Immigration, sponsor licences and visa applications

The UK visa application system is notoriously complex with multiple different visa routes potentially available. Strict compliance with requirements is essential and getting it wrong can have far reaching consequences. Our exceptionally experienced team understand the many nuances of the system and provides business related immigration advice to individuals, small enterprises, corporate clients and financial institutions operating in the UK.

Sponsor licences

If your organisation wishes to hire skilled workers from overseas, you will need a sponsor licence. The rules relating to such an application are strict, complex and time consuming and your organisation must also have HR systems to meet the onerous sponsorship compliance duties. We have considerable experience of sponsor licence applications, management of licences and licence revocation situations and can assist and advise on all aspects of the process.

Assistance during Home Office visits and compliance

As a sponsor licence holder you have onerous responsibilities, particularly when it comes to internal compliance. A Home Office visit to ensure you are meeting those responsibilities can be unannounced and can happen at any stage of the process. Our experienced team can assess and manage your internal compliance and be on hand at short notice to help you prepare for a visit or assist during the visit if needed. 

Skilled Worker visa applications

For skilled workers and higher-level employees, there are a variety of different visa routes that may be suitable, and they each come with different eligibility requirements and advantages. These include the Skilled Worker visa as well as the Global Business Mobility visa, which itself has five different visa routes. Our team is on hand to advise and assist on the most appropriate application and to help manage the application process.

Business Visitor visas

If you’re travelling to the UK for business, you may or may not need a Business Visitor. With a new system being rolled out, you may also need electronic travel authorisation. We can assist and advise with all aspects of this whether you are a visa national or non-visa national.

Innovator Founder visas

For entrepreneurs with a unique business idea that they want to launch in the UK, the Innovator Founder visa is an exciting and interesting opportunity. This type of visa comes with a number of advantages but as always has strict requirements that must be met. We provide a dedicated service to support EU nationals running businesses in the UK and individuals or businesses from overseas who wish to invest in or start up a business in the UK.

Indefinite Leave to Remain applications

The requirements for an Indefinite Leave to Remain application will vary depending on the visa you hold. The application can also be time consuming, stressful and complicated but our team can advise and assist throughout the entire process.

A complete immigration service

Our experienced immigration law team provide strategic advice for short term and long-term situations and is a complete end to end service. We can also support HR teams and can deliver tailored training to businesses and HR teams on topics including the prevention of illegal working, understanding the Points Based System, compliance with UK immigration legislation, and compliance duties as a sponsor.

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If you have an immigration issue, please get in touch to speak to a member of our team.