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Tier 2 General Visa Application - A Short Guide
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

The Tier 2 General visa category is for individuals who have an offer of a skilled job in the UK from a licensed Tier 2 Sponsor.  In this post, we look at the requirements of the Tier 2 General visa route...

 for anyone making a Tier 2 General visa application from outside the UK.  Tier 2 General Visa Application: UK Job Before you apply for a Tier 2 General skilled worker visa, you will need to have been offered a...

MAC urges UK to expand Shortage Occupation List
By Richmond Chambers -

The list of occupations used by the government to allocate skilled work visas should be significantly expanded says the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC). But future UK immigration rules could render the shortage...

 occupation list redundant, applying as it does only under the current EU free movement system. The independent public body that advises the UK government on migration matters has recommended that...

Impact of a restructuring on a Sponsor Licence
By Richmond Chambers -

As a licensed sponsor, it is important to consider the impact of any restructuring in your organisation, no matter how big or small, on your sponsor licence and your sponsored migrants. As we have already established...

 in a previous blog post, a sponsor licence comes with a number of obligations and the organisation is required to report to the Home Office specific changes in the organisation. The questions to ask...

Sponsor Licences: Application and Renewal Procedure - FAQs
By Richmond Chambers -

A Sponsor licence is a permission which is granted to an organisation or individual to sponsor workers in its business.  You may need a sponsor licence if you wish to employ someone from outside the EEA and Switzerland...

 to work in the UK.  A migrant must have a sponsor before they are able to apply to come and work in the UK.  A sponsor licence is valid for 4 years but can be revoked by the Home Office beforehand...

Sponsor Compliance Visits - What To Expect?
By Richmond Chambers -

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 its sponsorship duties.  Any change in circumstances may also warrant a Home Office visit.  This includes, but is not limited to: A change of the company...

Are you Satisfying your Duties as a Tier 2 Sponsor?
By Richmond Chambers -

Sponsors are required to ensure they are complying with immigration law and have the necessary systems in place to retain their Tier 2 Sponsor Licence. As Sponsors are benefiting from migration they are expected...

 to ensure a balanced system. The main purposes of sponsorship duties are to: Ensure compliance with the Immigration Rules Address weakness within processes Capture concerning behaviour from migrants at an...

Your Guide to Satisfying the Resident Labour Market Test
By Richmond Chambers -

In order to successfully fill a position via a Tier 2 (General) Visa, the sponsor must satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test (RLMT) to establish that there are no settled workers suitable for the position. Settled...

 workers by this definition includes: UK nationals EEA nationals exercising EU Treaty Rights in the UK Citizens of British Overseas Territories (See Tier 2 and 5: guidance for sponsors for exclusions)...

Dealing With A Tier 2 and 5 Sponsor Licence Suspension
By Richmond Chambers -

All Tier 2 and Tier 5 Sponsors can expect at least one compliance visit from the Home Office during the lifetime of their Sponsor Licence. The purpose of the compliance visit is to check that a sponsor can meets...

 its sponsor compliance duties. If the Home Office is not satisfied that the sponsor is complying with its duties then it may suspend the Sponsor Licence with a view to permanently revoking it. Before the...

Limit hit by Tier 2 CoS for 4th month in a row
By Richmond Chambers -

UK Tier 2 Visa Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are important to businesses who wish to employ the services of non-EU/EEA nationals in the country. But judging by findings from the March Tier 2 visa...

 allocation meeting, they are becoming increasingly difficult to come by. From December 2017 to March 2018, the allocation of UK Tier 2 Visa Restricted CoSs hit its limit in each month – representing a...

A Short Guide to Home Office Compliance visits
By Richmond Chambers -

All Tier 2, 4 and 5 sponsors can expect the Home Office to visit them at some point during the duration of their sponsor licence. This article concentrates on compliance visits for sponsors in Tier 2 and/or Tier...

 5. It is also possible to have a compliance assessment, which takes place before a licence is granted. The compliance assessment takes a different form to a compliance visit. Purpose of the visit The Home...

Tier 2 and 5 Sponsor Licenses: Home Office Visits
By Richmond Chambers -

The Home Office has recently been increasing the number of Sponsor Licence visits they are making. If you have made a Tier 2 Sponsor Licence Application and/or a Tier 5 Sponsor Licence application, or if you already...

 hold a Sponsor Licence, the Home Office may visit your business premises to ensure you can meet, or are meeting, your sponsor duties.How To Prepare Your key personnel (Authorising Officer, Key Contact...

UK Immigration Rules Preventing NHS Employing Foreign Nurses and Compromising Health Care
By Richmond Chambers -

Patient heath care is being, and will continue to be, comprised as a direct result of the tough immigration rules in the United Kingdom, NHS chiefs have warned. Ahead of Winter – a crucial time for health care...

 – NHS bosses claim that without recruiting circa one thousand foreign nurses to combat staff shortages before the end of the year, will seriously impact upon the care UK patients receive with surgical...
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