We take compliance seriously!

As an OISC-regulated body we take our compliance seriously! Over the last couple of years, SSW has worked hard to contribute towards an extensive two-part government consultation regarding the publication of a new OISC Code of Standards for all regulated UK immigration advisers.

The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) is an independent public body set up under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and charged with regulating immigration advisers operating in the UK, ensuring that they are fit and competent, and acting in their clients’ best interests.

All members of SSW’s advisory staff are registered with and regulated by the OISC and as such, we felt it our duty to have our say regarding how the existing Code of Standards could be improved.

Happily, many of our comments were taken on board and have since been reflected in the OISC’s newly issued Code of Standards and accompanying Guidance Notes , both of which come into effect on 1 April 2016.

If you would like to have your UK immigration needs handled by a regulated professional body, contact Smith Stone Walters today.