March 2022 Immigration Updates: Replacement of visa rote UK Visas & Immigration (‘UKVI’) are planning to cancel initial applications for the Representative of Overseas Business Visa, as it will be replaced with "Global Business Mobility - UK Expansion Worker route". Overseas businesses wishing to establish a UK branch or subsidiary may be able to [...]
Update on the Tier 1 (Investor) Visa: The Tier 1 (Investor) Visa gave high net worth individuals the opportunity to emigrate to the UK, provided they had a minimum amount of money to invest. From 4:00pm on 17 February 2022, the Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant route is closed to all new initial applications for [...]
February 2022 Immigration Updates: Suspension of priority visa services for all applications made outside of the UK UK Visas & Immigration (‘UKVI’) announced the suspension of priority visa services for all applications made outside of the UK due to the ongoing Ukrainian Refugee Crisis. UKVI will prioritise applications made under the Ukraine Family Visa [...]
January 2022 Immigration Updates: Temporary Concession: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Related Research: From 01 January 2022, the Home Office Guidance on a temporary concession to the Immigration Rules, which was introduced as part of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) endorsed funder route, is no longer in operation, as the concession ended on 31 December 2021. Iceland [...]
December 2021 Immigration Updates: Judgement of Fratila v Secretary of State The Supreme Court has allowed the Secretary of State’s appeal in R(Fratila) v Secretary of State for Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The background to the appeal is that, Ms Fratila and Mr Tanase (the "Respondents") are Romanian nationals residing in the UK. They [...]
November 2021 Immigration Updates: Entering England during coronavirus UK Government has recently announced that from 4:00am 30 November 2021, fully vaccinated people must self-isolate and take a PCR test before the end of day 2 after they arrive in England. They may leave self-isolation if their PCR result is negative. Lateral flow tests will [...]
Irish Citizens' Right to Live and Work in the UK post-Brexit The Immigration Act 1971 has been amended to reflect the fact that Irish Citizens will continue to enjoy the same right to live and work in the UK post-Brexit as they did previously. For the purposes of immigration law, Irish Citizens are [...]
People born in Northern Ireland to be identified as British Citizens for the purposes of immigration Immigration Judges in the Upper Tribunal recently held that people who are born in Northern Ireland will be regarded as British Citizens, even if they identify themselves as Irish. History of the Case Mrs Emma De Souza, [...]
The Return of a Two-Year Post-Study Work Visa The UK government recently announced proposals for a new two-year ‘Graduate’ visa route for Tier 4 international students wishing to remain in the UK in order to seek employment after graduation. The Graduate visa route will allow eligible students to work, or look for work, in [...]
Proposed changes to the UK Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa The UK government have recently published proposals to significantly change the existing UK Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa. The UK Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa will soon be replaced by a new business ‘Innovator Route’. Applicants will therefore only have until spring 2019 to submit an application [...]