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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
10 April 2018
UK Immigration Authorities complete a ‘180’ on absences from the UK
Since 13 December 2012, Americans coming to the UK with a visa issued under one of the popular ‘Points Based System’ categories, have been allowed to spend up to 180 days outside the UK in each 12 month period and still qualify for indefinite leave to remain at the end of five years. This 180 day period was calculated by looking back at each fixed 12 month period in the five years leading up to the date the applicant applied for indefinite leave to remain. Unfortunately, a change to the Immigration Rules which came into effect on 11 January 2018, has thrown this careful planning into disarray. The 180 day limit is now to be applied to a rolling 12 month period. This new calculation is also to be applied retrospectively and will impact anyone who applies for indefinite leave to remain after January 2018.
19 December 2017
The pitfalls of employee immigration status
What can employers do if they discover a staff member’s status is not what it appeared? Richard Fox and Marcia Longdon report in light of a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling.
2 October 2017
Banks required to carry out 70 million immigration checks every quarter
From 1 January 2018, banks and building societies will be required to carry out a further 70 million immigration status checks every quarter. The Immigration Act 2014 requires banks and building societies, including banks that are UK branches of EEA banks and non-EEA banks, to carry out checks when opening current accounts for the purposes of identifying ‘disqualified persons’.
23 August 2017
Brexit and relocating with children overseas – mind the immigration and family law gaps
According to the Office of National Statistics, over a quarter (27.5%) of live births in England and Wales in 2015 were to women born outside the UK. It’s reasonable to assume that a number of other births were children with foreign fathers. What will happen to such families comprised of EU citizens when Britain leaves the EU?
1 June 2017
KN Global immigration update - June 2017
Our June 2017 global immigration update provides details of key changes to immigration rules in global jurisdictions. Countries in this month's issue include Australia, Sweden, Slovakia, Ukraine and the United States. Please note that all immigration rules are subject to change and whilst correct at the time of publication, they should not be relied upon as legal advice or a statement of accuracy at a later date.