Since the introduction of restrictions preventing many overseas care workers from bringing dependants to the UK, we have observed a significant increase in refusals affecting care workers in SOC 6135 and SOC 6136 who are seeking to switch immigration routes while their dependants remain in the UK. A common misconception is that having dependants in the UK before the rule changes automatically provides protection against refusal. Unfortunately, this assumption is proving incre

Editor's Note: This article is based on publicly reported proposals regarding a potential new UK investor visa. At the time of writing, no formal Government policy has been announced, and the information discussed below should not be treated as confirmed immigration law or policy. Recent reports suggest that Government Ministers are considering the introduction of a new investor visa route aimed at attracting internationally mobile wealth, entrepreneurs and strategic investor

The Home Office has introduced a potentially significant new sponsor licence revocation ground that may increase scrutiny of so-called "self-sponsorship" Skilled Worker arrangements. Under newly added Annex C1(oo) of the Sponsor Guidance, a sponsor licence may be revoked where the Home Office has: "reasonable grounds to consider or suspect that the sponsor organisation has been established or exists mainly to facilitate the entry or residence of a worker who would not otherwi

Many British citizens and settled persons who adopt children in Nigeria are surprised to discover that a valid Nigerian adoption order does not automatically entitle the child to enter or settle in the United Kingdom. A common misconception is that once an adoption is legally valid in the country where it took place, the UK must automatically recognise the parent-child relationship for immigration purposes. In reality, UK immigration law distinguishes between: recognition of