20 June 2023
Windrush Day – 22 June 2023
Thursday 22 June 2023, marks 75 years since HMT Empire Windrush docked in Tilbury, Essex in 1948.
19 June 2023
Dual citizenship and asylum claims: an increasingly common challenge
This blog post examines the issue of how having more than one citizenship impacts asylum claims in the UK.
5 June 2023
Home Office clarifies position for children born to EEA national parents
In an unusual example of speed and efficiency, the Home Office has responded to the recent High Court decision of Roehrig, which, as explained in my previous blog, threw into disarray the position of children born in the UK to an EEA national between 1 January 1983 and 1 October 2000 vis-a-vis their British citizenship. Positively, the Home Office has affirmed its intention to protect the British citizenship of those individuals the Roehrig decision affects by way of legislation – specifically, the British Nationality (Regularisation of Past Practice) Bill.
2 May 2023
Home Office finally updates its guidance on sponsored remote working
The Home Office guidance has finally been amended to clarify the position on sponsor duties surrounding hybrid and remote working.
As discussed in our previous blog, the guidance was woefully out of date and left sponsors crying out for clarity on whether they were being compliant where sponsored workers were working from home. The new guidance makes it clear that permanent remote working and regular hybrid working patterns are permitted and sets out the circumstances in which sponsors must report to the Home Office.
26 April 2023
Better late than closed! Tech Nation announcement confirms the visa route will stay open!
After a tense period of uncertainty over who would assume Tech Nation’s role as the endorsing body administering the tech branch of the UK’s Global Talent Visa, or indeed if the visa route would disappear altogether (either temporarily or permanently), Tech Nation have now confirmed that they will continue to accept applications “for the foreseeable future” and “until a new endorsing body is in place”.
