UK Immigration News

It seems that not much has changed since the news report on the Scale-Up visa  was published in December 2022.  The UK economy is stagnant.  The last three months of 2022 saw no growth at all.  I

Why was a new “growth visa” being considered.  Presumably even towards the end of last year the UK Government realised that the Scale-Up visa was a failure.  Why was the “Growth visa” Scale-Up visa a f

Sanwar Ali Comments:

The sponsor licence compliance requirements are overly complex, burdensome and confusing.  It is difficult for employers to comply with all the requirements.  This is the case even if there is no restructuring of the business.

It is obviously the case that after Brexit many more businesses should be applying for a UK sponsor licence to employ migrants under the Skilled Worker visa scheme.  Free movement for new EU migrants no longer exists.  It is interesting that it is apparentl

So a relatively small number of employers are applying under the sponsor licence system.  Perhaps the cost of employing people under the UK sponsor licence and skilled worker visa system is just too high.  The system is simply una