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Applying for a Replacement Naturalisation or Registration Certificate
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

In this post, we explain how to apply for a replacement naturalisation or registration certificate when an original naturalisation or registration certificate is lost, damaged or stolen. What Is a Naturalisation...

 or Registration Certificate? Where there is no automatic claim to British citizenship, naturalisation and registration are the legal processes through which a child or an adult can become a British...

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The Shortage Occupation List has now been replaced by the Immigration Salary List.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...

How to Apply for an Exempt Vignette
By Richmond Chambers -

UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) offers the exempt vignette to people who are exempt from immigration control. The Home Office recommends that in order to avoid delays on arrival in the UK, those who are exempt...

 from immigration control should obtain an exempt vignette before they travel.  This comprehensive guide looks at the eligibility requirements for an exempt vignette in detail alongside the process of...

Switching from an Innovator Visa to an Innovator Founder Visa
By Taya Sayekaya - Immigration Barrister

The Innovator Founder Visa route is a route to settlement for experienced entrepreneurs and business people who want to establish a business in the UK. It replaced the Innovator route on 13 April 2023. The Innovator...

 Founder route is essentially a mix of two immigration routes, the Start-up Visa route which is now closed to new entrants without an endorsement issued before 13 April 2023 (it will close to all new...

Routes to Settlement in the UK for Digital Technology Specialists (Webinar)
By Richmond Chambers -

The UK offers a range of immigration routes for digital workers and tech businesses. In some categories applicants need to be sponsored by an employer, whilst other categories allow employment and investment in...

 the digital economy without sponsorship. In this webinar, first broadcast on 25 May 2023, Gillian McCall and Georgina Griggs looked in detail at the routes to settlement in the UK for digital technology...

Fishing Jobs to Be Added to the UK Shortage Occupation List
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

The UK’s seafood sector, known for its high-quality exports such as salmon and Cornish sardines, plays a crucial role in the country’s economy. To ensure that the fishing industry can continue to...

 access the talent it needs from overseas, several fishing jobs are being added to the UK Shortage Occupation List. What is the UK Shortage Occupation List (SOL)? The UK Shortage Occupation List (SOL) is a list...

Regaining British Citizenship After Renouncing It
By Isabella Reynard - Immigration Barrister

This post focuses on how to regain your British citizenship after renouncing it. There are a number of reasons why you may decide to renounce your British citizenship, including if you wish to gain a nationality...

 or citizenship of a country that does not permit dual citizenship or multiple nationalities.   Following renunciation of your British citizenship, you will receive a declaration of renunciation. But, how...

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...

British Citizenship for Children of EEA Nationals
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Immigration Barrister

Under the British Nationality Act 1981, those born in the UK will be a British citizen if at the time of their birth either parent is a British citizen or settled in the UK or a qualifying territory. The question...

 of whether a child of an EEA national in the UK would be automatically British therefore hinges on whether that EEA national would be considered ‘settled’ in the UK. This can be a complex question, as...

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...

What Visa do I Need To Get Married in the UK?
By Stefania Patuto - Immigration Barrister

We are often asked ‘what visa do I need to get married in the UK?’.  If you wish to travel to the UK to get married then there are two main immigration routes available:  a marriage visit visa or a fiance...

 visa.  The Marriage Visitor visa is designed for individuals over the age of 18 who wish to visit the UK to marry or form a civil partnership, or give notice of a marriage or civil partnership, in...
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