The Home Office has announced that all Skilled Worker sponsors would now be obligated to provide a National Insurance Number for Level 1 users when adding one to their licence from 19 June 2023.
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While intended parents may prefer to through the surrogacy process in the UK, restrictive surrogacy laws mean that many enter into surrogacy arrangements abroad where commercial surrogacy is lawful.
Earlier this year Global Talent endorsing body Tech Nation announced that they would cease operations on 31 March 2023. It appeared that from Spring 2023, the UK would not be able to consider Global Talent applications for endorsement under the UK’s digital technology arm.
Russian and Belarusian visa applicants are experiencing significant delays in UK visa application processing times. Although the UK has not suspended applications from nationals of Russia and Belarus, applicants should expect long delays.
On 5 May 2023, the Home Office published new caseworker guidance on requests from applicants to waive or delay the requirement to enrol biometric data where it is not safe to travel to a Visa Application Centre.
We are delighted to announce that UKVI’s partner for biometric appointments UKVCAS is opening a new centre in Oxford.
The Home Office has introduced two concessions for those applying under the Hong Kong British Nationals (overseas) route – known as the BN(O) visa.
Student visa holders can work in the UK if they are studying a full time course at degree level or above at an approved institution. However, there are restrictions on international students’ right to work.
On 23 May 2023, the UK government announced they plan to reduce net migration through changes to the Student Visa route including restrictions on bringing family members for international students.
The new Innovator Founder visa opened for applications on 13 April 2023, replacing the old Start up and Innovator route.
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