Sponsor License revocation is bad news for any UK-based organization that has hired foreign workers and wishes to continue hiring foreign workers in the future also. If you get a notice from the Home Office that your sponsor license may be revoked, you need to understand what is going to be the consequences of it and the possible solutions there are for your company.
Once your sponsor license is revoked you cannot employ foreign worker
...By visaandmigration.com - 1 week ago
Illegal Migration Act 2023 became law on 20 July 2023 in the UK. However, only a few provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 have come into force as of now. The new law aims to ‘prevent and deter unlawful migration, particularly the migration by unsafe and illegal routes, by removing certain persons from the UK who enter or arrive in the UK by breaching immigration control’.
The new provisions have been introduced with the following objectives:
By visaandmigration.com - 1 month ago
UK Ancestry Visa allows the following nationals to live, work and study in the UK if one of their grandparents was born in the UK, Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man.
UK ancestry visa allows all the above citizens to live in the UK because of their ancestral connection to the UK.
Before you think of applying for a UK ancestry visa, you shoul
By visaandmigration.com - 1 month ago
Self-sponsorship route is for entrepreneurs/business owners to stay and work in the UK to establish and manage their own business. Self-sponsorship route requires a Skilled Worker visa combined with having a sponsor license for a UK-based business you own. Self-sponsorship is mainly a route for those who want to work in the UK for their own business. So, the route allows you to start, grow, or manage your own business in the UK.
If you meet all of th
...By visaandmigration.com - 1 month ago
If the UK Home Office refuses your British Citizenship application, you will receive a letter from them in which you will be informed exactly why your application was refused in detail. Your indefinite leave to remain (ILR) status does not get impacted even after your application for British citizenship is rejected. However, if your application is refused, you lose money, time, and above all your chance to become a British citizen which gives you crucial rights such as voting. You can read this
...By visaandmigration.com - 2 months ago
Unmarried partners of a British citizen or one who has indefinite leave to remain can apply for a UK Unmarried Partner visa to join their partner in the UK and live with them. Unmarried Partners are those who have lived together in a relationship similar to marriage or civil partnership for at least 2 years.
Unmarried Partner visa is applicable to both heterosexual and same-sex partners. An unmarried Partner visa allows you to enter (when applying from outside the UK) or remain (when applying f
By visaandmigration.com - 2 months ago
If you are a UK-based organization looking to employ overseas skilled workers you need to sponsor them. In order to sponsor them you need to have a sponsorship license. You can apply for a UK sponsorship license through the UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) which is a division of the Home Office responsible for UK immigration. The Home Office will grant you a sponsorship license only if you meet the necessary
requirements.
There are different kinds of sponsor licence, however, the most popular
By visaandmigration.com - 3 months ago
You can apply to switch to a UK skilled worker dependent visa if you are already in the UK on a different valid visa and you also meet the eligibility requirements of a skilled worker dependent visa.
The following family members of the skilled worker qualify as the dependents who can apply as skilled worker dependents:
Husband, wife, civil partner or
Unmarried partner or same-sex partner
Children below the age of 18 at the time of application (including
By visaandmigration.com - 3 months ago
You can visit the UK for a short term up to 6 months on a UK visitor visa for study, tourism, business activities, etc. You can apply for a UK visitor visa for one of the following ‘permitted activities’:
By visaandmigration.com - 3 months ago
UK Partner Visa allows a non-British applicant to join their partner/spouse in the UK who is a British citizen or has settled status (such as one with indefinite leave to remain) in the UK. If you are already in the UK on a different visa, you can apply to switch to a UK partner visa once you enter into a civil partnership or get married to an individual who is a British citizen or has settled status in the UK. If you are applying from outside the UK your partner in the UK must sponsor you.
You
By visaandmigration.com - 3 months ago
