Americans planning to travel to the UK over the summer holidays should be aware of changing laws and new biometric controls being put in place.

The cost of visa and naturalization fees will increase on 1 April 2007, and UK-Yankees say their disproportionate, above-inflation increases will hurt new British families.

The UK Government is launching in April 2005 its new provision for graduates of the top 50 business schools (below) to work in the UK for up to 12 months upon completion of their MBAs. This provision is part of the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP), although the government has not yet clarified how the HSMP and the MBA provision are related.

An American woman married to a Croydon teacher for nearly four years has been told to leave the UK because her marriage is not authentic.

For many of us, being able to call ourselves a British citizen is something that we take for granted.