After 31 January 2020, the UK is set to enter into an 11 month transition period, until 31 December 2020. This means the UK will continue to follow EU rules until at least 31 December 2020. Jumping of...
Important changes for Tier 4 Students
Changes affecting Tier 4 of the points based system were announced by the Home Secretary Theresa May on 13 July 2015. The changes are significant for both students wishing to come and study in the UK,...
New Acas guides on discrimination at work
To help employers identify, tackle and prevent discrimination in the workplace, Acas has recently published three new guides. Although the Acas guides are not strictly legally binding, businesses are ...
Home Office pledges crackdown on illegal workers
Various surveys have been carried out that estimate the number of illegal workers in the UK between 620,000 and 1.1 million. In his recent statement the immigration minister, James Brokenshire, pledge...
Is your turnover £36m or more? You’ll need a slavery and human trafficking statement
You may be aware that the Modern Slavery Act 2015 comes into force later this year; this is likely to happen in October. The Act increases the maximum jail sentence for the most serious offences in re...
New requirement for Tier 1 Entrepreneur and Tier 1 Investor visa applicants to produce overseas criminal record certificates
As of 1 September 2015, Tier 1 Investor and Tier 1 Entrepreneur entry clearance applicants and their adult dependants will have to produce a criminal record certificate from every country they have li...
Duties and responsibilities of sponsor licence holders – non-compliance poses serious risk to licence being revoked by the Home Office
As a general point, the Home Office takes a very strict approach to sponsors’ obligations, which in combination with its wide discretion in interpreting the immigration rules, means that Tier 2 spon...
Net Migration – Update
David Cameron has announced that the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) will consider new measures to reduce demand for migrant labour from outside the EU. During last week’s Prime Minister̵...
The Istanbul shoe cleaner story
I have come to Istanbul to meet with Turkish businesses and entrepreneurs looking to start up in the UK. I got caught by this trick but never again. You should know for the story that ₺4 (4 Turkish ...
Introduction of Biometric Residence Permits on entry clearance applications
Until recently applicants for entry clearance have been issued with visa stamps in their passports and Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) have been issued on visa renewal applications. Under the new r...
