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Payne Hicks Beach shortlisted for Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2019

Payne Hicks Beach is delighted to announce that the firm has been shortlisted for Immigration Law Firm of the Year in the Magic Circle Awards 2019. Our Citizenship and Immigration ...

Relaxation of immigration requirements for sponsored workers

The Tier 2 (General) category will be replaced with the Skilled Worker route from 1 December 2020. From 1 December 2020, therefore, non-EEA nationals can apply under the Skilled Worker route, and from 1 January 2020 EEA ...

New UK visa category for Hong Kong BN(O)s

From January 2021, BN(O) citizens – a status given by the UK government to those who had British Dependent Territories citizenship, who were born no later than 1997 – will be ...

Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrants affected by Covid-19

The coronavirus emergency has caused significant concern for UK businesses. This is particularly so for Tier 1 (Entrepreneur)migrants whose customers and employment of resident workers not only affects their revenue, ...

Coronavirus and Immigration – an update

This article is correct as of 7 April 2020. This is an update to our article on 26 March 2020 accessible here. On 2 April 2020 the Home Office made further announcements on concessions to ...

Coronavirus and Immigration

This article is correct as of 26 March 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disruptive impact on most aspects of our lives. The UK immigration system is no different. There is ...

Can I include my wife’s wealth when applying for an investor visa?

Answer by Alexandra Lane, Solicitor in the Citizenship & Immigration department, to the Financial Times reader question on investor visas, first published in the Financial Times ...

Home Office begins accepting EU Settlement Scheme applications from 21 January 2019

EU Settlement Scheme When the UK leaves the EU, EU/EEA citizens and their non-EU/EEA citizen family members will need to make an application for an immigration status to ...

Migration Advisory Committee Report on post-Brexit immigration policy

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) have published a report on EEA migration to the UK. The MAC made several recommendations on immigration policy after Brexit including that there should be ...