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Last Chance to Switch to the Turkish Worker Route

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...

Indefinite Leave to Remain for ECAA Turkish Workers or Business Persons

Under Council Regulation (EEC) 2760/72 (often referred to as the “Ankara Agreement”) and its Protocol, there are special arrangements for employed and self-employed Turkish nationals in the EU, including in...

Turkish Worker Visa Post-Brexit

The Turkish Worker route is not immune to the legislation relating to the withdrawal of the UK from the EU. This post explores the current situation during the transitional period to 31 December 2020, and speculates...

Court of Appeal says Turkish Business Persons had no legitimate expectation of settlement

The Court of Appeal decision in R (otao Alliance of Turkish Business People Limited) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 553 was handed down this morning (28 April 2020).  The Court was...

ECAA Turkish Businessperson Visa: The Standstill Clause

The European Communities Association Agreement (ECAA) was set up under the Ankara Agreement of 1963 – before the UK joined the EU.  The aim was to promote economic relations between Turkey and the community...

ECAA Ankara Agreement - Applying For Settlement

Recent changes to policy and the Immigration Rules have brought uncertainty to the settlement regime for Turkish businesspersons (present under the ECAA with Turkey, the Ankara Agreement) where once the...

Brexit: The Future for Turkish Businesspersons and Workers

Turkish nationals seeking entry or leave to remain in the UK under the ECAA with Turkey are not immune from the uncertainty surrounding the status of EU nationals after Brexit.  They have already been...

Turkish Businesspersons and Workers under the Ankara Agreement

In a previous article we looked at the history of the ECAA with Turkey (the ‘Ankara Agreement’) and the ‘standstill clause’.  In this article we look at the requirements of the Ankara Agreement for Turkish...

Ankara Agreement - ECAA - A brief history and the ‘standstill clause’

The ECAA with Turkey – the Ankara Agreement – is a hidden backwater of the immigration rules, unchartered by many experienced immigration professionals.  However obscure, these provisions have facilitated...

Being Turkish has its benefits - ECAA Turkish Worker Visa

There are two avenues open to Turkish citizens wishing to settle in the United Kingdom: ECAA 1, which is the self-employed Turkish Businessperson visa and the lesser known route, ECAA 2, the Turkish Worker Visa. In...

The benefits of being Turkish: Tier 1 Entrepreneur v the Ankara Agreement

Turkish businessperson visa holders are able to switch to an Ankara Agreement visa from any other immigration category and must meet the 1973 business requirements, which are far less stringent than the UK Immigration...