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What Now for Tier 2 Intra-company Transfer (ICT) Migrants?
By Richmond Chambers -

The Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) route closed on 11 April 2022. As such, if you are currently in the UK as a Tier 2 ICT migrant, it will no longer be possible to extend your visa under this route.  Companies...

 that wish to transfer overseas staff for non-permanent roles should make applications under the Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker route (or Global Business Mobility – Graduate...

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

The UK has a range of immigration routes that provide both temporary and long-term opportunities for international artists, entertainers and musicians (and their personal and technical staff) to...

 participate in creative activities in the UK. The main immigration routes open to creative artists are: Creative Visit Visa Permitted Paid Engagement Visit Visa Temporary Work – Creative Worker Visa Skilled Worker...

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...

What is the UK Skilled Worker Salary Requirement?
By Richmond Chambers -

The UK Skilled worker visa is for those who have received an offer of a skilled job from a licensed sponsor in the UK. Among other eligibility requirements, you must meet the salary threshold requirement....

 The rules regarding the salary requirements are summarised below. What counts as a salary for a UK Skilled Worker application?  An Applicant’s salary is made up of the guaranteed gross basic pay. This is an...

Settlement as a Skilled Worker / Tier 2 Dependant
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

This article explores the requirements for settlement applications as a Skilled Worker / Tier 2 (General) dependant. The relevant Immigration Rules are now found under Appendix Skilled Worker, as this route replaced...

 the Tier 2 (General) route at 9:00am on 1 December 2020. The definition of ‘Skilled Worker’ under Paragraph 6 of the Immigration Rules includes those granted leave as Tier 2 (General) migrants....

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...

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...

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...

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...

MAC publishes Review of the Shortage Occupation List 2020
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has published its Review of the Shortage Occupation List for the UK for 2020.  The report examines which occupations are in shortage and makes recommendations as to which...

 occupations should be included in the shortage occupation list. What is the shortage occupation list? The Shortage Occupation List is a list of skilled roles where employers find it difficult to secure...

The Post-Brexit Points-Based Immigration System
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

The first details are emerging of the Government’s post-Brexit points-based immigration system, set to be introduced from January 2021. As far as economic migration is concerned, there will be 3 categories...

 of visa under the new points-based system: Exceptional talent/contribution Skilled worker Sector-specific rules-based The “Exceptional talent/contribution” category  The “Exceptional...
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