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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...

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...

The UK's Global Business Mobility Visa Explained

In its latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC1118), published on 15 March 2022, the Home Office has provided further details of several new business immigration routes, including the High Potential...

Key Personnel in Sponsor Licence Applications

In our previous post, How To Apply For A Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence, we set out the criteria to be met when applying for a licence to sponsor a skilled worker. One of the steps in a Skilled Worker Sponsor...

Updates to the Ukraine Family Scheme

Further to our earlier post here, there have been a number of updates in the Home Office response to the war in Ukraine. However, the humanitarian sponsorship scheme announced on 01 March 2022 has not yet been opened. Visa...