On 29 March 2019 the Home Office introduced new Immigration Rules for those who want to run a business in the UK. The new announcements bring into effect Appendix W of the Immigration Rules which includes the Innovator visa and Start-up visa categories. We covered the Innovator Visa in a previous post. This post provides […]
UK Innovator Visa Overview and Eligibility The UK Innovator Visa is a UK visa category usually for experienced business people to set up an innovative business. The investment requirement is £50,000 and you need to be endorsed by an endorsing body. There is an endorsement requirement which means that this visa may be difficult to […]
Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC) has welcomed the judgement from the Court of Appeal in BF (Eritrea) v Secretary of State for the Home Department[2019] EWCA Civ 872 finding Home Office policy regarding young asylum seekers and age disputes to be unlawful. CCLC has repeatedly highlighted its concerns to the Home Office regarding its policy allowing […]
On Sunday, 26 May, the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019 came into force in accordance with section 6(3) of the Act. Section 2(1) of the Act empowers the Secretary of State, by regulations, to amend the Civil Partnership Act 2004 so that two persons who are not of the same sex are eligible […]
Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa Closed to New Applicants Following a statement of changes to UK immigration rules issued on 7 March 2019, the Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa programme was closed to new applicants on 29 March 2019. This has been replaced by the new UK Innovator visa scheme. Important Information Only entry clearance applications made by people who […]
