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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...

Youth Mobility Scheme Opening to Citizens of India and Iceland
By Richmond Chambers -

A new Appendix Youth Mobility Scheme will soon replace Appendix T5  (Temporary Worker) Youth Mobility Scheme. Although the re-branding of the Appendix took place on 11 October 2021, the substantive...

 amendments to the Appendix will not take place until 1 January 2022, when Icelandic and Indian nationals will become eligible to apply. Applications made before then will be decided in accordance with the Immigration...

How to Apply for an International Sportsperson Visa
By Richmond Chambers -

If you are an elite sportsperson or qualified sports coach, over the age of 16, and wanting to enter the UK, the International Sportsperson visa route may be of interest to you.  You will need to be recognised...

 as being at the highest level of your sport internationally. You will also need to be sponsored on a short or long-term contract and have been endorsed by an appropriate UK sports governing body. Recently,...

Minister of Religion Visa: Guidance for Religious Organisations
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

Much like applicants in the Skilled Worker route are sponsored by businesses who hold valid sponsor licences, the new T2 Minister of Religion Visa route enables applicants aged 18 or over to be sponsored as ministers...

 of religion by a religious organisation which has charitable status (or by the Ministry of Defence).  This route replaced the previous Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) route.  Minister of Religion Visa:...

New Requirements for Sole Representative Visa ILR
By Richmond Chambers -

In the recent changes to the Immigration Rules on 6 October 2021, the Secretary of State drastically changed the requirements for representatives of an overseas business to qualify for indefinite leave to remain.  These...

 changes were implemented with little notice (less than a month) and went relatively unnoticed by practitioners, but they signal the tightening of this route before the opening of the Global Business...

How to Apply For a UK Ancestry Visa
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

If you are a Commonwealth citizen and have a grandparent who was born in the UK, you may be able to live and work in the UK on the basis of your UK Ancestry.  In this post, we look at who is eligible to apply...

 for a UK Ancestry visa.  Requirements for a UK Ancestry Visa In order to qualify for a UK Ancestry visa you will need to satisfy the following requirements: You must be at least 17 on the date that you...
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