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Losing Your Job As A Sponsored Skilled Worker
By Isabella Reynard - Immigration Barrister

In This Article 1. Introduction to the Skilled Worker Route 2. I Am A Skilled Worker, How Long Do I Have to Decide What To Do? 3. Can I Switch to Another Visa Route? 4. Can I Stay on the Skilled Worker Route? 5....

 Will This Impact My Indefinite Leave to Remain Application? 6. Can I Travel in the Meantime? 7. Contact Our Immigration Barristers 8. Frequently Asked Questions 9. Glossary 10. Additional Resources 1....

How to Apply for an Overseas Domestic Worker Visa
By Richmond Chambers -

The Overseas Domestic Worker Visa allows domestic staff working in a private household to enter the UK and continue their employment for up to 6 months. This route is suitable for domestic workers in circumstances...

 where their employer (or their employer’s family members) do not intend to remain in the UK for more than 6 months. This comprehensive guide considers the eligibility requirements for an Overseas...

Securing a Sponsor Licence: A Guide for Start-Ups and New Businesses
By Thomas Hill - Immigration Barrister

The process by which a business obtains a licence from the Home Office to sponsor migrant workers is, at its core, the same for all organisations – whether the business is large and well-established, or...

 is a new company that is not yet trading and does not have any employees. In practice, however, there are a number of considerations that new businesses must always bear in mind. New businesses should not be...

UK Shortage Occupation List 2024
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

The Shortage Occupation List has now been replaced by the Immigration Salary List.  Click here to read our comprehensive guide to the UK Immigration Salary List.  When sponsoring a worker for a particular role,...

 employers need to understand how to apply for a sponsor licence and that the worker is sponsored for a job in an eligible standard occupational classification (‘SOC’) code listed in the Appendix. The...

Applying for ILR as a Dependant on Business Routes
By Isabella Reynard - Immigration Barrister

If your partner or parent is in the UK on a business/work route and you have accompanied them as a dependant, you may be eligible to apply to ‘settle’ in the UK, also known as obtaining indefinite leave to...

 remain. In this post, we will navigate through the intricacies of settling in the UK as a dependant, shedding light on the various business immigration routes available and the specific requirements each...

Applying for ILR as a Dependant of a Skilled Worker
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

In this post, we answer some of the questions that are most frequently asked when applying for indefinite leave to remain as a dependent partner or a dependent child of a Skilled Worker.  Who qualifies as a Skilled...

 Worker Dependant? The Home Office Guidance states that the dependants can include: Spouses; Civil partners;  Partners who are not married or in a civil partnership; Dependent children under the age of...

Pre-Licence Priority Service Sponsor Licence Guide
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

When a company wishes to employ workers from overseas, they will need to have a sponsor licence to sponsor the workers.  This applies to most overseas workers. The company will need to meet the requirements for...

 the relevant immigration route and submit an application to the Home Office.  The Home Office application fee will depend on the type of sponsor licence and the size of the organisation.  Sponsor licence...

UK Shortage Occupation List 2023
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

The Shortage Occupation List has now been replaced by the Immigration Salary List.  Click here to read our comprehensive guide to the UK Immigration Salary List.  When sponsoring a worker for a particular role,...

 employers need to understand how to apply for a sponsor licence and that the worker is sponsored for a job in an eligible standard occupational classification (‘SOC’) code listed in the Appendix. The...

UK Expansion Worker Visa (GBM) Application Guide
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

In our earlier post Senior or Specialist Worker Visa (GBM) FAQs, we provided answers to a number of frequently asked questions regarding the Senior or Specialist Worker Visa. In this application guide we look...

 at the Global Business Mobility – UK Expansion Worker route. For the remaining Global Business Mobility routes, please see our pages on the Graduate Trainee, Service Supplier and Secondment Worker...

Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence Success Stories
By Richmond Chambers -

Our business immigration barristers regularly assist UK employers to successfully apply for Skilled Worker sponsor licences, maintain their Skilled Worker sponsor licence at the highest rating and comply with their...

 sponsor licence duties. Whether you require advice on the correct company-related documentation to provide in support of a Skilled Worker sponsor licence application, assistance with drafting a compelling...

Senior or Specialist Worker Visa (GBM) FAQs
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

The Global Business Mobility routes allow workers of overseas businesses to send workers to the UK to undertake work on a temporary basis. There are 5 global business mobility routes: Senior or Specialist Worker;  UK...

 Expansion Worker; Graduate Trainee; Service Supplier; Secondment Worker; The Senior or Specialist Worker Visa is for senior managers and specialist employees who wish to undertake a temporary work...

Skilled Worker Salary Rate Transitional Arrangements
By Lucy Katko - Immigration Barrister

Changes to the Immigration Rules regarding salary can make extension and settlement applications nerve-wracking for Skilled Workers and sponsor licence holders.  For those originally granted as either Tier...

 2 (General) migrants or Skilled Workers and who have had continuous permission under Tier 2 (General) or as a Skilled Worker ever since, it is possible to rely on the transitional arrangements in relation to...
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