Please join us for an informal conversation about immigration issues affecting EU nationals and their employers in the UK....

LONDON, 4 FEBRUARY 2021 – International law firm Spencer West has this week launched a partnership with London Business Hub...

The new rules for Skilled Workers and Intra Company Transfer Workers have been in place since 1 December 2020. Join us as we...

Free Movement may have ended but there are lots of different UK immigration options for EU nationals. This blog post for HR...

This article was written by Immigration and Global Mobility Partner Samar Shams on 30 November 2020. Employers should have...

This article was written by Immigration and Global Mobility Partner Samar Shams on 25 November 2020. This article focusses on...

 Francophiles will be interested in this video in which Samar Shams, Immigration and Global Mobility Partner, explains how...

Writing this as we go into another lockdown, we begin our report for this month with: 1. Covid-19 related Employment...

This article was written by Immigration and Global Mobility Partner Samar Shams with support from Associate Partner Talitha...

On 22 October 2020 the Home Office published the last pieces of the puzzle, the rules for sponsored worker visas replacing...

You may be concerned about your European staff or bewildered about planning for recruitment in line with the changes to...

A special UK visa for those with British National Overseas (BN(O)) status in Hong Kong will be available from January 2021. The...

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has published its recommendations on what jobs should be included on the Shortage...

What is the difference between an EEA family permit and an EU family permit? Immigration and Global Mobility team members Samar...

What roles will be eligible for sponsorship in future? Car mechanics, electricians, plumbers and more! Immigration and Global...

Please join us for our ‘Hong Kong – UK bridge: planning for coming to the UK’ webinar. With the backdrop of political...

When should you register for the EU Settlement Scheme? Now! In this video, our Immigration and Global Mobility team members...

In this video, Samar Shams and Talitha Degwa summarise residence requirements for Settled Status under the EU Settlement Scheme...

The government have announced that the current Tier 4 route will be replaced with the new Student and Child Student categories,...

Talitha's latest video takes a look at visa holders who intend to leave the UK but have not been able to do so and have a visa...

Take a look at our latest video from Talitha Degwa, Associate Partner - Immigration talking about the updated Home Office Covid...

Take a look at the latest update on the Identity Verification (IDV) App which the Home Office introduced to allow eligible...

This video is for those interested in the Representative of Overseas Business visa. It covers the June 2020 changes to this...

The Innovator visa, for entrepreneurs wishing to set up and run a business in the UK, requires endorsement of a business plan,...

The Global Talent visa is more attractive than ever. Watch this short video for an overview with a focus on digital tech. Get...

The Government’s planned changes to sponsorship and the Tier 2 General visa, in particular, are summarised here by Samar...

Had enough of trying to keep up to date with the fast-paced changes in the world of UK immigration? We highlight below the main...

‘The UK’s future immigration system’ is not a new immigration system. Rather, the government proposes further changes to...

The Spencer West immigration team has been fielding a lot of queries about checking right to work documents whilst employees...

A stellar panel of experts guided us through the trickiest return to work issues, including discrimination and staff refusals....

In this article, Immigration and Global Mobility Partner Samar Shams summarises the UK’s quarantine plan. She considers the...

If you think that increased unemployment in the UK means that there is less need for work visas for overseas nationals, think...

Immigration status is not a protected characteristic, but employers of overseas nationals must navigate part-time work, right...

With only months to go before the UK’s future immigration system takes effect on 1 January 2021, you should understand the...

There is relatively little information available to date on the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic for visa holders and...

Samar Shams considers the government’s plans for a points-based immigration system once the UK fully withdraws from the EU....

This article first appeared as a Thomson Reuters Practical Law Legal Update on 30 January 2020. The Migration Advisory...

Take a look at Immigration Partner, Samar Shams's summary of the Migration Advisory Committee's recommendations for a points-based visa route and a lo...

With the win of a majority in Parliament on 12 December 2019, the Conservative party has also won the prize...

The Loop: Shortage Occupation List changes Welcome back to work, everybody. In this issue of The Loop. . .

With the government pushing for Brexit on 31 October 2019 and the possibility of a deal drifting ever further out of reach, our...

The Loop: Your Sponsorship Management Digest Spencer West LLP is delighted to introduce The Loop, our digest reporting on all things . . .

This article first appeared in the March issue of Employment Law Journal, published by Legalease Whatever course Brexit takes,...