Apply Now – UK Visa Fees to Increase From 4 October The UK Home Office has announced that visa application fees will increase substantially starting on 4 October 2023. The fee hikes will impact almost all UK visa categories, including skilled worker visas,...
This month’s episode covers references, with a focus on regulatory references in the Financial Services sector. We will be looking at what the legal position is for employers to provide a reference for former employees. We will also cover the regulatory...
Revised Immigration Rules – Building Blocks for Overseas Construction Workers? Post-Brexit, industries across the board were rocked to the core. Many overseas workers left the UK, which in turn led to a chronic shortfall in UK workforce. Coupled with Covid and the...
This month’s episode covers skilled worker visas. Usof Shah and Samuel Gray will be discussing eligibility requirements for the visa as well as the process once a business has been granted a sponsor licence. This episode will also cover conditions imposed on a skilled...
Mergers & Acquisitions: Corporate Immigration Compliance In nearly all corporate transactions, a business needs to take action to remain compliant as a sponsor to avoid the risk of having your sponsor licence being downgraded or even revoked which can have a...
All in a Day’s Work: Sponsor Licences This month’s episode will be an overview of sponsor licences. We will be looking at how businesses hire non-UK nationals, the process of obtaining a sponsor licence for businesses which will enable them to employ non-UK nationals....
UK High Potential Individual Visa Immigration Law The High Potential Individual (“HPI”) visa route opened earlier this year and allows qualifying individuals to enter the UK without needing an employer to sponsor them. In a bid to attract the world’s top talent, the...
All in a Day’s Work: Employee Inductions This month we are looking at employee inductions. Hannah King and Usof Shah will consider what these are, why they are important and what areas employees should address to ensure that they have an effective and engaging...
All in a Day’s Work: Right to Work Checks This month’s episode covers right to work checks. Usof Shah and Jack Rose will be discussing the legal requirement to conduct right to work checks and how employers must conduct them going forward. This episode...
UK Immigration Right to Work and Right to Rent Checks Immigration Law From 6 April 2022, important changes to both the Right to Work and Right to Rent Schemes will come into effect. In December 2021, the UK government issued guidance about changes to the way in which...
