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UNITED KINGDOM: Increase in Fees for Majority of Visa Applications

April 6, 2022

The Home Office has released an update to the UK visa fees, effective 6 April 2022, with increases to work visas and student visas.

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UNITED KINGDOM: The Impact of Brexit on Sponsor Licence Applications

April 6, 2022

The Home Office’s latest publication of sponsorship transparency data up to and including Q4 2021 confirms what immigration practitioners predicted and are now witnessing: that Brexit, supercharged by a post-pandemic recovery of the UK economy, has resulted in a surge in UK organisations applying for sponsor licences (to hire foreign workers) which, in turn, has drastically impacted processing times and lead to a rapidly growing register of sponsors.

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UNITED KINGDOM: Transitional Arrangements – Further Details on the Global Business Mobility Routes

April 4, 2022

On 11 April 2022, the Intra-Company Transfer and Intra-Company Graduate Trainee routes are being replaced by two new Global Business Mobility routes. Further guidance on the transitional arrangements to ease the introduction of these new routes has now been published.

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UNITED KINGDOM: Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules March 2022 | Additional Changes

March 24, 2022

Following the Home Office’s Statement of Changes of 15 March 2022, in this alert we focus on scheduled miscellaneous administrative policy changes to the Immigration Rules.

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UNITED KINGDOM: Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules March 2022 | Individuals

March 23, 2022

Following the Home Office’s Statement of Changes of 15 March 2022, in this alert we focus on those scheduled changes to the Immigration Rules specifically impacting, and representing opportunity for, individuals.

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UNITED KINGDOM: Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules March 2022 | EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)

March 22, 2022

Following the Home Office’s Statement of Changes of 15 March 2022, in this alert we focus on those scheduled changes to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) provisions of the Immigration Rules.

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UNITED KINGDOM: Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules March 2022 | Educational Sponsorship

March 21, 2022

In line with the UK Government’s “Plan for Growth”, the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules introduces changes relating to Appendix Student, Appendix Short-term Student and Appendix Graduate of the Immigration Rules.

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UNITED KINGDOM: Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules March 2022 | Business Routes

March 18, 2022

Following the Home Office’s Statement of Changes (StoC) of 15 March 2022, in this alert we focus on those scheduled changes to the Immigration Rules providing new routes for individuals coming to the UK for business purposes under both sponsored and non-sponsored routes.

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UNITED KINGDOM: ‘Homes for Ukraine’ Scheme [Updated 17 March]

March 17, 2022

Under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, people in the UK will be able to nominate an individual or family to stay with them rent-free, or in another property, for at least six months. Organisations such as charities and churches will also be able to sponsor refugees.

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UNITED KINGDOM: Changes to the Immigration Rules

March 16, 2022

On 15 March 2022, the Home Office published its latest Statement of Changes, introducing far-reaching changes to, and across the breadth of, the UK immigration rules.

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