19 July 2013
Immigration Update: Expansion of Priority Visa Services
The Home Office is currently introducing a range of priority visa services in many visa application centres around the world, including business visitor and Tier 2 visa applications. On payment of the appropriate additional fee, the relevant centre will place the application at the front of the queue and will in most cases process the application within 5 working days.
15 July 2013
Nationality and immigration pitfalls in international surrogacy
Entering into an international surrogacy arrangement is becoming an increasingly popular option for prospective parent(s). This growing popularity is spurred on by the wider availability of global surrogacy services, high profile celebrity surrogate babies and increasing frustration with adoption services both domestic and foreign. As more children are born as the result of a surrogacy arrangement, family, immigration and nationality laws in the UK and across the globe have struggled to keep up with this developing area of law.
4 July 2013
Immigration Update: Tier 2 Sponsorship Questionnaire from the Home Office
The Home Office is undertaking an internal review to consider how the application and enforcement of immigration policies and processes in relation to skilled and highly skilled migrants can be improved.
3 July 2013
Family migration routes to the UK – with a stop-over in Europe
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Migration (APPG) recently published its report on the family migration rules that were introduced in July 2012.
27 June 2013
Immigration Update: New Super Priority Visa Service Launched for Business Visitors
The Home Office has started piloting a new same day super priority visa service which it hopes to roll out more widely including in the US.