Resource Type: Economic Migration

Home Office Documents | Economic Migration

UKVI update: Covid-19: Guidance for Tier 4 Sponsors and Migrants and for Short term students (20 April 2020)

This guidance was accompanied by the following update from UKVI Visas and Citizenship Stakeholder Engagement: The Home Office has today (20 April) published the latest guidance for Tier 4 sponsors, […]

Home Office Documents | European

Correspondence from UKVI re 30-day entry vignettes (21 April 2020)

With thanks to Nicolas Rollason at Kingsley Napley please see an update from a senior UKVI official below on 30-day entry vignettes: “We are aware that due to the current […]

Home Office Documents | Family and Personal Migration

Correspondence from UKVI relating to application form expiry (21 April 2020)

ILPA received an email from the UKVI Visas and Citizenship Stakeholder Engagement Team on Friday 17 April saying “Access UK is now holding applications for an increased period of 240 days. […]

Home Office Documents | Economic Migration

ECAA business guidance (31 March 2020)

Addition of guidance section on how to use Minded to Refuse Letters at Annex A.

Home Office Documents | Economic Migration

Points-based system sponsor licensing: applications

Changes made in this version of the guidance are as follows: additional information has been added to Tier 5 (Temporary Worker): charity worker additional information has been added to Tier […]

Home Office Documents | Economic Migration

Dependant family members of points-based system migrants and Appendix W Workers

This version replaces the ‘Dependant family members of points-based system migrants and Appendix W Workers version 17.0’ which has been withdrawn and archived. It includes changes required following the introduction […]

Home Office Documents | Economic Migration

Tier 2 and 5 priority service requests

Guidance has been updated. The priority change of circumstances service has changed from a telephone service to an email service. The telephone line is no longer in use.

Home Office Documents | Economic Migration

Appendix A: supporting documents for sponsor licence application

The following changes have been made: • references to digital technology shortage occupations have been deleted, as no longer required following rules change of 6 October 2019

Home Office Documents | Economic Migration

Appendix D: guidance for sponsors on keeping documents

The following changes have been made: Part 1 d: minor drafting amendments Part 3c: duplicate bullet point deleted; new bullet added specifying that a statement of employment particulars must include […]