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Settlement application – When can it be varied to permission to stay instead!
Where an applicant applies for settlement under any of the categories - Appendix Family Life, Appendix Private Life, Appendix Innovator, Appendix FM, and Appendix Hong Kong British National...
Routes for Ukrainian nationals seeking sanctuary in the UK
There are three main immigration routes for Ukrainians seeking sanctuary in the UK. These routes are free of cost and these are: Ukraine Family Scheme, Homes for Ukraine, and Ukraine Extension...
Launch of the High Potential Individual route and Scale-up route
Through Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules published on 15 March 2022, the UK government has launched elite routes to attract the brightest and best to the UK. These are: High Potential...
New Global Business Mobility routes come into effect on 11 April 2022
The Global Business Mobility routes are a new category of sponsored routes for overseas businesses seeking to establish a presence in, or transfer staff to, the UK for specific business purposes....
Changes to Right to Work checks effective 6 April 2022
All employers in the UK are required to conduct right to work checks before you employ someone, to make sure the individual is not disqualified from carrying out the work in question by reason of...
Changes to Right to Rent checks coming into effect 6 April 2022
If you are a landlord, home owner or letting agent, you must conduct right to rent check when letting privately rented accommodation in England to avoid a civil penalty. The Right to Rent Scheme...
Can Indefinite Leave to Remain be cancelled when outside the UK
The case of The Queen (on the application of C1) -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWCA Civ 30 dealt with the issue of whether the Secretary of State has the power to cancel...
Concessions for Afghan nationals for work and study routes
Recognising the situation in Afghanistan, concessions have been made to UK Immigration rules for Afghan nationals and their dependants who entered the UK before 21 September 2021 or had made an...
Depriving a person of British citizenship without giving notice is not legal, for now, at least
The case of The Queeen (on the application of D4) (Notice of Deprivation of Citizenship) - and - Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWCA Civ 33 concerned an appeal by the Home...
No Time Limit (NTL) Biometric Residence Permit (BRP)
NTL is an administrative process by which a person with indefinite leave to enter “ILE” or indefinite leave to remain “ILR” can apply for confirmation of this status on a BRP. A person who has ILE...
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