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Police Registration - What You Need To Know

Conditions can be attached to a person’s permission to enter or stay, and this includes a condition requiring a person to register with the police when in the UK.  In this post we look at the requirement to register...

A Guide to British Citizenship Ceremonies

The final stage of becoming a British citizen is for you to attend a Home Office British Citizenship ceremony where you will be presented with a certificate of British citizenship. If you are not living in the...

Permit Free Festival or Permitted Paid Engagement Visa?

When entering the UK on a Standard Visitor visa, you will generally not be allowed to accept payment equivalent to a salary (i.e. beyond reasonable expenses incurred for travel and living costs) for any activities...

Indefinite Leave to Remain as an Innovator

With the Innovator Route now open, experienced businesspersons seeking to establish a business in the UK may already be thinking about the requirements for indefinite leave to remain as an Innovator.  In...

Comprehensive Sickness Insurance (CSI) Cover and the NHS

The preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union in C-247/20 VI v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs concerns the interpretation of EU law in relation to the requirement of...

Apply for ILR as a Victim of Domestic Abuse: Part 2

This is the second part of a practical guide to applying for ILR as a victim of domestic abuse. It will address frequently asked questions about the DVILR route.  Please follow this link to Part 1 of this Practical...

Apply for ILR as a Victim of Domestic Abuse: Part 1

This two-part blog post will lead you step-by-step through the process of applying for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) as a Victim of Domestic Abuse under Section D-DVILR.1.1 of Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules.  At...

New Guidance on Evidence from Overseas in the First-tier Tribunal

In our previous blog post, we discussed the case of  Agbabiaka (evidence from abroad; Nare guidance) [2021] UKUT 00286 (IAC), and the requirements for oral evidence to be heard from abroad in the First-tier Immigration...

The Lawfulness of Home Office Guidance on Victims of Modern Slavery

In R (on the application of SV) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (ECAT: lawfulness of policy guidance) [2022] UKUT 39 (IAC), the Upper Tribunal considered the lawfulness of the Secretary of State...

Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine)

On 1 March 2022, the Home Secretary announced a bespoke humanitarian support package for Ukrainians.  The Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) allows Ukrainian nationals and their family members to...

Changes to Right to Work Checks from 6 April 2022

The Home Office has announced that as of 06 April 2022, the only way that employers will be permitted to carry out Right to Work checks for certain employees, will be electronically. How Can Employers Carry Out...

UK Expansion Worker Visa replaces Sole Representative of an Overseas Business Visa

On 15 March the Home Office released a new Statement of Changes with significant changes to the Immigration Rules for people coming to the UK to work.  Notable among these changes is that the Representative of an...