The new and simplified points based immigration system will be introduced to the UK immigration rules from 01 December 2020 9AM.

On Thursday 08 October 2020, the Home Office published that EU, EEA or Swiss citizens who wish to travel to the United Kingdom for holidays or short trips can continue to do so without the need of obtaining a visa.

Organisations wishing to recruit skilled workers from overseas (including EU) from 01 January 2021 are now required to obtain a valid Sponsor Licence, and much more eased approach has been adopted by the Home Office to grant CoS allocations.

There are only three months left until the introduction of the new system, and it is imperative that organisations and businesses begin to focus on the implications of the new immigration rules coming in to place in January 2021.

Home Office announced that a new visa category will come into force on January 2021 to enable Hong Kong - British nationals (overseas) citizens to enter the UK for work or study purposes.

On the 10 September 2020, the Home Office issued a Statement of Change to immigration rules introducing the new student and child student routes from 5 October 2020 as part of the government's commitment to introduce a new points-based immigration system.

The changes to the Immigration Rules announced by the UK government on 09th September will be mostly coming into effect on 01 October 2019.

The key change that is being introduced,  increase the initial period of leave for those who qualify from 30 months to five years’ limited leave

The Tier 1 Investor visa category will remain opened contrary to the rumours that this route will be suspended or closed. The published changes to […]