Warner News
11/06/2010
Migrants marrying UK citizens must now learn English
Compulsory English language tests will be introduced for non-European migrants.
01/10/2009
Two new policy announcements for Tier 4
New policy for Tier 4 sponsors
Ministers of Religion
The tier 2 - ministers of religion category includes those coming to fill vacancies as religious workers within recognised religions, and anyone who ministers, whether regularly or occasionally, and performs pastoral duties or both.
Pastoral duties include:
- leading worship regularly and on special occasions
- providing religious education for children and adults by preaching or teaching
- officiating at marriages, funerals and other special services
- offering counselling and welfare support to members of the congregation
- recruiting, training and co-ordinating the work of any local volunteers and lay preachers.
This category is also for migrants coming to work in the United Kingdom as:
- a missionary
- a member of a religious order such as a monastic community of monks or nuns, or a similar religious community which involves permanent commitment.