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UK Visa & Immigration Routes for Sportspersons
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

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...

 to international sports persons are: Sports Visitor Route Permitted Paid Engagement Route International Sportsperson Route A Guide To Immigration Routes For Sportspersons Sports Visitor Route If you are...

The Sole Representative Visa is Closed - But Not for Dependants!
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

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...

 now been replaced by a new Global Business Mobility – UK Expansion Worker route. We will be diving into various aspects of this new route over the coming weeks.  However, in this post we look at the...

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

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...

 to fulfil the following requirements: Requirements for a UK Ancestry Visa (i) be a Commonwealth citizen  A full list of commonwealth countries can be found here. This can be proved by providing your...

UK Expansion Worker Visa replaces Sole Representative of an Overseas Business Visa
By Gillian McCall - Barrister Partner

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...

 Overseas Business category will close to new entrants on 11 April 2022 at 9am. Individuals who are already in this category will be able to extend their leave and apply for settlement as before, but no new...

The UK's Global Business Mobility Visa Explained
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

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...

 Individual (HPI) route, the Scale-up route and the new Global Business Mobility routes.   In this article we look at each of the new Global Business Mobility routes in detail, focussing on who they are...

Apply for a Health & Care Worker Sponsor Licence
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

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...

 widely publicised, the healthcare workers route has been expanded – further details are available in our earlier post here. Purpose of the Healthcare Worker Route The skilled worker route is to enable...

How to extend your sole representative of an overseas business visa
By Richmond Chambers -

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...

 an overseas business. Your next question should be, “How do I make sure that I am ready to extend in 3 years’ time?” The Overseas Business must continue to… Have its headquarters and principal place...

Healthcare Worker Visa: Calculating Salary Rates
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

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...

 minimum salary requirements as set out in Appendix Skilled Worker and Appendix Skilled Occupations to the Immigration Rules. For healthcare workers, these are calculated differently to other occupation codes. This...

UK Visa for Care Workers & Home Carers: Update
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

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...

 to be opened up to overseas care workers, care assistants and home carers. More details have now been released in a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules HC1019 published on 24 January 2022. Health...

Settlement or ILR on the UK Ancestry Route
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Immigration Barrister

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,...

 you may be eligible to apply for indefinite leave to remain (settlement). The main requirements for settlement as a UK Ancestry visa holder are now set out in Appendix UK Ancestry, and will be discussed...

Youth Mobility Scheme Ballot 2022 Opening Soon
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

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...

 who needs to enter the ballot, how to enter the ballot, the number of places available in the ballot and the next steps for those who are successful in the ballot. What is the Youth Mobility Scheme? The...

Health & Care Visa Opening to More Care Workers
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

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...

 allow thousands of additional care workers to be recruited to fill staff shortages within the UK’s social care sector. The temporary measures announced by the Home Office are expected to come into force in early...
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