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What does Fees mean? In legal practice, Fees are the sums payable by one party to another for goods, services or rights under a contract, together with any agreed charges or other amounts. The term is descriptive rather than statutory; while specific legislation prescribes particular court or registry fees in England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, in private agreements Fees is a contract-defined term. Usage is broadly consistent across these jurisdictions. Key features in contracts include whether Fees cover one-off, periodic, retainer or success-based payments; whether expenses/disbursements are included or separate; whether VAT/sales taxes are excluded or included; timing and invoicing; indexation;...

UK Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Graduate Trainee—Eligibility, Financial Requirement, Genuineness, Switching, Conditions, Dependants, Application Procedure, Fees and Administrative Review

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Senior or Specialist Worker and Graduate Trainee

Senior or Specialist Worker and Graduate Trainee are Global Business Mobility categories that, from 11 April 2022, supplanted, respectively, the Intra-Company Transfer and Intra-Company Graduate Trainee routes. Through the Senior or Specialist Worker path, companies with linked overseas affiliates may post established personnel to their UK branch in a skilled position. For the purposes of sponsorship fees, it is treated as a Worker route. Individuals who are partners in business vehicles such as limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are regarded as employees in this context for these specific purposes. This route is prescribed in the immigration rules, Appendix Global Business Mobility-Senior or Specialist Worker. Mentions of Senior or Specialist Worker also cover people granted leave under the former Intra-company and Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer)/Long-term staff provisions routes. The Graduate Trainee path applies to graduate hires sent to the UK to take up a role within a structured graduate training programme, with explicit progression towards managerial or specialist posts within the organisation. For sponsorship fees it is categorised as a Temporary Worker route. This category is defined in the Immigration Rules, Appendix Global Business Mobility-Graduate Trainee. Mentions of Graduate Trainee include those with permission under...

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Vialto Partners

Kate is an immigration lawyer with many years’ experience advising corporates and private clients on all aspects of UK immigration law. Kate is a highly experienced UK immigration lawyer specialising in advising businesses and private clients on a broad range of applications covered by the UK immigration rules. Kate also has considerable experience in helping start-up companies with sole representative and sponsor licence applications. Throughout the course of her career Kate has advised a number of household name companies across sectors including financial services, retail and media. Kate is also experienced in successfully challenging civil penalty notices and sponsor licence suspensions....

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