Rishi Sunak announced last week that the government plans to attract international talent through the Scale-Up Visa to make it quicker and easier for fast-growing businesses to bring in highly skilled individuals. The new Scale-Up Visa will launch in spring 2022 to help businesses access talent worldwide. The UK currently benefits from significant international talent-… Read More

All EU, EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members who were resident in the UK by 31 December 2020, should apply without delay so that they can continue to work, study, and access free healthcare and benefits in the UK after 30 June 2021.  UK Employers should remind them of the approaching deadline and… Read More

So COVID has been with us ‘properly’ for just over 1 year, having been first detected in China and making its way around the world, affecting millions of people and changing the way we work and carry out our daily lives immeasurably. Whilst the virus might be with us for the forseeable future there is… Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how crucial and significant a part workers from overseas play on the frontline in the continuing battle against the effects of the coronavirus in the UK. Whilst immigrants from India, the Philippines and other non EU countries work tirelessly as doctors, nurses and health professionals in hospitals and care homes… Read More

A Coronavirus Immigration Team has been set up to help with individuals affected by travel restrictions associated with coronavirus (COVID-19). There is guidance on http://www.gov.uk regarding individuals who are in the UK legally, but whose visa is due to, or has already expired, and who cannot leave because of travel restrictions related to COVID-19. They… Read More

Within the UK Sopra Steria, which runs all UK Visa and Citizenship Application Centres within the United Kingdom, has the following message on its website: CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE 1 If you have Coronavirus symptoms and should be self-isolating, or if you have Coronavirus, you must not attend your appointment. Please email admin.ukvas@soprasteria.com with ‘COVID-19’ and your… Read More

Chinese nationals For Chinese nationals who are already in the UK they are automatically entitled to have their leave extended until 31st March 2020 if their current visa is due to expire between 24 January-30 March 2020, provided that they have complied with all of their visa conditions. They will still be subject to the… Read More

Myths around migration are so common that it’s difficult to tell where reality ends and the truth begins. — Read on http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/immigration-bill-home-office-priti-patel-asylum-trafficking-a9358296.html

Top scientists to be given fast-tracked entry into the UK. — Read on http://www.gov.uk/government/news/boost-for-uk-science-with-unlimited-visa-offer-to-worlds-brightest-and-best