Home Office Abandons Security Bond Proposal

The Home Office has indicated it will not implement a proposal to require temporary migrants from countries whose nationals are deemed to be at a high risk of overstaying their visas to pay a £3,000 security bond. The proposal was originally scheduled to go into effect this month.

The proposed measure was intended to deter foreign nationals from overstaying their immigration status, which some UK government officials have stated is the country’s greatest immigration challenge. UK law has included provisions for the imposition of a security bond since the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, but bond requirements have never been implemented.

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