Immigration news

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.

In reality, despite a huge number of visa types, in practice the options for long term work visas for the US is somewhat limited.  Much of the time the only options are the E2 visa or L1 visa.  The E2 visa

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 apparently still the case, as previously reported, that onl

Will Grenada in effect make it easier for “anti-Putin” Russians to gain citizenship.  Will some of the other requirements such as verifiable source of funds be waived in practice?  Many Russians living in Russia may have difficulties leaving the country.  Russians who benefit from this program may in practice be those

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 unaffordable for many employers.  As an example,

The UK Government has tried various schemes in recent years to make it easier to bring in migrants that the economy needs.  However, the schemes have not all been successful.  Many have turned out to be too difficult and expensive for migrants and their employers.  The Scale-up visa may be worth considering in some situations as an alternative to the Skilled Worker visa.