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The Home Secretary has published a Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules, with a phased rollout of changes commencing in April 2023.

When hiring or sponsoring migrant workers in the UK there are many mistakes that businesses can make

UK businesses can sponsor overseas worker or non-settled worker already within the UK once successfully being granted a sponsor licence.

UK businesses must have a sponsor licence to employ workers who do not have immigration permission to reside and work in the UK.

This year, thousands of couples have to spend Valentine’s day alone, due to the UK’s strict Immigration rules.

A family member of a ‘qualifying’ EEA national (including the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein) must apply for an EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) Family Permit to join their EEA family member in the UK. The EUSS Family Permit is valid for 6 months, and once in the UK, the family member must apply for status under the EU Settlement Scheme.

On the heels of another year of major changes within the UK immigration system, we anticipate yet even more change in 2023. This is in large part due to the Home Office’s overarching plan to fully digitise the UK immigration system by the end of 2024.

The UK immigration system has incurred major changes this year. These changes aim to transform and simplify the immigration rules, system and policies.

The Government has commissioned a review of the Shortage Occupations List (SOL) to determine whether any occupations should be removed or added to the list.

From 1 October 2022, the UK Government will introduce changes to the acceptable ways for employers to conduct right to work checks for both new and existing employees.  

Since April 2018, employers have been able to conduct online right to work checks on certain individuals, namely those from the EU, the EEA, Switzerland, and recently certain types of UK visa holders. Manual i.e., physical document right to work checks had to be conducted in person until the outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, which made it impossible for employers to conduct said checks face-to-face.