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Sponsoring overseas workers – Institute of Directors webinar

Are you a UK director considering accessing talent overseas to resolve skills shortages...

Expanding to the UK – Institute of Directors Webinar

Are you a director of an overseas company looking to enter the UK market? Join us for a...

Right to work checks

The Home Office has changed the requirements for right to work checking processes twice...

The UK requires all visitors to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorisation or visa

What is the pre-travel authorisation scheme for visitors to the UK? The UK is extending...

Managing the end of the BRP

In her article for Care Home Management Magazine, Managing Partner Samar Shams explains...

Global Talent visa applications and patents – Webinar

In this interactive session, UK immigration expert Samar Shams, Managing Partner at Cha...

What to expect during a sponsor licence compliance visit

In her article for Care Home Management Magazine, Managing Partner Samar Shams explains...

eVisas: The Future of UK Immigration Documentation

On 6 August 2024, the Home Office announced that all Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) h...

What you need to know about Labour’s promises for business immigration

Following their victory in the general election, the Labour Party is set to implement i...

What is love? Spouse visa UK and other family member visa updates

There have been changes to the family migration policies, particularly affecting family...

The worst of policy worlds: Work permits within a sponsor licence framework

The Home Office has shifted back to assessing sponsors’ applications for permission to ...

The Graduate visa – An Overview and update

The Graduate visa, also known as the post-study work visa, allows international student...

Living as a Chinese student

Introduction I am a 15-year-old Chinese-Malaysian student whose grandmother moved to th...

The Immigration Salary List – What’s the points?

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)’s 2024 rapid review of the Immigration Salary Li...

Compliance update: new sponsor duties

The Home Office has updated guidance on sponsor duties and compliance. Sponsors should ...

Keeping Your Sponsor Licence

In this article for Care Home Management Magazine, Managing Partner Samar Shams highlig...

Skilled Worker rules changes effective 4 April 2024

The Government has published the rules changes for Skilled Worker visas. All changes di...

UK business immigration update webinar Spring 2024

In this interactive session, UK immigration expert Samar Shams, Managing Partner was jo...

UK-Nigeria economic partnership deal

On 13 February 2024, the UK signed a trade partnership with Nigeria to establish a stro...

UK business visitor changes

Immigration Rules and guidance around business visits to the UK have been relaxed to al...

Questions for Immigration Lawyers Right to Work Checks and Illegal Working

Do you have a tricky right to work question? Managing Partner Samar Shams has contribut...

Impact of the expansion of Visitor visa and the Youth Mobility Scheme routes on net migration

On 7 December 2023, the UK government published changes to the Immigration Rules, impac...

Is it time to abolish the shortage occupation list?

The Shortage Occupation List (SOL) supplements the main work visa route, Skilled Worker...

Update on the new immigration laws and their impact on social care

Please join Managing Partner Samar Shams for an update on the new immigration laws and ...

Planned and potential policy changes affecting care homes in 2024

In her article for Care Home Management Magazine, Managing Partner Samar Shams highligh...

Computer says ‘probably not’ – UK Electronic Travel Authorisation

What is the pre-travel authorisation scheme for visitors to the UK? The UK has introduc...

Book Review – How Mass Migration Will Reshape the World

Parag Khanna’s book, Move: How Mass Migration Will Reshape the World- and What it Means...

Updated summary of five-point plan to reduce net migration 24.04.2024

This article was published on 12 December 2023 and updated on 24 April 2024. On 4 Decem...

Immigration Update Webinar

In this interactive session, Managing Partner Samar Shams and Trainee Anna Asumadu brok...

EU Settlement Scheme status to be granted automatically

Pre-settled status will be automatically extended by 2 years before it is due to expire...

The Do’s and Don’ts of dealing with sponsored worker visa fee increases

Samar Shams, Managing Partner at Changes Immigration, considers how businesses can acco...

Student Visa Changes in Effect Now – CHM September 2023

In her article in Care Home Management Magazine, Managing Partner Samar Shams makes sen...

When more is less: Visa and Immigration Health Surcharge fee increases

During a Parliamentary debate on 13 July 2023, Chief Secretary to the Treasury John Gle...

Immigration Rules changes: Students’ eligibility for work visas, construction roles on the Shortage Occupation List, and extending pre-settled status

Students restricted from switching and bringing dependants New rules published at 3pm o...

Talent strategies: Focus on the Scale-Up visa

Changes to the Scale-up visa route and trends in sponsorship make Scale-up sponsorship ...

Construction workers to be added to the Shortage Occupation List

Following the Spring Budget 2023, the UK government commissioned Migration Advisor Comm...

The Graduate visa – A quick overview

The Graduate visa, also known as the post-study work visa, allows international student...

The Innovator Founder visa

The Innovator Founder visa replaced the Innovator visa on 13 April 2023. The Start-Up v...

Round-up of sponsorship changes

New Immigration Rules and Home Office guidance relating to sponsorship of Skilled Worke...

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