…freedom to visit without needing a visa”, says Sophie Barrett-Brown of Laura Devine Solicitors. “Ultra high net worths snap up passports around the world”. Nichola Carter of Carter Thomas agrees:…
19th December 2019…rule I’m going to scare people with the sole responsibility rule. — Nichola Carter (@carternichola) October 31, 2019 Scary rating: 🎃🎃. See Why can’t my children join me in the…
1st November 2019…by our immigration system and how it treats families and couples. Just completely disgusted. #WhoShouldGetToStay — Nichola Carter (@carternichola) June 27, 2019 Our immigration system is appalling. Why split up…
28th June 2019…made. https://t.co/g0Wa920go6 — Nichola Carter (@carternichola) May 21, 2020 The surcharge — not actually a payment for using the NHS but a tax on visas collected at the point of…
21st May 2020…Immigration Rules. As the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association rightly says, the situation “makes a mockery of the principles of certainty and stability inherent in the rule of law”. Nichola Carter…
11th December 2018…an “innovative, viable and scalable” business in the UK and have at least £50,000 in capital behind them. Nichola Carter goes into a little more detail on the requirements in…
4th April 2019…to the Tier 2 visa cap. Free Movement contributor Nichola Carter makes an appearance at around 1hr 54mins into the video, while Oxford migration expert Madeleine Sumption gets a bit…
29th March 2018…to the shortage list @carternichola @freemovementlaw pic.twitter.com/VhQne2Mwh4 — Darren Stevenson (@HC395) September 30, 2019 A sponsor can therefore apply for a role which they know will be on the shortage…
30th September 2019…why a girlfriend might want to visit her boyfriend, but relying on common sense may not cut it. Courtesy of Nichola Carter. 4. Because your home is the country you…
14th November 2019…Tier 2 visa route”. The Tier 2 quota — more formally, a cap on restricted certificates of sponsorship, as Nichola Carter explains elsewhere on this blog — has been oversubscribed…
15th June 2018…changed (see Nichola Carter’s post for a bit of history). No doubt partly due to negative media coverage, the Rules went back to confirm that Tier 4 (General) students studying…
10th September 2019…offices of Nichola Carter who is quoted by the Guardian. Brexit transition argument The Express covered an interview with Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s Brexit co-ordinator. He has weighed in…
23rd February 2018…worker is not disadvantaged if they take maternity or paternity leave. Nichola Carter explains in this post why there were concerns over the right to strike to begin with. The…
13th July 2018This week we finally got to see more detail about the 2021 Points Based Immigration System. The government’s announcement confirms that every organisation in the UK — from businesses to…
21st February 2020The UK Expansion Worker visa is part of the Global Business Mobility route. It enables overseas businesses seeking to expand into the UK to temporarily assign senior managers and specialist…
24th May 2022By today, most businesses around the country will have reopened following the festive break. With energy levels topped up and a whole new year to embrace, if the business —…
6th January 2020Sponsoring a foreign worker isn’t cheap. Application fees and visa taxes typically run to thousands of pounds. Since the UK left the European Union, the costs of sponsorship have also…
27th April 2022On 19 May 2020, a number of media outlets reported that there will be no face-to-face lectures at Cambridge University until summer 2021. The university issued a statement the next…
21st May 2020Many UK immigration categories impose a requirement that the visa holder must not be outside the UK for more than 180 days in any 12-month period — that is, if…
30th September 2021The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) is to inspect the relationship between the immigration system and the higher education sector. The call for evidence, which is open…
5th November 2021The Home Office updated its Covid-19 guidance for overseas students and education providers yesterday. By far the most significant change relates to the distance learning concession introduced last year. Providers…
25th May 2021The UK’s new immigration system is hurtling towards us at a rate of knots. As of 1 January 2021, newly arrived EU citizens coming to work in the UK are…
20th November 2020Immigration lawyers up and down the land leapt out of bed this Monday morning, eager to glut out on the promised detail of the UK’s new points-based immigration system. How…
13th July 2020There is a UK visa for overseas domestic workers, first introduced in 2002. Although the Immigration Rules do not define “domestic workers”, the route is typically used by nannies, cleaners,…
22nd February 2022The Skilled Worker visa is the main work route under the Points Based Immigration System. It was introduced on 1 December 2020, replacing a visa called Tier 2 (General). Joanna…
4th December 2020Whilst we are all awaiting new Immigration Rules for the Skilled Worker route, which will replace Tier 2 (General) in the new Points-Based Immigration System, some good news is starting…
24th September 2020As far as odd decisions go, it was up there with the best. The Home Office announced on 20 April that its concession to enable employers to conduct right to…
12th May 2021UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) has confirmed that with lockdown easing, it is resuming sponsor licence compliance visits. Initial visits will be focused on organisations that have a pending sponsor…
12th April 2021International students are worth billions to the UK economy in higher education fees and indirect expenditure, benefitting local communities financially as well as enriching them in non-economic terms. Being able…
21st June 2021The UK’s Global Talent visa went live in February 2020, replacing the Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) route. Far more flexible than its predecessor, and with no cap on the number…
2nd March 2021Immigration lawyers often find themselves at the centre of employment law disputes where the employee’s immigration status appears to be crucial to the legality of their employment. In such cases…
21st August 2019The Home Office regularly updates the guidance documents that it issues to approved visa sponsors, and those thinking of becoming one, under Tiers 2, 4 and 5 of the Points…
18th July 2019Who would have thought that defining who is, and isn’t, a professional sportsperson would be so difficult? The government has been grappling with this issue for some time. First attempt…
12th July 2019The Home Office’s new innovator visa went live, in terms of being incorporated into the Immigration Rules, on 29 March 2019. Unfortunately, almost a week on and it’s still anything…
4th April 2019Over the next 12 months, the government will be rolling out a whole package of measures designed to enhance the UK’s global image. These will include both new and relaxed…
4th March 2019The Tier 5 (Government Authorised Exchange) category of the Immigration Rules is one of the least known of all the UK’s visa options. Following the recent publication of the government’s…
12th February 2019UK businesses seeking to hire skilled non-EU workers are losing out as it emerges that the monthly quota has been hit for an unprecedented third time in a row. Yesterday…
16th February 2018…are: Bates Well Braithwaite Bindmans Carter Thomas (congratulations Nichola) Charles Russell Speechlys Fragomen Kingsley Napley Laura Devine Lewis Silkin (congratulations Jo) Macfarlanes Paragon Law Wesley Gryk (congratulations Nath) The full…
30th October 2018…£30k (thanks @jablonow @carternichola). https://t.co/XzYqMQ4kRn — Simon Kenny (@Simon_Kenny1) October 3, 2018 The current salary threshold for Tier 2 visas is £30,000. The MAC report recommended that this be kept…
10th October 2018Taking part in strike action can be stressful enough. But for migrant workers who are sponsored by their employer, striking has also had the potential to place their immigration status…
23rd July 2018