John Freeman at Down The Tubes has just posted information about Nikhil Singh. We thought you might want to see it as well….

Saturday 24th October should have been a great night for John Harris Dunning & Nikhil Singh as they were meant to be at the ICA as part of the Comica festival for the launch of their new graphic novel Saelm Brownstone (reviewed just last week right here).

Except Nikhil Singh couldn’t attend, as he’s stuck in South Africa and has been for the past 5 months due to the British Home Office Policy of not renewing Artists’ Visas, forcing all artists to reapply for “Tier One Higher Skilled Worker Visa” which requires “a degree or similar proof of tertiary education”.

Effectively Singh; born in South Africa but resident in Britain for three years and a highly acclaimed and published artist, cannot get the visa he needs to continue his life in this country since he doesn’t have the required degree to show his high skill level. Funny, I would have thought the published book and international acclaim for said book was far greater proof of his skill than a degree.

There’s more detail on this at Down The Tubes. Like John says, should you wish to joing the campaign run by The Manifesto Club in support of visiting artists you can do so here: www.manifestoclub.com/visitingartists