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Immigration Update: Homes for Ukraine Scheme

The UK Home Office’s Homes for Ukraine Scheme came into force on Friday 18 March 2022, as a response to the war in Ukraine and the large numbers of Ukrainian nationals and their families being forced to flee the country.

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Breaking news: details about the highly anticipated Global Business Mobility, High Potential...

The Government has issued a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules, part of which provides more detail on the highly anticipated new visa routes aimed at start-up businesses, scale-up businesses and entrepreneurs.

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Immigration update: priority visa services suspended

The Home Office have confirmed that, as of 12 March 2022, overseas ‘priority’ and ‘super priority’ visa services have been temporarily suspended for all new study, work and family visa applications in order to prioritise processing applications under the Ukraine Family Scheme.

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Employment Bulletin - March 2022

Although we are only in early 2022, it has already been a very busy year for employment and immigration law. Ashfords’ Employment Team brings you the following updates on some of the key developments.

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Immigration Update: Digital Right to Work Checks for British and Irish nationals

From 6 April 2022, the Home Office is introducing a number of changes to right to work checks. One of the key changes is the introduction of a new digital right to work check for British and Irish nationals.

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Immigration Update – The Ukraine Family Visa Scheme

Amendments made to the Home Office guidance covering UK visa support for Ukrainian nationals on 2 March 2022 confirmed that the Ukraine Family Scheme opens today, Friday 4 March 2022. This Scheme is initially introduced as a concession, but will then be added to the Immigration Rules via emergency changes on 15 March 2022.

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Understanding scale-up visas for fast growing businesses

As part of the UK’s Innovation Strategy the Government has promised a number of new visa routes in 2022 to attract top global talent to the UK. One of these new visa routes is the so-called ‘Scale-Up visa’.

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Cost savings and a quicker process for care workers applying for UK visas

On 24 December 2021, the Home Office announced a temporary concession under which care workers and home carers will be eligible for sponsorship on a Health and Care Worker visa (a form of Skilled Worker visa under the UK’s points based immigration system) and that the role will also be added to the Shortage Occupation List.

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Immigration Update: Changes to carrying out Right to Work Checks from April 2022

The Home Office updated the Employer Right to Work Checks Guidance on 16 December 2021, setting out changes which will come into force from 6th April 2022.

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The UK Border is Open for Top Talent

In 2021 the UK immigration system was significantly revamped following Brexit. However, with our new points-based system barely a year old, further changes are on the horizon.

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