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…
Switching Visas In-Country – COVID-19
Switch to a long term UK visa from inside the UK Are you currently in the UK? Does your leave expire between 24 January 2020 and 31 May 2020? If…
Emigration to the UK: which route should you take?
Routes of emigration to the UK There are many different routes of emigration to the UK, ranging from temporary to long-term visas. In order to establish which visa is applicable…
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
What is the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme? The Job Retention Scheme has been implemented by the government with the aim of paying the salaries of employees who would otherwise have…
New Impacts of COVID-19 on Tier 2 employers
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Tier 2 employers The recent COVID-19 pandemic has caused strict restrictions on travel and this could have implications for complying with sponsor licence duties. If…
Employment Rights During COVID-19
What about my employment rights during COVID-19? Your employment rights during COVID-19 have changed. With the Corona virus crisis (‘the crisis’) detrimentally affecting almost all businesses, this will be a…
Immigration affected by COVID-19
Changes to the Immigration rules due to COVID-19 and restrictions on movement COVID-19 – Visa Extension If you’re a Chinese national in the UK whose immigration status is affected by…
Case study: Naturalisation as a British Citizen
Our client approached NA Law Solicitors for advice concerning an application for naturalisation as a British Citizen. The client was an Indian national who was born in the UK and…
Immigration News & Updates
- Guidance: Global Business Mobility routes caseworker guidanceImmigration staff guide for how UK Visas and Immigration considers applications to enter or remain in the UK on the Global Business Mobility routes.
- 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.
- India Young Professionals Scheme visa: ballot systemThis guidance explains how to enter the ballot to apply for the India Young Professionals Scheme visa, and how the ballot system works.
- Guidance: China: tuberculosis test clinics for a UK visaWhere to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in China for your UK visa application.
- Guidance: Windrush Compensation Scheme: full rulesThis guidance explains full details of the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
- Guidance: UK visa requirements: list for carriersInformation for international carriers about visa requirements for passengers travelling to the UK.
- Guidance: Apply for a British Overseas Territory or Commonwealth country visaGuidance on how to apply for a visa for a Commonwealth country or British Overseas Territory.
- Transparency data: UK passport fees transparency dataFees transparency data for all passport application types.
- Guidance: Form T: guidanceGuidance to register as a British citizen if you were born in the UK and lived here until the age of 10.