Recruiting Health and Care Staff being made easier
More roles have been added to the Shortage Occupation List. With the new points-based immigration system, those applying through the skilled worker visa route need 70 points in order to…
How is the new Skilled Worker visa better than the Tier 2 (General)?
The immigration rules regarding the migration of EU and EEA workers to the UK have changed on 1 January 2021. On this page, we are going to discuss the benefits…
How has the sponsorship licence changed for employers and employees?
The Home Office published in 2020 proposed changes that will affect employers applying for a sponsorship licence and assigning certificates of sponsorships. The table below highlights the main changes to…
Applying for permits to join EU or EEA family members in the UK
Who can apply? It may be possible to apply for a permit to come to the UK if you are the family member of an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen,…
Extending a Tier 2 (General) visa as of January 2021
The process of extending a Tier 2 (General) visa was changed as of December 2020 when the Tier 2 (General) visa was replaced with the Skilled Worker visa. Workers that…
Complying with sponsor licence duties
Employers that hold a sponsor licence to employ those under the Skilled Worker and Temporary Worker routes must continue to comply with the duties and responsibilities set on them by…
Which SOC code should you use for skilled occupations?
What are the SOC codes? When sponsoring individuals under the Skilled Worker visa or the Intra Company Transfer visa, employers must ensure that the role they are offering meets the…
A new “Fast-Track” Visa Scheme
In the midst of the current Covid-19 Pandemic, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a potential ‘elite’ visa scheme to help start-up and rapidly growing technology sector source global mobility. Fintech…
Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS)
A certificate of sponsorship is an electronic document containing details of the applicant’s employment in the UK. There are two types of sponsored visas for work: Skilled Worker and Intra-Company…
Skilled Worker Visa
Skilled Worker Visa The newly renamed Skilled Worker (SW) visa, replacing the Tier 2 General, allows employers to hire overseas workers to work and stay in the UK. Post 1…
Immigration News & Updates
- Correspondence: Updates on the move to eVisasInformation on the the move from physical immigration documents to eVisas.
- Guidance: Immigration Rules archive: 1 January 2026 to 7 January 2026Immigration Rules archive for 1 January 2026 to 7 January 2026.
- Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: workersList of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
- Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: studentsList of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
- Form: Become a British citizen by naturalisation (form AN)Apply for citizenship by naturalisation if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post.
- Form: Register child under 18 as British citizen (form MN1)Register a child under 18 as a British citizen if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post.
- Form: Apply by post for British citizenship as a person of Chagossian descent (form BIOT)Apply for citizenship as a direct descendant of a citizen of the UK and Colonies who was born in the British Indian Ocean Territory.
- Guidance: Myanmar (Burma): country policy and information notesGuidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
- Migration transparency dataData on Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and Passports, Citizenship and Civil Registration performance.
- Guidance: English language requirement levels for immigration applicationsThis document sets out the English language requirement levels for different visa routes.