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UK Visa & Immigration Routes for Sportspersons

The UK has a range of immigration routes that provide both temporary and long-term opportunities for international sports persons to participate in sporting activities in the UK. The main immigration routes open...

The Sole Representative Visa is Closed - But Not for Dependants!

The Representative of an Overseas Business route (commonly known as the “Sole Representative” route) closed to new main applicants at 9:00am (BST) on 11 April 2022.  The Sole Representative visa route has...

UK Ancestry Visa - What Is It and How To Get One?

If either of your grandparents were born in the UK, you could be eligible for a UK Ancestry visa and be on the route to settlement in the United Kingdom. Under paragraph 186 of the Immigration Rules, you will need...

UK Expansion Worker Visa replaces Sole Representative of an Overseas Business Visa

On 15 March the Home Office released a new Statement of Changes with significant changes to the Immigration Rules for people coming to the UK to work.  Notable among these changes is that the Representative of an...

The UK's Global Business Mobility Visa Explained

In its latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC1118), published on 15 March 2022, the Home Office has provided further details of several new business immigration routes, including the High Potential...

Apply for a Health & Care Worker Sponsor Licence

In order to obtain a sponsor licence to bring sponsored healthcare workers to the UK, there has to be a company with a sponsor licence and the workers must be sponsored to work for that company.    As has been...

How to extend your sole representative of an overseas business visa

If you are reading this, and you are a sole representative looking to extend, you will likely already have met the first criteria by entering the UK with valid UK entry clearance as a sole representative of...

Healthcare Worker Visa: Calculating Salary Rates

Employers seeking to sponsor migrants under the Skilled Worker route’s Health and Care Worker Visa must be paid an appropriate salary for their position. Their salary must be equal to, or exceed, the...

UK Visa for Care Workers & Home Carers: Update

As we reported last month, in an attempt to alleviate current pressure on the health and social care system as a result of Covid-19, the Home Office recently announced that the UK Health and Care Worker visa is...

Settlement or ILR on the UK Ancestry Route

In our recent blog post, we provided details of the requirements for a UK Ancestry visa. A UK Ancestry visa will be valid for a period of five years. After a continuous period of five years in the UK on this route,...

Youth Mobility Scheme Ballot 2022 Opening Soon

The ballot for the 2022 Youth Mobility Scheme opens on Monday, 17 January 2022 and closes on Wednesday, 19 January 2022.  In this article we look in detail at the Youth Mobility Scheme ballot process to understand...

Health & Care Visa Opening to More Care Workers

Overseas social workers, care assistants and home care workers will soon be eligible to apply for a UK Health and Care Worker Visa.  It is hoped that the extension of the Health and Care Worker route will...