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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
9 January 2021
How employers should prepare for and transition to the new immigration system
Dramatic changes to our immigration system are taking effect. A new points-based system kicked in on 1 December 2020 affecting businesses wishing to employ non-EU citizens which will also apply to EU citizens (including from the EEA and Switzerland) when freedom of movement ceases on 1 January 2021. So, how can employers prepare for the new changes?
12 November 2020
How the tech sector can make the most of the UK’s new immigration rules
Many companies in the tech sector will be aware of the new immigration system and Skilled Worker category opening in a couple of weeks on 1 December. For those companies without a sponsor licence, they will need to apply for one in order to recruit both non-EU and EU citizens. EU citizens resident in the UK before 11pm on 31 December 2020 can apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.
29 October 2020
Hong Kong British National (Overseas) BN(O) Visa Immigration Rules finally released
On 22 October 2020, the UK Government finally released its Statement of Changes to the new Immigration Rules, which includes the legal framework for the new BN(O) visa route.
29 January 2020
Guest blog: How to “Get Megxit done” – Canadian immigration options for the royal couple
Kingsley Napley assists with global immigration applications with the assistance of its well established local co-counsel partners, such as Tremblay Immigration, PC in Canada. Here, Philippe Tremblay provides insight into the Canadian immigration options for Harry and Meghan.
18 January 2019
Shutdowns and Brexit Omnishambles – how fear of immigration has brought us to a standstill
It is January 2019 and I am a dual British-American citizen witnessing the complete paralysis of both of my countries’ governments, one in partial shutdown and the other unable to break the deadlock Brexit has wrought.