Sponsor Compliance Visits - What To Expect?

The Home Office may undertake a sponsor compliance visit in order to assess an organisation once it has submitted a sponsor licence application. They may also visit once a sponsor licence has been granted in order to ensure that the organisation is maintaining...

What is work? Complying with your visa conditions

Under the Immigration Rules, many people have restrictions on their right to work in the UK. This article will look at some of the main definitions of work used in the Immigration rules in the main work and study based categories and discuss how this will...

The ‘Genuine Entrepreneur’ test and Business Plans

The ‘Genuine Entrepreneur’ test was introduced in 2013, and is a discretionary element of the otherwise fairly objective Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) application. The Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) modernised guidance (v19) sets out in relation to initial applications that: Where...

Civil Penalty Appeals Can Be Heard By The Court of Appeal

In Secretary of State for the Home Department v Akbar [2017] EWCA Civ 16 (19 January 2017) the Court of Appeal has ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear appeals...

Civil Penalties, Right To Work and Protecting Your Business

The Home Office has published its list of civil penalties for the first quarter of 2016, with the fines imposed totalling more than £14 million. Elsewhere in the media, the relationship between certain employers and the Home Office when arresting those working...

Right to rent: The impact of the Immigration Act 2016 on migrants with lawful status

The Immigration Act 2014 made it compulsory for private landlords to check the immigration status of all new adult tenants, sub-tenants and lodgers in order to assess whether they have a ‘Right to Rent’ in the UK. The Act also introduced civil...

Potential Impact of Cuts to EU Migration

Employers in different sectors of the UK economy could be affected in very different ways if measures are introduced to restrict the...

Dependents of Tier 2 Workers should Keep the Right to Work

The majority of those surveyed said they are in favour of retaining the right to work for dependents of highly skilled workers who come to the UK from outside the EU.Contact Us

A Guide to Right to Rent Checks for Landlords

Section 22 of the Immigration Act 2014 makes landlords liable for a civil penalty if they authorise an adult who is not lawfully present in the UK (and who has not been given the permission to rent), to occupy property as their only or main home under...

New Offence of Driving While Unlawfully in the UK

The Government has announced that its Immigration Bill will contain a new offence of driving while unlawfully in the UK. Anyone convicted will face a sentence of up to six months in prison and an unlimited fine in England and Wales. new measures cracking down on...

Calls to Add Nurses to the Shortage Occupation List

Many nurses will be forced to leave their jobs with the NHS and return to their home countries because of changes to immigration rules, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned.Contact Us

Employer’s duty to prevent illegal working

UK employers have a duty to prevent illegal working in the UK by people who are subject to immigration control. Where this is not complied with, an employer may face a financial penalty (civil penalty) and in some cases, prosecution. An employer can avoid becoming...