection report saysA damning inspection report has found multiple failures in the Home Office’s system for awarding care worker visas, including 275 granted to a care home that did not exist.The report found the whole regime of allowing care homes to sponsor visas to bring in workers from overseas was “shocking” in its implementation, and the net effect was “a system tha
  • Home Office granted 275 care worker certificates of sponsorship after ‘false’ application

    Home Office granted 275 care worker certificates of sponsorship after ‘false’ application
    ‘Shocking’ system for awarding care worker visas leaves people at risk of exploitation, inspection report saysA damning inspection report has found multiple failures in the Home Office’s system for awarding care worker visas, including 275 certificates of sponsorship granted to a care home without its knowledge and “using false information”.The report found the whole regime of allowing care homes to sponsor visas to bring in workers from overseas was “shocking

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