20 Oct, 2023 Home Office offering automation of settled status post-Brexit By Rowan Grimshaw A recent High Court ruling has engineered a change in the process for obtaining settled status for anyone who is under the post-Brexit...
14 Sep, 2023 Youth Mobility Scheme visa expanded for Canadians and Australians By Samir Abugideri The Home Office announced at the end of last week that, from 31 January 2024, eligibility for the Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) visa, known...
18 Jul, 2023 Positive changes to UK immigration rules – automatic extensions for those with Pre-Settled Status By Edward Reed Just before Christmas 2022, the High Court ruled against the Home Office on the legality of the two-step EU Settlement Scheme application...
17 Feb, 2023 Home Office decides not to appeal landmark EU Settlement Scheme judgment By Edward Reed Just before Christmas 2022, the High Court ruled against the Home Office on the legality of the two step EU Settlement Scheme application...
22 Dec, 2022 High Court judge rules against Home Office in major development for EEA nationals with Pre-Settled Status By Edward Reed A recent High Court judgment has ruled against the UK Government: this has some interesting implications for those EEA/Swiss nationals...
20 Oct, 2022 No joy for UK investors just yet as immigration rule changes are published By Edward Reed The Home Office tends to serve up major changes to the Immigration Rules twice a year, in Spring and Autumn, with emergency measures...
22 Sep, 2022 UK to begin roll-out of electronic travel authorisation programme from January 2023 By Edward Reed If you have ever travelled to the US as a visitor, you may be familiar with ESTAs. ESTA is a US government programme which allows you to...
12 Aug, 2022 Home Office resumes priority processing By Edward Reed Last week, I wrote about the issues the Home Office faces as a consequence of a surge of applications, a lack of caseworkers and the...
04 Aug, 2022 The impact of the war in Ukraine on the Home Office By Edward Reed The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 created a refugee crisis as almost four million, mostly, women and children fled the...
27 Jan, 2022 Trading for visas: UK considers easing visa requirements for Indian nationals By Edward Reed When the UK left the UK-EU transition period on 31 December 2021, it ended free trade of goods and services with a trading bloc of 450m...
27 Oct, 2021 UK Budget and immigration - Chancellor confirms 2022 high skilled visa plans By Edward Reed Today, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the Government’s fiscal plans for the immediate and near future. Amongst the tax...
26 Aug, 2021 Remote right to work checks to continue until 5 April 2022 By Edward Reed The UK Government has announced that the temporary concession on remote right to work checks will now continue until at least 5 April...
18 Jan, 2021 UK introduces tighter travel restrictions to combat new Covid-19 variants By Edward Reed UPDATE: From 15 February 2021, new guidance is in effect - please see our updated note here: Covid-19 UK travel restrictions and...
22 Oct, 2020 New Post-Brexit Immigration Rules announced By Edward Reed The Home Office has laid before the UK Parliament a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules. This document sets out the new...
02 Oct, 2020 Employers should take action now to prepare for the new immigration system By Edward Reed As the UK nears the end of the Brexit transition period, the Home Office has launched a marketing campaign to ensure that employers are...
01 Apr, 2020 Covid-19 and UK immigration: Home Office temporarily relaxes right to work check procedure By Edward Reed As Covid-19 forces the UK and much of the world into social isolation, employers have been adapting to the new reality and rapidly...