Lex Meridian

According to a report in the Times, the Home Office approved 735 applicants from wealthy foreign investors from outside the EU for UK residency permits in the year to June. The previous year saw an approval of 500 such applicants while in the year to...

 Jose Manuel Barroso, the 11th and current President of the European Commission, has warned that the UK prime minister, David Cameron’s plan to restrict the time spend working by EU immigrants in Britain, will not be accepted by other EU governments...

Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister of Britain, has indicated in advance of his proposed trip to India that he supports a review of the recently toughened UK visa immigration restrictions imposed on foreign students.
The regulations had caused a considerable hardship on Indian students who wish to study in the UK. In his interview with the Times of India, the Deputy PM disclosed that he will be visiting Delhi University to have a ‘first-hand’ experience of the reservations...

In a recent step taken by the RBI, the bank has relaxed previous complex and bureaucratic restrictions which had prevented many Non Resident Indians (NRIs) from purchasing property in India. Under the current proposals, NRIs will be able to buy property...