The Innovator Founder Visa Route

The Innovator Founder Visa Route Atef MANAGING DIRECTOR The Innovator Founder Visa Route has officially launched and will open mid-April 2023. This route is for founders, entrepreneurs, and businesspeople looking to start an innovative business in the UK.   Unlike the Innovator Visa Route, applicants are not required to show a minimum level of funds… Continue reading The Innovator Founder Visa Route

Behind the Numbers: The UK’s Refugee Intake and Gary Lineker

Gilbert TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER Behind the Numbers: The UK’s Refugee Intake and Gary Lineker “There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries. This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the… Continue reading Behind the Numbers: The UK’s Refugee Intake and Gary Lineker

Leave Outside the Rules, Part 3 of 3: Switching

Gilbert TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER Leave Outside the Rules, Part 3 of 3: Switching In the highly anticipated final post in this series, I look at the reasons and ways that people with leave to remain in the UK outside the rules can switch onto one of the visa routes within the rules, and the challenges… Continue reading Leave Outside the Rules, Part 3 of 3: Switching

The UK Immigration System’s Time Factor & Transparency

Esraa SPONSOR LICENCE ADVISER The UK immigration System between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea: Time & Transparency When the UK introduced the New Points-based System, there were different debates on its impact on facilitating the processing of applications and ensuring fairness for all applicants as the rules apply to both EU – after… Continue reading The UK Immigration System’s Time Factor & Transparency

Leave Outside the Rules, Part 2 of 3: Article 8

Gilbert TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER Leave Outside the Rules, Part 2 of 3: Article 8 In the second post in this series on leave to remain or enter the UK outside the immigration rules, I will more closely examine the role of the European Convention on Human Rights in this particular part of the UK’s immigration… Continue reading Leave Outside the Rules, Part 2 of 3: Article 8

Leave Outside the Rules, Part 1 of 3: Discretionary Leave

Gilbert TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER Leave Outside the Rules, Part 1 of 3: Discretionary Leave Choosing a visa type to come to the UK can sometimes be similar to looking at a restaurant menu.   Most menus cater to most people. There are several preferable options even when you are not that enthusiastic about any of… Continue reading Leave Outside the Rules, Part 1 of 3: Discretionary Leave