If you are an existing UK business with a sponsor licence, or if you plan to start sponsoring overseas workers in 2024 or beyond, it is important to understand that gaining a licence is only the start of the process. Keeping your licence means complying with the law and rules for sponsoring overseas workers
Immigration
Common Mistakes to Avoid When Applying for a UK Visa
Receiving a refusal of a visa or permanent settlement application or encountering issues when dealing with the Home Office can be deeply frustrating, even devastating. This is especially the case if you are reliant on a successful and timely decision to allow you to move on to the next stage of your life. Having assisted…
How Can You Attract and Retain International Sponsored Talent In a UK Business?
According to Manpower Group, three-quarters of employers internationally are experiencing significant difficulties in filling skilled jobs. This is a problem that is being faced by nearly all sectors, especially health care and life sciences, consumer goods and services, IT, transport and logistics, industrials and materials, communications, and financial and real estate services. This is…
Springfield Schools Evacuated After GOP Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Leads to Bomb Threats, Children in Danger
Springfield, Ohio is reeling from a string of bomb threats after a steady diet of anti-immigrant hate from top Republicans, including former President Donald Trump. The hate narratives, especially against Haitian immigrants, have gone from words to actions and now the community is in real danger.
On Thursday multiple city, county and school buildings were…
UK Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) Application Guide 2024
In This Article
1. Introduction to the Electronic Travel Authorisation Scheme
2. What Is the UK ETA Scheme?
3. Do I Need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to Travel to the UK?
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How to Navigate FLAG System Updated for New H-2A Farmworker Visa Rule and Court Order
The Department of Labor (DOL) announced its H-2A Transition Plan for updating its Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system based on the preliminary injunction (known as the Kansas Order) issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Southern Georgia. That order prevents the DOL from enforcing its new H-2A Farmworker Visa Rule against…
Stay Extended by Texas Court to Sept. 23 for Approval of Keeping Families Together Parole
On September 4, 2024, U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, signed an Order denying the Motion of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to lift his prior Order staying the issuance of parole in place (PIP) under the Keeping Families Together (KFT) rule for 14 days.…
Top 10 Business Opportunities for Immigrants in the UK
Many overseas entrepreneurs move to the UK each year to set up a new business venture. The UK’s robust economy, welcoming environment for entrepreneurs, and ease of doing business make it an excellent place to start a new company. The sky is the limit when it comes to choosing the type of business to set…
Why Should I Hire a UK immigration Lawyer?
If you are faced with the challenge of applying for a UK visa, visa extension, sponsor licence, permanent settlement, or citizenship, or if your application has been refused, you may be asking yourself, ‘it is time to hire an immigration Solicitor’? Of course, as immigration lawyers ourselves, you would expect us to say ‘yes’. If…
UK Immigration Routes For Foreign Nationals With Experience In Theatre, Dance, Combined Arts, TV or Film
The UK is internationally world-renowned for its heritage and prestige in the areas of theatre, dance, combined arts, TV and film. As a top arts destination and hub, many international artists in all fields come to the UK to perform, train, teach, and visit. If you are an overseas national with experience in arts and…