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UNITED KINGDOM: Home Office Adds Care Workers to the Shortage Occupation List

January 25, 2022

On 24 January 2022, the UK Home Office released an update to the UK immigration rules to add care workers to the Shortage Occupation List and make the role eligible for the Skilled Worker route. These changes are aimed at helping to alleviate current pressures on the health and social care system as a result of COVID-19.

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UNITED KINGDOM: Youth Mobility Scheme Update

January 6, 2022

The Home Office has updated its Youth Mobility Scheme guidance to reflect that Iceland and India have the joined the scheme as of 1 January 2022.  Iceland will have an allocation of 1,000 places in 2022 and India will be allocated 3,000 places.

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UNITED KINGDOM: eVisa Updates to Right to Work Check Requirements

January 6, 2022

As of 30 December 2021, Appendix D to the full policy guidance on sponsoring a Worker or Temporary Worker, or sponsoring a Student, has been updated to reflect the introduction of eVisas (a digital version of a visa containing immigration status information) and the associated changes to the right to work check documentary retention requirements.

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UNITED KINGDOM: Right to Work Update

December 21, 2021

From 6 April 2022, individuals in possession of Biometric Residence Permits (BRP), Biometric Residence Cards (BRC), or Frontier Worker Permits (FWP) will evidence their right to work in the UK exclusively via the Home Office online checking service.

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UNITED KINGDOM: New UK Visa Routes for Spring

December 21, 2021

As 2021 comes to an end, Newland Chase revisits new UK visa routes announced earlier this year and that are due to open in Spring 2022. These include “Scale-Up” visa, “High Potential Individual” visa and “Global Business Mobility” visa.

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UNITED KINGDOM: Pork Butchers Join the Seasonal Worker Route

November 2, 2021

A Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules published on, and effective from, 1 November 2021 amends the Seasonal Worker route for temporary workers to include those coming to conduct ‘specified pork butchery work’.

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UNITED KINGDOM: MAC Publishes Recommendations on Intra-Company Transfer Route

October 20, 2021

On 13 October 2021, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) published the conclusions of its study of the Intra-Company Transfer route (now known as the “Intra-company Route”). In its findings, the MAC has made a number of key recommendations to the Home Office.

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UNITED KINGDOM: Government Publishes Points-Based Immigration System Sponsorship Roadmap

August 27, 2021

The Home Office has released the UK’s Points-Based Immigration System Sponsorship Roadmap, which outlines plans for reforms beginning in 2021 that aim to allow overseas workers to start work faster than in any other G20 country.

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UNITED KINGDOM: New Graduate Visa Route Open to Applicants

July 1, 2021

The UK’s new graduate route formally opened on 1 July 2021. The purpose of the Graduate Route is to allow international students to remain in the UK to work, or look for work, for two years (three years for doctoral students) after they have completed their studies.

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UNITED KINGDOM: Government Extends Period for Temporary COVID-19 Adjusted Right to Work Checks to 1 September 2021

June 18, 2021

The UK government has announced that the adjusted COVID-19 right to work (RTW) provisions will be extended until 1 September 2021. The provisions were previously due to end on 20 June 2021.

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