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UK Visa Requirements for Offshore Workers

In the vast expanse of the open sea, a distinct category of workers sets sail, embarking on a unique and challenging journey. These individuals are known as offshore workers, and their work takes them into the...

Applying for ILR as a Dependant of a Skilled Worker

In this post, we answer some of the questions that are most frequently asked when applying for indefinite leave to remain as a dependent partner or a dependent child of a Skilled Worker.  Who qualifies as a Skilled...

UK Shortage Occupation List 2023

The Shortage Occupation List has now been replaced by the Immigration Salary List.  Click here to read our comprehensive guide to the UK Immigration Salary List.  When sponsoring a worker for a particular role,...

Fishing Jobs to Be Added to the UK Shortage Occupation List

The UK’s seafood sector, known for its high-quality exports such as salmon and Cornish sardines, plays a crucial role in the country’s economy. To ensure that the fishing industry can continue to...

UK Expansion Worker Visa (GBM) Application Guide

In our earlier post Senior or Specialist Worker Visa (GBM) FAQs, we provided answers to a number of frequently asked questions regarding the Senior or Specialist Worker Visa. In this application guide we look...

Skilled Worker Salary Rate Transitional Arrangements

Changes to the Immigration Rules regarding salary can make extension and settlement applications nerve-wracking for Skilled Workers and sponsor licence holders.  For those originally granted as either Tier...

Remote & Hybrid Working for Skilled Workers

If you are currently sponsored as a Skilled Worker  you may wish to work from home or be considering if this is possible with your permission to be in the UK.  Alternatively, your employer who holds a sponsor...

Skilled Worker Visa Salary Rates Set To Increase

Those in the UK under the Skilled Worker route, or looking to apply in this route, may be happy to know that the general salary thresholds for the route are to increase from 12 April 2023. This is likely...

UK Ancestry Visa: Conditions of Stay

If you are granted entry clearance or permission to stay under the UK Ancestry visa, there are a number of conditions you must comply with whilst in the UK. It is possible to obtain a UK Ancestry visa if you are...

Youth Mobility Scheme: Options to Stay in the UK

The Youth Mobility Scheme allows young people (aged 18 to 30) from participating countries and territories to live in the UK on a temporary basis. The Scheme allows for such migrants to work in any kind of...

How to Apply for a UK Creative Worker Visa

Here at Richmond Chambers we are very lucky to be surrounded by some of the best cultural venues the UK has to offer. There’s literally an opera house just down the road! If you want to work within the UK’s bustling...

Illegal Work, Breach of Work Conditions and Immigration

All immigration categories come with conditions of stay or entry – some categories permit employment, some self-employment, some any type of work, and some no work.  What constitutes ‘work’ often surprises...