
Jaana Hennessy
Jaana Hennessy has over fifteen years of experience in UK immigration law and is accredited at Level 2 through the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA). She has extensive experience in assisting companies to manage their immigration programs and achieve their strategic goals, including right-to-work checks and escalation processes, extension and leave of absence planning, and managing the immigration impacts on company acquisitions. Jaana has extensive experience in providing both corporate and personal immigration advice to companies, as well as being accomplished at delivering client training on UK immigration law and sponsor licence compliance matters.
Recent Articles by Jaana Hennessy
Phishing warning issued by the Home Office for sponsor licence holders.
Earlier this month the Home Office circulated an email alerting to phishing scams via email which could lead to Sponsor Management System (SMS) accounts being compromised. These scams are becoming mor…
UKVI is phasing out visa vignettes for students.
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) shared an interim update with all education sponsors in May 2025 on the expected timings for the next phase of the eVisa transition from physical immigration documents …
UNITED KINGDOM – Home Office issues new Immigration Rules Statement of Changes.
The Home Office issued a new Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 733 on March 12, 2025, together with an Explanatory Memorandum and a ministerial statement. The Statement of Changes will come…
UNITED KINGDOM – Visa fee changes and airside transit ETA exemption.
The UK government has announced that following a review of visa fees, a number of changes were laid before Parliament on January 16, 2025. These changes will provide flexibility to increase the maximu…