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Sole Representative Visa Application Guidance
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

In our recent post, we listed the Sole Representative visa category as one of the visa routes for starting a business in the UK. The Sole Representative of an Overseas Business visa category is for overseas businesses...

 wishing to send a senior employee to the UK to set up a branch or wholly-owned subsidiary of the parent company. In this article, we will look at the requirements that need to be satisfied in order to...

What is a Certificate of Sponsorship?
By Richmond Chambers -

A Certificate of Sponsorship (‘CoS’) is an electronic record which must be assigned for each migrant worker you employ. Each Certificate of Sponsorship will have a unique reference number which enables an applicant...

 worker to apply for a visa. What Are the Main Requirements for a Certificate of Sponsorship? In order to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship from the Home Office, a sponsoring employer will need to...

UK Visa Routes to Start a Business in the UK
By Gillian McCall - Barrister Partner

In early March 2021 Rishi Sunak announced that there would be sweeping immigration reforms in Spring 2022 to help attract the brightest and best to the UK. He announced: ‘A new unsponsored points-based visa to...

 attract the best and most promising international talent in science, research and tech. New, improved visa processes for scale-ups and entrepreneurs. And radically simplified bureaucracy for high skilled...

New Highly Skilled Immigration Routes Announced
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today unveiled the contents of his Budget in the House of Commons.  The 2021 Budget includes new highly skilled immigration routes which, it is hoped, will enable the UK to attract...

 and retain the most highly skilled, globally mobile talent, thereby driving innovation and supporting UK jobs and growth. Budget 2021: New Immigration Routes Announced Elite Visa As part of its agenda to...

Skilled Worker Visa Conditions Of Stay
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

Each grant of leave or permission in any  immigration category in the UK comes with conditions that migrants must abide by. It is important to be sure that you abide by these conditions, as failure to do so can...

 constitute an ‘immigration breach’ which could impact any future application.  In this article we look at the conditions of stay as a Skilled Worker. Skilled Worker Visa Conditions Of Stay What work am...

Frontier Worker Permit Scheme Launched
By Richmond Chambers -

On 1 January 2021, the UK’s new points-based immigration system will come into effect.  The new immigration system will introduce some important changes that Frontier Workers need to be aware of and plan...

 for, including a new Frontier Worker Permit Scheme.   Who is a Frontier Worker? If you are an EU, EEA, or Swiss Citizen, employed or self-employed in the UK, but not primarily resident in the UK, then you are a...

Changes to the Global Talent Visa Route
By Stefania Patuto - Immigration Barrister

The Global Talent route is for people aged 18 or over in the field of science, engineering, social sciences, humanities and medicine, digital technology, arts and culture, film and television, fashion and architecture...

 who can show they have exceptional talent or exceptional promise.  Changes to the Global Talent route came into effect on 1 December 2020.  Global Talent Visa Application Process The application...

Procedural Fairness in Skilled Worker Applications
By Richmond Chambers -

In Topadar v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1525 the Court of Appeal provided further clarification on the boundaries of procedural fairness in cases relating to skilled worker applications.  Skilled...

 Workers Topadar concerned an application made under the Tier 2 (General) Migrant route. The Tier 2 General visa category is for individuals who have an offer of a skilled job in the UK from...

Sole Representative Visa - Top 25 FAQ's Answered
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

The Sole Representative of an Overseas Business visa is for businesses that would like to send a senior employee to the UK in order to establish a branch or wholly-owned subsidiary of the parent company. Indefinite...

 leave to remain (ILR) can be achieved after 5 years in the Representative of an Overseas Business visa category.  In this post we answer the top 25 most frequently asked questions about the Sole...

Frontier Worker Permit Scheme: New Guidance
By Richmond Chambers -

On 1 January 2021, the UK’s new points-based immigration system will come into effect.  The new immigration system will introduce some important changes that Frontier Workers need to be aware of and plan for,...

 including a new Frontier Worker Permit Scheme. Who is a Frontier Worker? If you are an EU, EEA, or Swiss Citizen, employed or self-employed in the UK, but not primarily resident in the UK, then you are a...

Last Chance to Switch to the Turkish Worker Route
By Geraldine Peterson - Immigration Barrister

At the end of the Brexit transitional period, at 11pm on 31 December 2020, new applications from Turkish citizens who have been present working in the UK in other employment categories will no longer be able...

 to switch into the Turkish Worker Visa route. After that date, the provisions set out in Appendix ECAA will preserve the rights of those present in the category before 31 December 2020.  Thereafter the UK will...

The Skilled Worker Route - What’s Changing?
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

The Skilled Worker Route will open to new applications on 1 December 2020, replacing the Tier 2 (General) route which will close on the same day. Whilst there are certain similarities between the new Skilled Worker...

 route and its predecessor, most notably that the route is for employers to recruit people to work in the UK in a specific job and the skilled worker must have a job offer in an eligible skilled occupation...
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