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Roman Abramovich and the Tier 1 UK Investor Visa
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There’s been a lot of news coverage recently surrounding Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich and his Tier 1 Investor Visa, with its expiry causing his absence at the FA Cup Final. Many people aren’t...

 quite sure what this type of Visa is, and why Roman Abramovich is facing delays in renewing. What is a Tier 1 UK Investor Visa? A Tier 1 UK Investor Visa is geared towards high-level investment in the UK,...

UK Tier 1 Investor Visa Sees 28% Year-On-Year Growth
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

Figures released by the Home Office today reveal that a total of 96 Tier 1 Investor visas were issued by UK Visas & Immigration during the period from 1 January to 31 March 2018. This represents an 18.5% increase...

 in successful Tier 1 Investor visa applications compared with the previous quarter and a 28% increase on the number of Investor visas approved during the same period in 2017. Citizens of China and its...

Adult Dependent Relatives - Ribeli v Entry Clearance Officer, Pretoria
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

In an earlier blog post we examined the Immigration rules relating to adult dependent relatives which were introduced in July 2012.   The position was recently examined in the decision of Ribeli v Entry Clearance...

 Officer, Pretoria [2018] EWCA Civ 611. This was an appeal from a decision of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) dated 20 January 2016, which was itself an appeal by the Respondent Entry...

Tier 1 Entrepreneurs: Applying for Accelerated Settlement after 3 Years
By Gillian McCall - Barrister Partner

One of the biggest advantages of the Tier 1 Entrepreneur category, is that it is possible to get accelerated settlement (Indefinite Leave to Remain) in the UK after spending just three years in the category...

 in the UK. There are two different ways to do this: either increasing the jobs in the company by 10 full time people, or by increasing the business turnover by £5 million. That is no small feat in just three...

More than 60 displaced in the Windrush Scandal
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New numbers have come to light in the ongoing Windrush scandal with the newly appointed home secretary, Sajid Javid, revealing that 63 people have been wrongfully removed or deported from the UK. In his first appearance...

 before the Home Affairs Select Committee since his appointment last month, Mr Javid has also told MPs that this number is subject to change as his department and other officials continue reviewing...

Court of Appeal considers delay in Home Office decision-making
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

In an earlier blog post we examined how quickly an individual can expect an application to be decided and current visa processing times.   Home Office Service Standards The Home Office still has in place...

 customer service standards for processing visa applications submitted after 1 January 2014. The standards have largely remained the same, as follows: Straight forward applications from outside the...

Paul Richmond finalist at Employed Bar Awards 2018
By Richmond Chambers -

We’re delighted to announce that Paul Richmond has been shortlisted for an award at the Employed Bar Awards 2018. The awards, hosted by the General Council of the Bar, celebrate the achievements of barristers...

 working in-house in the public, private and third sectors. Paul is one of three finalists to have been shortlisted for the ‘Exceptional Contribution to the Employed Bar’ award, sponsored by...

New test for victims of trafficking
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Legal background Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“the ECHR”) provides that no one shall be held in slavery or servitude, and no one shall be required to perform forced or...

 compulsory labour. The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 2005 (CETS No 197) focuses not only on the prevention of trafficking and the prosecution of traffickers, but also on...

NHS no longer obliged to provide migrant digital records
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The decision to force NHS digital to provide patient records to the Home Office came under fire from doctors, lawyers, civil liberties campaigners and members of parliament. They branded the MoU that facilitated...

 the sharing of non-clinical patient data “inappropriate” when it was first enforced in 2017. Notably, Members of the Government Health Committee warned that addresses from patient records should...

Tier 1 Investor Visa - A Guide To Property and Real Estate
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

For many individuals looking to relocate to the UK under the Tier 1 Investor visa route, the question of whether they can rely on property and real estate to either secure or extend a Tier 1 Investor visa is...

 a natural one. In this post we provide a guide to the Tier 1 Investor visa, property and real estate. Tier 1 Investor Visa – A Guide To Property and Real Estate Can an investor rely on the value of...

Demand for Tier 2 visa outstrips cap for fourth month in a row
By Richmond Chambers -

For the fourth month in a row, demand from UK employers for Tier 2 visas to allow them to employ skilled non-EU workers exceeded the cap imposed by the UK Government. Since the beginning of 2018, the number of...

 applications for the visa has vastly outstripped supply. As a result of the data, which was released by Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, the high demand meant that employers seeking to...

Can I be a contractor if I have leave as a Tier 1 Entrepreneur?
By Gillian McCall - Barrister Partner

Successful Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) applicants will have their leave granted subject to a number of conditions. One of these conditions is that you cannot work for a business other than your own. The condition states: ‘no...

 employment other than working for the business(es) the applicant has established, joined or taken over, but working for such business(es) does not include anything undertaken by the applicant...
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