8 December 2025
Extending right to work checks - what might be the implications?
The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (which has just completed the parliamentary process by receiving Royal Assent on 2 December 2025) will introduce significant changes to right to work checks. The law hasn’t been implemented yet but employers need to be aware of the implications.
27 October 2025
Start date confirmed for Immigration Skills Charge increase
The Immigration Skills Charge (ISC) will increase by 32% from £1,000 per year of the visa to £1,320 per year of the visa. For small sponsors the ISC will increase from £364 to £480 per year.
27 October 2025
Government announces more white paper rule changes
The immigration policy white paper was released on 12 May 2025 and there were subsequent Skilled Worker rule changes on 22 July. On 14 October the Home Office released a statement of changes to the Immigration Rules setting out further upcoming rule amendments flowing from the white paper. There was also a Home Office press release.
27 October 2025
Updates on British citizens travelling to the EU, and the Temporary Shortage List for Skilled Worker applications
We focus here on two updates - one on travel to the EU and one on the Temporary Shortage List for Skilled Worker applications based on lower skilled roles.
16 October 2025
People, Not Past Mistakes: A Fairer Approach to Criminality in Immigration
I’ll acknowledge, it is a little edgy - in the current climate - to argue for a more nuanced approach to historic criminality in the immigration system. Sounds like the sort of thing that would feed a tabloid journalist with everything they think they need to know about an immigration lawyer.
