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Top 3 visa tips for international performers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024
06 August 2024The annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world's greatest platform for creative freedom. International performers coming to the UK to take part must have the correct immigration permission. But can you receive payment for your performance? Read on for more information and top tips for a worry-free immigration experience.
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Labour announces new immigration strategy for the UK
02 August 2024The Home Secretary provides more detail on how Labour will reform the immigration system, linking skills to sponsorship. Labour will also retain many of the strict Immigration Rule changes introduced by the previous Government.
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People-focused solutions for global skills shortages
18 July 2024Employers worldwide are currently facing significant challenges in recruiting and retaining top talent. The pandemic and demographic changes have narrowed the recruitment pool and transformed the way we work, prompting employees to seek greater flexibility and autonomy. As a result, employers must innovate by considering a mix of options to meet their staffing needs.
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What a Labour government means for legal migration
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05 July 2024In our post-election episode on The Agenda podcast, two of our Immigration Partners, Supinder Sian and Naomi-Hanrahan Soar take stock of what Labour has promised policy-wise on legal migration to the UK – a more evidence-led and cross-government approach to managing the numbers, as well as more closely linking immigration sponsorship with industrial strategy. They also share their views on digitalisation of the system, cost and other areas that should be top of the agenda for the incoming government.
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Labour’s immigration law policy dashboard
05 July 2024Our dashboard explains the key policies announced by Labour to-date on legal migration and focuses on the policies most likely to be of interest to employers.
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Skilled Worker sponsor licence suspensions and revocations surge
24 June 2024The Home Office has markedly increased the level of Skilled Worker sponsor licence suspensions and revocations in the first quarter of 2024. There are also indications a focus on sponsorship compliance will continue under the next government.
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Spouses of non-EU permit holders are now free to work in Ireland - Declan Groarke comments for the Irish Examiner
03 June 2024Ireland is now a more attractive destination for skilled overseas workers as it is now far easier for their partners to also work there. To make Ireland more attractive to skilled overseas workers, the State has eased the path for family reunification. Declan Groarke outlines the significance of these changes in this article.
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Creative Worker visas: common compliance pitfalls and tips to avoid them
30 May 2024The Creative Worker route has become increasingly popular as a more practical and convenient alternative to mainstream sponsored work routes such as the Skilled Worker route, which now has restrictively high salary requirements. In this article, we highlight key compliance pitfalls under the Creative Worker route and offer tips on how to avoid them.
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Pre-settled status improvements
23 May 2024The Home Office has announced that pre-settled status extensions will be in five-year blocks and that repeat right to work and right to rent checks will be abolished. New regulations also increase the absence period that causes pre-settled status to lapse.
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Immigration reform will attract talent - Declan Groarke writes for the Law Society
20 May 2024Measures aimed at strengthening Ireland’s appeal as a top destination for skilled international workers have been approved. Further changes with the same purpose may also be in the pipeline writes Declan Groarke.
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Migration Advisory Committee recommends retaining Graduate route
14 May 2024In its rapid review, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has recommended retaining the Graduate route in its current form. The Home Office will now consider the report and whether to accept its recommendations.
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Be prepared for upcoming changes to the Creative Worker route
13 May 2024Updated sponsorship requirements will be in place for applications made on or after 16 May 2024. This impacts artists, entertainers and fashion models coming to the UK for work. Sponsors and applicants should be aware of these changes to ensure they address the new requirements.
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Sponsor compliance round up: genuine employment is the hot topic
01 May 2024Sponsors need to be aware of the latest raft of changes to Home Office guidance on sponsor compliance, which focuses heavily on genuine employment for sponsored workers.
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Ending visa-free travel for skilled workers from South Africa will impact Irish companies, Declan Groarke comments for the Irish Times
29 April 2024Proposals being discussed to potentially re-introduce visa requirements for South African nationals will significantly impact Irish companies - Declan Groarke comments for the Irish Times newspaper.
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Skilled Worker route changes in the legal sector – Levelling Down?
25 April 2024Recent salary increases under the Skilled Worker route are leading law firms to centralise sponsored roles to London and other higher-paying areas of the UK.
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EU to consider EU-UK youth mobility scheme
22 April 2024The European Commission has proposed to open negotiations with the UK to implement an EU-UK youth mobility scheme.
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Home Office guidance on immigration fraud, tricks and scams
18 April 2024Immigration scams are an ongoing concern for businesses and individual users of the immigration system. This article provides some guidance on actions that sponsors of workers and individuals can take if they receive an unexpected email, call or letter purporting to be from the Home Office.
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UK immigration document holders must apply for a UKVI account
16 April 2024Affected individuals will need to set up a UKVI account to be able to view and prove their immigration status beyond 31 December 2024, which is the deadline for physical immigration documents to be replaced by eVisas. Employers will have an important part to play in the transition process.
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Q&A from What’s happening in immigration Law? - 26 March 2024
03 April 2024This Q&A covers questions raised in our webinar.
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Update: Sponsor Management System outage immediately ahead of work route salary rises
02 April 2024Update (2 April 2024): The Home Office is switching off the Sponsor Management System (SMS) from 19:00 on 3 April 2024 until 9:00 on 5 April 2024. The planned system outage was previously due to take place from 19:00 on 2 April until 9:00 on 4 April 2024. The delay gives sponsors one more day to issue Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) before salary threshold rises take effect for work routes from 4 April 2024.