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Tier 2 General Visa Application - A Short Guide
By Annie Ee

The Tier 2 General visa category is for individuals who have an offer of a skilled job in the UK from a licensed Tier 2 Sponsor.  In this post, we look at the requirements of the Tier 2 General visa route for anyone making a Tier 2 General visa application from...

 outside the UK.  Tier 2 General Visa Application: UK Job Before you apply for a Tier 2 General skilled worker visa, you will need to have been offered a job in the UK.  Your employer (also known as Sponsor) must have an A rated sponsor licence. All Tier...

Court of Appeal scolds Home Office judgments
By Richmond Chambers

The Court of Appeal has recently ruled that the Home Office has been “too ready to find dishonesty” in UK immigration claims. This is with respect to skilled migrants who are living in Britain and is the latest black mark against the government department. Home...

 Office policy attacked The Home Office developed a policy of refusing applications on the basis of discrepancies in the earnings that they were recording. This has meant that a plethora of skilled migrants have had their UK status taken away. The court...

Proposed EU immigration plan met with heavy backlash from UK trade groups
By Richmond Chambers

One of the biggest concerns regarding the current status of Britain’s EU negotiations is how the economic migration of European workers will be affected, and how will this affect the British economy. As of yet, the government’s specific plan for an immigration...

 system once the UK has separated from the EU is unclear and various different projections have been circulating. The Migration Advisory Committee (also known as MAC) recently released a strategy for completely scrapping existing immigration plans...

Upcoming Changes To Tier 2 Immigration Rules
By Richmond Chambers

On 16 March 2017, the Government presented a new Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC 1078). Guided by the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations, these changes are likely to affect business immigration, in particular those...

 migrating to the UK under the Tier 2 points based system.Changes to Tier 2 (General) Immigration The salary threshold for experienced workers will increase to £30,000 for the majority of new applicants, whilst the salary threshold for new entrants will remain at...

Changes to Tier 2 Immigration Rules Published
By Richmond Chambers

In the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules published on 3 November 2016 the Government announced some expected, and some unexpected, changes to Tier 2 applications. The main changes are set out below. The changes generally apply to applications made on...

 or after 24 November 2016, but in some cases they apply to applications made using a Certificate of Sponsorship assigned on or after 24 November 2016. In all cases where a minimum salary requirement is amended, the applicant still needs to have been paid...

Financial Service Firms Opposed to Tougher Visa Limits
By Richmond Chambers

A number of financial service firms in the UK are opposed to a further curb on Tier 2 visas and high-value immigration according to a recent survey. Survey on Skilled Migration

 A number of financial service firms in the UK are opposed to a further curb on Tier 2 visas and high-value immigration according to a recent survey. Survey on Skilled Migration

Employer’s duty to prevent illegal working
By Richmond Chambers

UK employers have a duty to prevent illegal working in the UK by people who are subject to immigration control. Where this is not complied with, an employer may face a financial penalty (civil penalty) and in some cases, prosecution. An employer can avoid becoming...

 liable for a civil penalty and prosecution by carrying out simple specified document checks on prospective employees before employing them, to ensure that they have the right to work in the UK. Employers are required to undertake document checks on all...

Analysis of proposed changes to Tier 2
By Richmond Chambers

The Home Secretary has asked the Migration Advisory Committee to look at proposals to cut non-EEA work migration. The proposals reveal a tension between what...

 business wants (the brightest and best staff, no matter their nationality) and what the Government wants (more jobs for British Citizens).Contact Us

Tier 2 (General) Applications for Shortage Occupations
By Richmond Chambers

If an employer wants to employ a non EEA-national who does not already have the right to work for them, they must have a Tier 2 Sponsor Licence and assign a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to the prospective employee. The employee will then use this CoS to apply...

 for a Tier 2 (General) visa. No need to advertise. In most Tier 2 (General) applications the UK employer must have advertised the role for 28 days to prove that there is no suitable candidate in the resident labour market. However, if the job appears on...

Home Office announces important changes to Tier 2 Immigration Rules
By Richmond Chambers

In its latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules, the Home Office has introduced broad and sweeping changes across many categories in the Immigration Rules. The majority of changes will come into force on 6th April 2015.Tier 2 The Migration...

 Advisory Committee (MAC) was asked to perform a partial review of the Shortage Occupation Lists for the UK and Scotland. Changes are being made to the List, following a partial review by the independent MAC. The changes to the lists are as...

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