13 December 2022
The 2022 KN Immigration 12 Days of Christmas Calendar - A Year in Review
It's coming to the end of another year and we'd like to take the opportunity to review the key UK immigration developments over the last 12 months with a 12 Days of Christmas calendar!
24 November 2022
Not remotely interested – UKVI’s approach to working from home as a sponsored worker
The UK’s Skilled Worker sponsorship system, which is largely a rebranding of the former Tier 2 (General) category, was designed well before the recent rapid shift to remote working could have been imagined. Some of the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) guidance has not aged well; parts of it have been left largely unchanged for many years. Following the pandemic, and as we continue to see large numbers of employees working remotely, a clarifying of the position from UKVI for sponsored workers might be welcomed.
22 November 2022
Changes to the Immigration Rules – Impacts on Creative Workers
On the 18th of October 2022, the Home Office published a Statement of Changes. This statement set out amendments to several immigration categories which primarily took effect on 9th November 2022. This blog looks at the amendments that will impact the creative sector specifically.
16 November 2022
How might the Autumn Statement use the immigration system as a tool for growth?
Talk last week that prime minister Rishi Sunak is considering a growth visa for skilled migrants, an idea previously championed by Liz Truss, is likely to be welcomed by employers struggling to recruit talent.
1 September 2022
Up, up and away – the new Scale-up visa
When it comes to naming immigration categories, UKVI has really upped its game - UK Expansion Worker has replaced the wordy Representative of an overseas business, and yet another immigration category with a jazzy name, Scale-up, was introduced on 22 August 2022. But unfortunately, as with UK Expansion Worker, once we look beyond the catchy name, the Scale-up category contains a number of potential shortcomings.