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Requirements for a Health and Care Worker Visa
By Bernard Wood - Pupil Barrister

Launched in 2020 the Health and Care Worker Visa is open to qualified doctors, nurses and allied health professionals of all nationalities (except British and Irish) who have been trained to a recognised standard....

 The route can lead to settlement after 5 years and applicants can be joined by dependent partners and children. What are the eligible roles to qualify for a Health and Care Visa? In order to qualify for a...

Switching from a Student Visa to a Skilled Worker Visa
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

You are permitted to switch in-country from the Student visa (including Tier 4) to the Skilled Worker category (which replaced the Tier 2 route on 1 December 2020).  There are also routes for dependent...

 partners and children of Skilled Workers.  In this post we look at how to switch from a Student visa to a Skilled Worker visa. Switching from Tier 4 / Student to Skilled Worker In terms of who is permitted to switch...

Frontier Worker Permit Scheme Launched
By Lucy Cundy - Legal Associate

On 1 January 2021, the UK’s new points-based immigration system will come into effect.  The new immigration system will introduce some important changes that Frontier Workers need to be aware of and plan...

 for, including a new Frontier Worker Permit Scheme.   Who is a Frontier Worker? If you are an EU, EEA, or Swiss Citizen, employed or self-employed in the UK, but not primarily resident in the UK, then you are a...

Changes to the Global Talent Visa Route
By Stefania Patuto - Immigration Barrister

The Global Talent route is for people aged 18 or over in the field of science, engineering, humanities, medicine, digital technology, arts and culture, film and television, fashion and architecture who can show...

 they have exceptional talent or exceptional promise.  Changes to the Global Talent route came into effect on 1 December 2020.  Global Talent Visa Application Process The application process for a Global...

How to Apply for a UK Skilled Worker Visa
By Lucy Cundy - Legal Associate

Under the new points-based immigration system, the Skilled Worker Visa is now the main immigration route for individuals of all nationalities (except British and Irish) who wish to work in the UK.  The...

 Skilled Worker Visa was introduced on 1 December 2020, and replaced the Tier 2 (General) visa.    Requirements for the Skilled Worker Route As an applicant for the Skilled Worker Route, you will need to be able to...

Procedural Fairness in Skilled Worker Applications
By Edward Abedian - Legal Associate

In Topadar v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1525 the Court of Appeal provided further clarification on the boundaries of procedural fairness in cases relating to skilled worker applications.  Skilled...

 Workers Topadar concerned an application made under the Tier 2 (General) Migrant route. The Tier 2 General visa category is for individuals who have an offer of a skilled job in the UK from...

Sole Representative Visa - Top 25 FAQ's Answered
By Paul Richmond - Immigration Barrister

The Sole Representative of an Overseas Business visa is for businesses that would like to send a senior employee to the UK in order to establish a branch or wholly-owned subsidiary of the parent company. Indefinite...

 leave to remain (ILR) can be achieved after 5 years in the Representative of an Overseas Business visa category.  In this post we answer the top 25 most frequently asked questions about the Sole...

Frontier Worker Permit Scheme: New Guidance
By Lucy Cundy - Legal Associate

On 1 January 2021, the UK’s new points-based immigration system will come into effect.  The new immigration system will introduce some important changes that Frontier Workers need to be aware of and plan for,...

 including a new Frontier Worker Permit Scheme. Who is a Frontier Worker? If you are an EU, EEA, or Swiss Citizen, employed or self-employed in the UK, but not primarily resident in the UK, then you are a...

Last Chance to Switch to the Turkish Worker Route
By Geraldine Peterson - Immigration Barrister

At the end of the Brexit transitional period, at 11pm on 31 December 2020, new applications from Turkish citizens who have been present working in the UK in other employment categories will no longer be able...

 to switch into the Turkish Worker Visa route. After that date, the provisions set out in Appendix ECAA will preserve the rights of those present in the category before 31 December 2020.  Thereafter the UK will...

Switching from the Tier 5 Youth Mobility Scheme to the Skilled Worker Route
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

Under the new Skilled Worker route in the new Points Based System, which will come into effect on 1 December 2020 at 9am, Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) Migrants are able to switch into the Skilled Worker route....

 This is a welcome change to the Immigration Rules.  Under the prior Points Based System, Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) Migrants were generally unable to switch from inside the country into the Tier 2...

Switching from Tier 2 (ICT) to Skilled Worker Route
By Zoe Bantleman - Immigration Barrister

Under the new Skilled Worker Route in the new Points Based System, which will come into effect on 1 December 2020 at 9am, Tier 2 Intra-company Transfer (ICT) Migrants are able to switch into the Skilled Worker route....

 This is a welcome change to the Rules.  Under the prior Points Based System, Tier 2 (ICT) Migrants were generally unable to switch from inside the country into the Tier 2 (General) category, and were...

The Skilled Worker Route - What’s Changing?
By Paul Richmond - Immigration Barrister

The Skilled Worker Route will open to new applications on 1 December 2020, replacing the Tier 2 (General) route which will close on the same day. Whilst there are certain similarities between the new Skilled Worker...

 route and its predecessor, most notably that the route is for employers to recruit people to work in the UK in a specific job and the skilled worker must have a job offer in an eligible skilled occupation...
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