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In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Work sponsorships: sponsors Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Citizenship applications Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments—Immigration calendar Note that our Immigration calendar sets out key forthcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Immigration White Paper heralds significant changes to UK immigration system The government has issued its long‑awaited White Paper on lawful migration, ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration system’, setting out major reforms across the system, with the stated objective of cutting net migration and reasserting control. In the employment context, this includes lifting the skill threshold for Skilled Worker back to the Tier 2 graduate standard and turning all Points‑Based System routes into ten‑year pathways to settlement, with a new points‑led method to shorten that period based on contributions to the economy and society. A suite of measures...

The Immigration Rules set out comprehensive schedules of actions expressly banned and clearly allowed for visitors of all kinds. When deciding an application for entry clearance, leave to enter or remain as a visitor, the Home Office assesses whether all the proposed activities amount to any banned conduct or sit within the permitted activities for the relevant visitor route and category applied for. Certain activities are only permitted where visitors satisfy further eligibility criteria set out in and detailed within the Immigration Rules, Appendix V: Visitor, paras V 5.1-V 15.4. For more detail and context, see Practice Note: Visitor: eligibility—Additional eligibility requirements for specific types of visitor applicants. Each time a visitor seeks to enter at the frontier, unless using an eGate, they will normally be asked to explain clearly what they plan to do in the UK and for how long in total. A visitor is expected to have, and be able to state plainly, one or more reasons for coming to the UK. Where a person already possesses...

This review examines the principal amendments to the Immigration Rules (the Rules) contained in HC 617. Released on 10 September 2021 with an Explanatory Memorandum, it is lengthy. Readers can jump to particular sections of this note rapidly via the Table of Contents bar on the left of the screen for quick navigation. Beyond unveiling the International Sportsperson route and renaming the remaining temporary work routes, the Statement of Changes makes numerous small adjustments across assorted areas of detail. These involve minor fixes to policy points and alterations to terminology/wording that have emerged in relation to routes streamlined for the post‑Brexit Immigration framework in HC 813 as implemented. Frequently, revisions are delivered through wholesale paragraph replacement, which gives them a more weighty appearance than they truly warrant (and also increases the time a user must spend to pinpoint what has in fact been altered in practice). This is especially true for the Appendix EU and Appendix EU (Family Permit) revisions within this document. The Law Commission’s very precise proposal that...

This Practice Note outlines existing, upcoming and possible devolved taxes and tax administration measures in: Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Where a devolved levy operates, it signposts to fuller guidance elsewhere in Practical Guidance. For a broad overview of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, see Practice Note: An introduction to devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland... Devolution in Scotland Tax administration and compliance The Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 2014 (RSTPA 2014): creates Revenue Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Teachd-a-steach Alba) within the Scottish Administration, operating independently of the Scottish Ministers defines Revenue Scotland’s remit, covering the general role of collecting and administering devolved taxes and specific duties in relation to devolved taxes—excluding council tax and business rates; the devolved taxes are Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) and Scottish Landfill Tax—including: (1) providing information and help to the Scottish Ministers, taxpayers and others, (2) handling complaints and disputes, and (3) encouraging compliance and acting to guard against tax fraud and...

1 Persons involved Name of person needing first aid [ Enter name of injured person ] Job title/role (if employed) Status (if not a worker, e.g. client/customer/visitor) Injured person’s address 2 About the accident Date and time of incident Exact location (room/area) and site address Summary of events (if known) [ Describe how the accident happened, if known ] Witnesses [ List witness name(s) and address(es) ] 3 About the injury Injury description [ Insert details of the injury ] Affected body part(s) Severity: minor/moderate/severe/severe requiring hospital treatment First aid provided and first aider’s name Taken to hospital? Yes/No Hospital details; if No, next destination (e.g. home/back to work) Reportable to the Health and Safety Executive? Yes/No/Not known If Yes, date referred to the organisation’s Health and Safety manager/representative(s)/officer(s) 4 Person completing this record I confirm...

[ To be produced on the official letterheaded paper of the overseas business ] [ Address to either: Chief Immigration Officer [ insert port of entry ] (non-visa nationals) or Entry Clearance Officer [ insert entry clearance post ] (visa nationals) ] [ Add date ] Dear [ insert organisation’s name ] [ Provide the visitor’s full name, date of birth, and nationality exactly as stated in the passport ] Request for entry to the UK for a business visit This correspondence is submitted to back the request of the person named above for permission to enter the UK as a visitor within the standard visitor category for a duration of [ insert number of days/weeks/months ]...

[ Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1: ] On [ insert date ], I was pregnant and, following advice from a registered [ medical practitioner OR midwife OR health visitor ], I booked to attend [ specify hospital or clinic ] for antenatal care on [ insert date ]. I requested time off from my employer to attend the appointment during working hours [ but my employer unreasonably refused my request OR and my employer permitted my attendance yet failed to pay me for my time off ]. My claim is for: 3.1 a declaration that my case is well-founded; 3.2 compensation; 3.3 [ an order requiring the Respondent to pay me the sum of £[ insert amount ] being the remuneration to which I am entitled. ]...

HSC(CHS)A 2003, Part 3 For personal injury compensation claims where the incident occurred on or after 29 January 2007, Part 3 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (HSC(CHS)A 2003) applies. The HSC(CHS)A 2003 extends to any matter involving foreign nationals and foreign compensators, in circumstances where NHS treatment and/or ambulance services were delivered to the injured person following their return to England, Scotland or Wales. Part 3 of the HSC(CHS)A 2003 permits recovery of the costs of treating an injured person in all situations where that individual has successfully pursued a personal injury claim against a third party. Under HSC(CHS)A 2003, s 150(3), a ‘compensation payment’ is a payment, including one in money’s worth, made on behalf of a person who is, or is alleged to be, liable in respect of the injury. HSC(CHS)A 2003, s 150(3) further provides that relevant NHS charges are not included...

For the purposes of this Q&A, we have not taken into account the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), as it is not directly enforceable; it is for the UK to give effect to its terms (insofar as not already addressed by the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020). For further detail, see News Analysis: Implementing the TCA—business immigration implications. As the EU citizen employees fall outside the EU Settlement Scheme and are not eligible for a frontier worker permit, the main immigration options to review are: Intra-Company Skilled Worker Visitor T5 International Agreement Worker Each category is discussed in more detail below. Intra-Company routes The Intra-Company routes allow organisations with connected overseas entities to transfer certain staff to their UK offices. From 1 January 2021, these routes cover EEA and Swiss citizens as well as non-EEA citizens. Both routes require a minimum period of prior employment with the overseas linked entity. As the EEA citizens are engaged...