24 January 2023
EU Settlement Scheme: Generous but flawed?
A recent High Court judicial review ruling, in the case of R (Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 3274 (Admin), has deemed the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) to be unlawful on the basis that it is incompatible with the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement. The Home Office is intending to appeal. However, the judgement is highly significant as it could affect the rights of almost 3 million pre-settled status holders in the UK.
20 January 2023
Just CoS we can – UKVI granting lower allocations of Certificates of Sponsorship
There are many oddities to the UK’s immigration system, one of the more confusing of these for sponsors to get their heads around is Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) allocations. Sponsors need to have CoS to sponsor new and existing sponsored worker staff. Of late, UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) appears to be taking a much tougher approach and here we explore the current issues.
17 January 2023
What is the UK’s immigration policy for survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire?
Following the tragic fire on 14 June 2017 at Grenfell Tower, on 5 July 2017 the UK government announced a dedicated Grenfell survivors’ policy, which provided for a temporary 12-month immigration amnesty for survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire to regularise their immigration status.
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.