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5 Year Work and Business Routes to Settlement in the UK
By Taya Sayekaya - Legal Associate

In this post, we provide an overview of the other UK immigration routes to indefinite leave to remain (ILR) not covered in our Quickest Ways to Get ILR in the UK blog. This post will consider the 5 and 10 year...

 routes to settlement. The 20 year route to ILR has recently been explained here. The 5 Year Routes to Settlement in the UK Global Talent Route This indefinite leave to remain route has been covered in the...

High-Growth Business Visas: Expansion v Scale-Up
By Maud Foxley - Immigration Barrister

High-growth and expanding businesses can choose from a variety of business immigration routes to further their growth – but which is the best route for employers? Our previous post compared the Scale-Up and Skilled...

 Worker visas. In this post we compare the new UK Expansion Worker and Scale-up Worker visa routes, to help growing employers decide which route to choose for their expanding businesses. Overview of the...

Scale-up Worker Visa or Skilled Worker Visa?
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

On 22 August 2022, the new Scale-up visa route opened. Much like the Skilled Worker route, the Scale-up route is a route to settlement. Both routes require sponsorship by employers holding an appropriate sponsor...

 licence. However, whilst sponsorship is at the heart of the Scale-up route, this new route does allow for more flexibility for migrants.  In this post we compare the Skilled Worker visa route and the...

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...

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...

Sole Representative Visa: Genuineness and Legal Certainty
By Richmond Chambers -

In my prior blog posts, we discussed the other amendments to the sole representative visa category.   Paragraph 144 of the Immigration Rules was simple. It placed great trust in the parent company. From the amendments...

 in response to the anxieties, we can see that re-orientation is from the parent company to the sole representative. The Home Office will consider the representative’s skills, knowledge, experience,...

Sole Representative Visa: Ownership and Control
By Richmond Chambers -

As explained in my earlier post, the  Secretary of State will significantly tighten the sole representative visa category from 4 June 2020.  I long expected these amendments. Compared to other routes under the...

 Rules the requirements for a representative of an overseas business were relatively simple. For at least the past year, the Home Office sought to remedy this through unlawfully reading in an additional...

Sole Representative Visa Route to Change from 4 June 2020
By Richmond Chambers -

In the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules presented to Parliament in May 2020, released last week, the Secretary of State has made clear that she will significantly tighten the sole representative of an overseas...

 business visa category from 4 June 2020.  As I explain in my subsequent blog posts, although the requirements for a sole representative visa in the Rules are drafted relatively simply, the arguably...

Sole Representative Visa - Top 10 FAQs
By Richmond Chambers -

In this post we answer some of the questions that are most frequently asked by individuals and businesses who are considering applying for a Sole Representative of an Overseas Business visa. 1. Can I switch from...

 another immigration category into the Representative of an Overseas Business category from within the UK? It is not possible to switch into the Representative of an Overseas Business category from another...

Sole Representative: What does it mean to be recruited outside of the UK?
By Gillian McCall - Immigration Barrister

The Sole Representative of an Oversea Business category is for individuals who are employed by a business outside of the UK who are being sent to the UK by their employer for the purpose of opening and operating...

 a branch or subsidiary of the same business in the UK.  In this article we will look at the requirement to be recruited outside of the UK.   What is the requirement to be recruited outside the...

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