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UK scale-up visa route launched
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UK scale-up visa route launched
Renewing your Sponsor Licence
Holding a sponsor licence allows businesses to employ migrant workers within suitably skilled roles. There are many responsibilities and duties…
Immigration options following graduation
A couple of weeks ago, we presented a visa session for students at a University of Manchester employability event, held…
Deportation: Supreme Court revisits Unduly Harsh and Very Compelling Circumstances Tests
On 20 July 2022, the UK Supreme Court gave its judgment In the three joined appeals of HA (Iraq), RA…
Deprivation of citizenship and deception: Mo than meets the eye
Sir Mo Farah has recently revealed that he was trafficked to the UK as a young child and subjected to…
Sponsorship duties – resignation
We’ve recently published a number of guides outlining the extensive duties and responsibilities faced by those sponsoring Skilled Workers and…
Brexit causing problems again? Surely not…
We’ve all heard about the problems major airlines are facing in the UK at the moment – there are delays…
Visit Visas – the most difficult application of them all?
Who needs a visit visa? A visit visa is required by a visa national who is wishing to visit the…
Hold a sponsor licence? Are you complying with your sponsor duties in relation to record-keeping?
Further to my colleague Gemma Tracey’s recent article considering sponsor duties in relation to absences, today we’ll be looking at…
What is the Home Office contact number for BRP replacement?
Everything you need to know about BRPs There is no direct line to the Home Office for Biometric Residence Permit…
Are You Under Threat of Deportation? Checklist
Every state has the power to control the entry and residence of any non-citizens within its borders. Immigration laws in…
Hold a sponsor licence? Are you complying with your sponsor duties in relation to absences?
More than 54,600 organisations hold a worker / temporary worker sponsor licence, enabling them to sponsor workers relocating to the…
Global Business Mobility Routes
Today, 11 April 2022, sees the introduction of the new Global Business Mobility routes (GBM) into the UK’s immigration system.…
Right to Work Checks
The Home Office has recently published information about civil penalties that were imposed between 1 July to 30 September 2021.…
An animation of our times – Flee reviewed by Gary McIndoe
FLEE is beautifully made, a cross-over movie in many ways. This is illustrated by its nomination for Academy Awards in…
Netflix and… SKILLS!
I recently had some time away from the office. My original plans involved a trip to New York, but we…
Could Novak Djokovic be barred from competing at Wimbledon?
Stories erupted yesterday about Novak Djokovic having his Australian visa revoked, potentially preventing him from participating in the Australian Open.…
What’s on the horizon for UK immigration in 2022?
2021 wasn’t a year of great upheaval in the Immigration Rules. Major changes such as the overhaul of the Skilled…
What are the rules for performing artists coming to the UK?
One year on, artists are still struggling with the legal complexities around performance in the UK. Gary McIndoe explains the…
Will Santa be allowed to enter a post-Brexit UK this year?
Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, or Kris Kringle; whatever you call the jolly man in red at Christmastime, we…
The immigration law 12 days of Christmas 2021
Day 1: a true love gifts a partridge in pear tree – Partner visas Immigration applications between true loves –…