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Routes to Settlement in the UK for Digital Technology Specialists (Webinar)
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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...

UK Private Medical Treatment Visit Visa Application Guide
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

The Private Medical Treatment Visa is for individuals who wish to receive private medical treatment, act as an organ donor or be assessed as a potential organ donor to an identified recipient in the UK.  In this...

article we look at the requirements for a Private Medical Treatment Visa and answer a number of frequently asked questions such as: When can a visitor receive private medical treatment in the UK? How long...

Can I Visit the UK While My Partner Visa Is Being Processed?
By Richmond Chambers -

The crisis in Ukraine has led to enormous delays in Home Office visa processing and decision waiting times. Applications from outside the UK to settle in the UK as the spouse, partner or family member of a British...

citizen or settled person, which ordinarily take 12 weeks (3 months) to process, are currently taking up to 24 weeks (6 months) to be decided. Moreover, the priority and super priority visa services have...

High Court Considers Cart JR Ouster Clause
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

Oceana, R (On the Application Of) v Upper Tribunal (Immigration And Asylum Chamber) (Rev1) [2023] EWHC 791 (Admin) is a High Court judgment on a preliminary issue as to jurisdiction in a claim for...

judicial review; essentially a ‘Cart JR’ following the partial ouster of the High Court’s ‘Cart’ jurisdiction by the coming into force of section 2 of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 on 14 July...

Adequate Maintenance Requirement - Appendix FM
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

In July 2012, the Immigration Rules were changed to implement new requirements for non-EEA nationals applying to enter or remain in the UK under the family migration route. Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules was...

subsequently introduced, incorporating an adequate maintenance requirement. What is the adequate maintenance requirement? Appendix FM brought with it a new financial requirement based on a minimum income...

Future of Digital Technology Global Talent Visa Confirmed
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

It was announced earlier this year, on 31 January 2023, that Tech Nation would cease operations on 31 March 2022 following the Government’s decision to award the Digital Growth Grant of £12.09m to...

Barclays Eagle Labs. This funding previously made up a large proportion of Tech Nation’s funding.  This news resulted in huge uncertainty over the future of the digital technology arm of the Global Talent route....
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