The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published a policy paper on the new UK Innovation Strategy. It focuses on supporting businesses to innovate by utilising the UK...
Hong Kong visa – Leave Outside the Rules deadline fast approaches:
Since our previous blog on this subject, the Home Office has announced a further temporary change to the British National (Overseas) Visa until 19th July 2021. Up until this date, individuals can make...
Changes to the Immigration Rules from 1 January 2021
The new rules revoked the free movement arrangements that EEA nationals and their family members enjoyed up till 31 December 2020. Now EU nationals wanting to come and live and work in the UK must hav...
Nanny Visa for the UK
Up until recently it has not been possible to obtain a nanny visa for more than 6 months. And Brexit prevents EU nationals who arrive in the UK from 1 January 2021 from taking on this role in a family...
British National Overseas: BN(O) passport holders all aboard
by Sonum Behar Previously, such passport holders were only permitted to visit the United Kingdom for a period of 6 months. However, under the new system which came into force on 31st January 2021 BN...
How to employ low skills workers in post Brexit UK
Until 31 December 2020 it was possible for an EU national to arrive in the UK to intend to live and work visa free and to do any kind of work. People from the rest of the world need a visa to be able ...
Applying for Internship in the UK from 1 January 2021 from Abroad
An internship is where you want to come to the UK for a short time for work experience or to do training. Up until 31 December 2020 it is not necessary for an EU national to have a work visa to carry ...
New Immigration Rules for Employers
The Government has announced that the new sponsor licence system will open for applications on 1 December 2020. The key points for employers are: • There is no time to lose. Apart from UK and Irish ...
EU Immigration Update
If you are a UK national living in the UK, you have probably taken your last visa free trip to mainland Europe. If you are an EU national living in mainland Europe, you have probably taken your last v...
British Overseas Nationals: Hong Kong Visa Arriving January 2021
China implemented new security laws which came into effect at 23:00(HKT) on 30th June 2020. In response to the change in laws, the UK government has introduced a bespoke route allowing Hong Kong Briti...