Permanent Residence through the self-sufficient route
Obtaining Permanent Residence through the self-sufficient route As an EEA national and you may wish to obtain permanent residence (PR) through the self-sufficient route in the UK and apply for…
MAC Report
The Migration Advisory Committee Report The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) published a long-waited report of their assessment of the EEA migration and recommendations to post-Brexit work immigration system…
Brexit – The White Paper
Brexit – The White Paper On 12 July 2018, the government published its white paper entitled The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, which details plans…
Historical case study: UK business secured a Tier 2 sponsor licence after evidence preparation
Historical case study — not current legal guidance. This page records a matter handled under the rules and terminology in force at the time. Routes, requirements and deadlines may since…
Historical case study: Tier 1 Entrepreneur accelerated settlement granted
Historical case study — not current legal guidance. This page records a matter handled under the rules and terminology in force at the time. Routes, requirements and deadlines may since…
Should I Apply for Settled Status?
Settled status – how it works, who’s eligible and when you should apply The EU settlement scheme to obtain ‘settled status’ is the new residence system has been implemented as…
Tier 1 Genuine Entrepreneur test overview
Tier 1 Genuine Entrepreneur test overview Below is a Tier 1 Genuine Entrepreneur test overview that outlines what to consider when faced with the Genuine Entrepreneur test. It includes important factors…
Tier 1 Investor visa overview
Tier 1 Investor visa overview The following infograph provides a brief yet comprehensive Tier 1 Investor visa overview. It is a useful way to initially determine whether this may be the…
Tier 2 COS Application Process
Tier 2 COS application process The infograph below provides a brief yet comprehensive overview for the Tier 2 COS application process to employ non-EEA workers. Please note that it does not list…
EEA Permanent Residence overview
An overview of an EEA Permanent Residence application The following infograph provides a brief yet comprehensive EEA Permanent Residence overview on the process by which EEA and non-EEA migrants can apply…
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.