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Applying for a Sole Representative of an Overseas Business Visa
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

If you are a senior employee of an overseas business that is seeking to establish a commercial presence in the UK, you may qualify to live and work in the UK as a sole representative of an overseas business. Initial...

applications: UK sole representative visa In order to qualify for a sole representative visa for the UK, you will need to show that: You are a senior employee of a business which has its headquarters...

The Genuine Vacancy Test for Tier 2 General and Tier 2 ICT migrants
By Richmond Chambers -

On 6th November 2014, the Home Office published new Immigration Rules which have introduced a number of changes to the business immigration categories. One of the most important changes for employers to be aware...

of is that the Home Office now has power to conduct checks to ensure that advertised vacancies are "genuine". This change affects applications under both the Tier 2 General and Tier 2 Intra-Company Transfer...

Should Immigration be Devolved to a City Level?
By Richmond Chambers -

A recent report from thinktank RSA has called for more power and responsibility to be devolved from Whitehall to UK cities at the same time that additional devolved powers are being negotiated for Scotland. According...

to the report, by the RSA City Growth Commission, devolution has the potential to boost economic output in the UK’s 15 largest metros by £79 billion per year – worth approximately 5% of current...

Scientific Discoveries in the UK Restricted by Immigration Laws
By Richmond Chambers -

The Government's policy on immigration is having a negative impact on scientific discoveries in the UK, in the opinion of John O'Keefe, recipient of the...

Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his research into the brains inner "GPS system".Contact us - Highly Skilled Worker UK Visa Applications

Employers Face Perfect Talent Storm
By Richmond Chambers -

Economic growth is placing increased pressure on skilled labour markets, leading to a growing global talent crisis, according to the Hays Global Skills Index 2014. The challenges are particularly acute in developed...

economies such as the US, Germany and the UK, which are now returning to pre-crisis levels. In many markets, the labour available simply does not meet the skill requirements of employers, says Hays, and...

Increase in Skilled Worker Visa Applications
By Richmond Chambers -

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics have shown that net migration has apparently fallen by a quarter since its 2005 peak, from 320,000 to 243,000. According to Home Office figures,...

the number of family visas granted fell by almost a third (-31%), while student visas granted were down by over a quarter (-29%) when compared to September 2010 figures. Work is apparently now the most common...

Foreign Workers Arrive in UK with Greater Skill Set than Homegrown Talent
By Richmond Chambers -

According to new research conducted by Lloyds Banking Group, skilled foreign workers – also known as ‘inward talent’ or ‘inpats’ – are playing an increasingly vital role in the United Kingdom’s...

professional workforce, and add an estimated £210 billion to our economy. The research showed that foreign workers have doubled since 1997 to 4.6 million in 2014, meaning they make up 15% of total...

Foreign Workers Boost the UK Economy
By Richmond Chambers -

Inward talent is making an increasingly important contribution to the UK’s professional workforce and helps the economy prosper, according to new research by Lloyds Bank. Inward talent or Inpats, are...

defined by Lloyds as foreign-born individuals in work in the UK. The research found that they are often highly skilled, and more likely to work in senior or highly skilled positions such as managerial and technical...

Businesses to benefit from help to recruit internationally
By Richmond Chambers -

The Government recently announced a number of changes to the current immigration system that are designed to help UK companies attract highly skilled international workers. The changes, which came in to effect on...

13th March, include: The Exceptional Talent visa route will be made available to world class experts in the field of digital technology. This move was announced at the end of last year and will allow Tech...

Effect of immigration reforms on international students
By Richmond Chambers -

An inquiry into the possible effects of Government immigration reforms on student numbers is currently being conducted by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee. In particular, the investigation is...

looking at the numbers of international students in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM), and how they may have been influenced by immigration rules. Tier 1 post-study work route A...

Council adopts directive on third-country seasonal workers
By Richmond Chambers -

As we advised at the beginning of the month the EU Parliament has passed a law giving more rights to non-EU seasonal workers. The Council has now adopted the Directive, the Seasonal Workers Directive, on the conditions...

of entry and stay of third-country nationals for the purpose of seasonal work. The main elements of the Seasonal Workers Directive are: Seasonal workers retain their principal place of residence in...

More rights for non-EU seasonal workers
By Richmond Chambers -

Seasonal workers from outside the EU will be entitled to better working and living conditions, including proper accommodation and a limit on working hours, under a law passed by the European Parliament this...

week. The European Commission estimates that over 100,000 third-country seasonal workers come to the EU every year. The new rules, the first to be agreed at EU level for these workers, aim to both end...
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