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Brexit: The Future for Turkish Businesspersons and Workers
By Geraldine Peterson - Immigration Barrister

Turkish nationals seeking entry or leave to remain in the UK under the ECAA with Turkey are not immune from the uncertainty surrounding the status of EU nationals after Brexit.  They have already been...

 pitched into uncertainty with regards to settlement, which will be the subject of a further article. Brexit: The Future for Turkish Businesspersons and Workers At the time of writing there is scope for considering...

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)...

Turkish Businesspersons and Workers under the Ankara Agreement
By Geraldine Peterson - Immigration Barrister

In a previous article we looked at the history of the ECAA with Turkey (the ‘Ankara Agreement’) and the ‘standstill clause’.  In this article we look at the requirements of the Ankara Agreement for Turkish...

 Businesspersons and Workers. Provisions governing Turkish workers – Article 6 (1) of Decision 1/80 Once a worker is already registered as belonging to the UK’s labour force (students, work permit...

Ankara Agreement - ECAA - A brief history and the ‘standstill clause’
By Geraldine Peterson - Immigration Barrister

The ECAA with Turkey – the Ankara Agreement – is a hidden backwater of the immigration rules, unchartered by many experienced immigration professionals.  However obscure, these provisions have facilitated...

 the establishment of extensive numbers of successful businesses by Turkish Businessperson visa holders, created opportunities for employment, and have contributed to vibrant communities throughout the...

Three things graduate recruiters need to know about UK immigration
By Richmond Chambers -

As we move ever closer to the end of 2018, employers are starting to consider what they will do to succeed in 2019 and beyond. And, as part of that planning process, companies are currently putting considerable...

 effort into finalising their graduate programmes. But what do they need to consider? What are the key issues they need to keep in mind – both in terms of people from EU and non-EU countries – to...

Paragraph 322(5): A Ground for Refusal
By Richmond Chambers -

The issues faced by individuals who have received a refusal on the grounds of paragraph 322(5) of the Immigration Rules have been reported on widely in the media recently.  Paragraph 322(5) of the Immigration...

 Rules provides a discretionary ground for refusal based on: “the undesirability of permitting the person concerned to remain in the United Kingdom in the light of his conduct (including convictions which...

British universities call for return of graduate work visa
By Richmond Chambers -

There are over 450,000 international students studying in the UK. The UK is one of the most competitive countries in the world for higher education, after the much larger USA. However, while rival countries like...

 the US, Australia, France and Germany have continued to see growth in the number of international students flocking to their universities, interest in UK universities has flatlined. Between 2014 and 2015,...

Tier 2 visas still being hit despite medical restriction
By Richmond Chambers -

The demand for skilled workers is outstripping the number available with the latest figures revealing that the number of potential skilled foreign workers trying to obtain a visa under the Tier 2 system remains...

 above the current UK threshold. Figures showed that despite changes to the cap on skilled workers, which last month included the removal of doctors and nurses, there remained more applications for...

Work Visa Success Stories
By Richmond Chambers -

Our business immigration barristers assist national and international businesses to recruit and retain the skilled workers that they need in the UK. We have assisted company directors, self-employed persons and...

 employees to acquire the immigration status that they need to work in the UK. The following are just a few examples of the many successful outcomes that we have achieved for our clients: Our immigration...

Is your business eligible to establish a UK branch or subsidiary?
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

The sole representative of an overseas business visa is an excellent route for some companies to set-up a new presence in the UK, and offers an alternative to applying for a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa in some circumstances....

 However, not all businesses are able to set up a branch or subsidiary in the UK in reliance on the sole representative of an overseas business route. Place of business The employer must have...

New immigration route for overseas researchers to come to the UK
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

As part of its effort to encourage the ongoing growth of the research sector in the UK, the Home Office has introduced a new ‘UKRI Science, Research and Academia’ scheme for overseas researchers to come...

 to the UK. The ‘UKRI Science, Research and Academia’ scheme opened on 6 July 2018 by way of an addition to the Tier 5 (Temporary Worker – Government Authorised Exchange) visa route.   The Tier 5...

Demand for Tier 2 visa outstrips cap for fourth month in a row
By Richmond Chambers -

For the fourth month in a row, demand from UK employers for Tier 2 visas to allow them to employ skilled non-EU workers exceeded the cap imposed by the UK Government. Since the beginning of 2018, the number of...

 applications for the visa has vastly outstripped supply. As a result of the data, which was released by Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, the high demand meant that employers seeking to...
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