Changes to how restaurants can sponsor chefs
More restaurants can now sponsor chefs under Tier 2 If you own or manage a restaurant, we can understand the importance of preparing food that is as flavoursome and as…
Proposed changes to Student Visa Rules
Ministers reverse May-era Student Visa Rules International students will be allowed to stay in the UK for two years following graduation to find a job. The proposed change reverses the…
Shortage of Occupation list Expansion
The Expansion of the shortage of occupation list – Tier 2 Visa British based businesses will now have easier access to skilled workers due to the recent changes to the…
Changes to Investor Visa from March 2019
The Investor Visa has now changed for applicants who apply after March 2019. This comes after the government stated that new reforms were necessary in order to begin combatting concerns…
Brexit to be delayed until after 31st October if no-deal is still on the table
MPs attempting to avoid a no-deal Brexit from occurring next month were successful by 328 to 301 votes in their attempts to bring a bill seeking a delay to the…
UK cannot end freedom of movement on Brexit day, experts say
Earlier this month the Home Office released a statement stating that EU freedom of movement would automatically come to a halt in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit. Experts however,…
Free Movement to end for EU Migrants in the UK on 31st October
The government have stated that if the UK leaves the EU in the event of a ‘no-deal Brexit’, then free movement rights for EU migrants will stop immediately. Under Mrs…
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan urges government to lower EU salary threshold
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has urged the government to change the £30,000 salary requirement for foreign workers, including EU migrants, post-Brexit. If not done, Khan fears that it would ultimately…
A new fast-track immigration plan for foreign scientists announced by PM Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson has announced a new immigration plan for foreign scientists. He states in his announcement that the immigration rules will be changed. This is to make the UK ‘even…
Boris Johnson wants UK to follow Australia’s immigration system
New PM Boris Johnson wants a “radical rewriting of our immigration system” In his early days as PM, Boris Johnson has proposed a new points-based immigration system for overseas workers…
Immigration News & Updates
- Guidance: Multi-factor authentication for UK visa sponsors: SMS manual 13Step-by-step guide to using multi-factor authentication (MFA) when logging into the sponsorship management system (SMS).
- Guidance: Workers and Temporary Workers - guidance for sponsors part 1: apply for a licenceGuidance for sponsors on applying for a licence.
- Guidance: Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors part 3: sponsor duties and complianceGuidance for sponsors on sponsor duties and compliance.
- Guidance: Biometric information: caseworker guidanceImmigration staff guidance on managing an applicant's biometric information.
- Prove your English language abilities with a secure English language test (SELT)For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
- 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.
- Guidance: National Age Assessment Board: caseworker guidanceImmigration staff guidance on the commencement of the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB).
- Visit the UK as part of a German school tripThe Germany-UK school trip travel information form allows you to bring a group of pupils from a school in Germany to the UK.
- Migration transparency dataData on Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and Passports, Citizenship and Civil Registration performance.