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 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...

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

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...

Employer Right to Work Checks

Employers in the UK have a responsibility to ensure that anyone that they employ has a legal right to work in the UK.  Employers must ensure that appropriate right to work checks are carried out on all potential employees before employing them, regardless of...

Update on the Civil Penalty Scheme

In December 2014, the Home Office produced ‘An employer’s guide to right to work checks’ which applies, where an initial check on a potential employee or a repeat check on an existing employee is required on or after 16 May 2014. The Home Office will consider...

Changes to the Business Immigration Rules

On 16 October 2014 the Home Office published its latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules. The new Immigration Rules came into force on 6th November 2014, introducing a number of changes to the business immigration categories, including:...

London a Popular Destination for Overseas Workers

Almost two thirds of job seekers globally say they would be willing to move abroad for work, according to a new study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and The Network. Occupation has a big influence on mobility. People who work in engineering and technical...