Month: March 2015

Statement of Changes in UK Immigration: New Rules for Visitors

March 17, 2015

The Statement of Changes, due to come into effect in April 2015, has amended the rules relating to Visitors to the UK. Essentially the number of visitor categories will be cut from the current 15 to 4. The purpose of…

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English Language Test Approved Providers Updated

March 12, 2015

One of the changes to the Immigration Rules, as introduced by the new Statement of Changes, is that the Approved list for English Language Test centres will be shortened as of 6 April 2015. Certain individuals applying for leave to…

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Statement of Changes in UK Immigration Rules: Key Summary of Changes for Tier 1

March 11, 2015

Further to our previous news article on the Tier 2 changes brought in by the Statement of Changes, we provide a useful outline of the changes to the Tier 1 category. Individuals applying in a Tier 1 sub-category should be…

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Statement of Changes in UK Immigration Rules: Summary of Key Changes for Tier 2

March 11, 2015

Last month, February 2015, the House of Commons ordered a change to the Immigration Rules. These will be implemented on the 6 April 2015 below we set out the most important of the changes that Tier 2 sponsors should be…

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