A new, fast-track visa scheme to attract the world’s top scientists, researchers and mathematicians will open on 20 February 2020.
The Global Talent route replaces the Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent)...
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Immigration News
Tier 1 Investor visa
Alongside these new routes, the Home Office is also bringing forward reforms to the Tier 1 (Investor) route. The reformed route will better protect the UK from illegally obtained funds, whilst ensurin...
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Two new UK Business Visa routes for business people and changes to the Tier 1 (Investor) visa category
11 March 2019
The Home Office announced that they are introducing two new business visa categories that will replace the Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) and Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) categories in April ...
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Brexit (Referendum) and UK immigration for EEA nationals and their dependants.
On 24 June 2016 the result of the European Union referendum has been confirmed, and the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. The result would have very important implications towards ...
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Maltese indefinite leave to remain/permanent residence (Residence and Visa Programme)
The Maltese Government enacted a new law allowing third country nationals to apply for indefinite leave to remain/permanent residency (EEA indefinite leave to remain) in Malta subject to the below req...
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New visa fees effective from April 2016
The Home Office is planning to increase visa fees up to 25% increases for settlement, nationality fees, Tier 1 Entrepreneur, Tier 1 Investor, spouse visas and up to 33% for optional premium services...
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Brief outline of recommendations to Home Office from the Migration Advisory Committee on Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa.
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has provided some recommendations on how to improve the Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa. In the past we have seen that the Home Office almost always go ahead and implem...
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EU nationals must hold permanent residence card before applying for British citizenship from 12 November 2015
EEA nationals that would like to naturalise as British after living in the UK for 6 years will have to obtain a permanent residence card before they can apply for naturalisation on or after 12 Novemb...
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Changes to the Immigration Rules effective from 19 November 2015
The main changes to the Immigration Rules are the following ones:
Tier 1 (Entrepreneur)
- making an amendment to the genuine entrepreneur test for initial applications so that the Secretary of St...
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New requirement for TIER 1 (INVESTOR) AND TIER 1 (ENTREPRENEUR) visa applications – OVERSEAS CRIMINAL RECORD CERTIFICATE
In April 2015, the Home Office introduced a new rule to require applicants to provide an overseas criminal record certificate from any country they have lived in continuously for 12 months or more ove...
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