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 This has been replaced by the new UK Innovator visa scheme.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 […]
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Separated couples are facing a record wait to get divorced as a result of regional divorce centres trying to process a backlog of older cases, it has been revealed. Quarterly statistics covering January to March 2019, published by the Ministry of Justice today, show that the average time from petition to decree absolute is 59 […]
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 […]
The Court of Appeal has upheld the appeal against deportation of a man sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, and has also provided some good examples of the kind of human rights arguments that judges will accept in this complex and difficult area of law. The court repeated that there is a high threshold that applies […]
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 […]