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Remote & Hybrid Working for Skilled Workers
By Isabella Reynard - Immigration Barrister

If you are currently sponsored as a Skilled Worker  you may wish to work from home or be considering if this is possible with your permission to be in the UK.  Alternatively, your employer who holds a sponsor...

 licence may be considering reducing physical work spaces and allowing hybrid working practices. This is applicable for those currently working or with a job offer from an Home Office approved sponsor, the...

High Court: Automatic Loss of Rights under the EUSS is Unlawful
By Richmond Chambers -

The Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements (IMA) recently won its Judicial Review challenge against the government, in which it argued that the UK was unlawfully implementing...

 its obligations under the Withdrawal Agreement (and associated agreements for Swiss Citizens and EEA EFTA citizens).  The European Commission and the3million Ltd intervened in the proceedings.  The High Court...

What Is the New Illegal Migration Bill 2023?
By Richmond Chambers -

On 08 March 2023, the government proposed the new Illegal Migration Bill in an attempt to stop people coming to the UK ‘unlawfully’ by ‘unsafe and illegal routes’ such as on small boats crossing the channel....

 This article will provide an overview of the Illegal Migration Bill’s purpose, its main provisions and its legality. What Is the Purpose of the Illegal Migration Bill? The Illegal Migration Bill, or...

List of Innovator Founder Visa Endorsing Bodies Announced
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

The UK government has established the Innovator Founder visa route to attract start-up entrepreneurs and experienced businesspersons to the country.   To be eligible for an Innovator Founder visa, applicants do...

 not need to have any specific level of funds to invest in their proposed business, but must have an innovative, viable and scalable business idea, supported by a business plan, which has been endorsed by an...

Upper Tribunal Considers Discretion to Defer Biometric Enrolment
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

In R (on the application of MRS and FS) v Entry Clearance Officer (Biometrics, Entry Clearance, Article 8) [2023] UKUT 00085 (IAC), in the context of judicial review proceedings, the Upper Tribunal...

 considered the lawfulness of the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s (SSHD) biometric enrolment discretion policy in family reunion entry clearance applications. Further, the Upper Tribunal considered the...

Global Business Mobility Sponsor Licence Application Guide
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

The Global Business Mobility (‘GBM’) routes are sponsored immigration routes that allow eligible businesses to sponsor overseas workers to come to the UK to undertake temporary assignments. There are five Global...

 Business Mobility routes as follows:  Senior or Specialist Worker;  UK Expansion Worker; Graduate Trainee; Service Supplier; Secondment Worker; In this article we look at the general and specific...

Closed Material Procedures in Immigration Cases
By Thomas Hill - Immigration Barrister

When an individual challenges a decision made by a public body (as happens in immigration cases), it is generally considered a fundamental feature of natural justice and fairness that they must be shown the evidence...

 relied on by the decision-maker. In the words of Lord Denning: “If the right to be heard is to be a real right which is worth anything, it must carry with it a right in the accused man to know the case...

Innovator Founder Visa Route Application Guide
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

The Innovator and Start-up routes first opened in Spring 2019, with the view of replacing the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route. The introduction of these routes took the decision making power regarding the...

 viability of a business from the Home Office, instead giving it to business experts in the form of Endorsing Bodies, an approved list of organisations as decided by the Home Office. These routes have not been without...

Tier 1 Investor Visa Application Deadlines
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

The Tier 1 Investor Visa route closed to new applicants on 17 February 2022. However, individuals who entered the Tier 1 Investor Visa category before it was suspended (and who currently have limited leave...

 to remain as a Tier 1 Investor) need to be aware of several important application deadlines. Failure to comply with these important Tier 1 Investor visa deadlines could result in the Investor being unable to...

Skilled Worker Visa Salary Rates Set To Increase
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

Those in the UK under the Skilled Worker route, or looking to apply in this route, may be happy to know that the general salary thresholds for the route are to increase from 12 April 2023. This is likely...

 due to the fact that wages are rising, as is the national minimum wage (from £9.50 to £10.42 in April 2023). However, it is yet to be seen whether these increases make sponsoring workers in this route less...

Home Office Publishes Changes to UK Immigration Rules
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

In its latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC1160), presented to Parliament on 9 March 2023, the Home Office has announced various changes to a number of UK immigration routes, including...

 the closure of one immigration route and the opening of another.  In this post we highlight some of the key changes to the Immigration Rules that applicants should be aware of, including: Introduction of the...

Skilled Occupation SOC Codes: All You Need To Know
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

When applying to sponsor a worker, an organisation will need to provide details of the role. One of the tasks is to select the correct standard occupational classification (‘SOC’) code for the role....

 In this article we look at how to find the right SOC code, what happens if a wrong SOC code is used and some of the terms frequently used in the context of SOC codes.  What are SOC codes? Appendix Skilled...
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