1 February 2017
Immigration Update: Immigration skills charge & apprenticeship levy to be introduced in April
In March 2016 we updated you regarding the Home Office announcement of the introduction of an immigration skills charge for all sponsors of Tier 2 migrants. This measure was included in the Immigration Act 2016 which passed into law in May 2016. Whilst no firm implementation date has been confirmed, the Immigration Minister Robert Goodwin stated in his evidence to the House of Lords EU Home Affairs sub-committee on 11 January 2017 that this charge would be introduced in April.
18 January 2017
Theresa May signals an end to free movement and leaves EU citizens here and British citizens abroad in limbo
Theresa May’s eagerly anticipated speech on the UK’s starting point for negotiations on Brexit, has sketched a very broad outline of her intentions with respect to immigration from the EU moving forward. However when you get up close there is little new detail and her comments have, arguably, raised more questions than they have answered.
3 January 2017
Immigration update - changes to Immigration Health Surcharge, criminal record checks and document retention rules
The UK immigration rules rarely stand still and new changes have already been introduced in 2017. In this blog we look at rule changes involving Immigration Health Surcharge, criminal record checks and document retention.
22 December 2016
Immigration News Round-Up for 2016
2016 has been an eventful year for Immigration, which kicked off in January with the widely anticipated publication of Migration Advisory Committee.
20 December 2016
Immigration Act 2016: Government tackling illegal migration or passing the buck?
On 1st December 2016 the Government introduced provisions 39, 40 and 41 of the Immigration Act 2016 targeting residential landlords who fail to comply with their right to rent obligations. The reason for carrying out these checks is because they give the landlord a statutory excuse against a civil penalty (a fine) if it later turns out that the person does not have permission to be in the UK.