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FCA case against CACEIS UK raises points of interest for practitioners
James Alleyne
26 November 2015
Key changes to the Tiers 2 and 5 Sponsor Guidance
Following the publication of the latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules, as of 19 November, a number of changes have been made to the Tiers 2 and 5 Sponsor Guidance. Many of these are confirmations of practices already in existence but there are also a number of key changes.
5 November 2015
Home Office publishes its latest changes to the immigration rules – how will these impact Tier 2 Sponsors?
On 29 October 2015, the Home Office published its latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules. The most relevant for points based system Sponsors are those relating to Tier 2. These changes are due to become effective from 19 November 2015.
16 October 2015
A welcome visa scheme for the tech community that might actually be fit for purpose
Amongst the doom and gloom of the Government’s anti-immigration rhetoric and with the threat of further restrictions on companies sponsoring highly skilled migrants looming over us, we finally have a ray of bright digital light. Tech City UK today announced the Tech Nation Visa Scheme, which has been agreed by the Home Office after extensive complaints from the digital technology sector that the current system was not allowing the top global talent to come to the UK.
4 September 2015
Home Office introduces positive changes to the Restricted Certificate of Sponsorship application process
The Home Office has announced today that it will change the operation of the Tier 2 (General) limit to maximise the number of places which can be allocated each month, within the overall annual limit of 20,700.
7 August 2015
UK Visas and Immigration Online Application Service
The Home Office has announced that within the next few weeks it will be rolling out a full online Tier 2 visa application facility for migrants and their dependants. Currently this facility is only available for Tier 2 applicants and their dependants applying using the Tier 2 priority and postal service.