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Sponsor Licence Applications – A New Approach to Assessment
Although the recently updated guidance for all Tier 2 and Tier 5 applications provided some insight into UK Visas...
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Sponsorship Duties
Let’s Get it Right! As a Tier 2 sponsor, non-compliance is not an option. Employers of migrant staff have...
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Home Office faces criticism once again
The Home Office is failing to properly examine applications for British citizenship, according to a recent report from the...
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UK visa services in Egypt suspended
UK Visa services at the British Embassy and British Visa Application Centres in Egypt have been suspended until further...
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Insight UK immigration news
Welcome to the latest edition of Insight, your copy of Smith Stone Walters’ quarterly newsletter packed full of the...
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UK Visa processing times
UK Visa processing times Here at Smith Stone Walters our advisers accompany their clients through every step of the visa process, providing them with...
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Number of FNO deportations increasing
Further to the National Audit Office announcing concerns over a decline in the deportation of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) in October this year,...
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UKVI extends email services for settlement applicants
Extension of email update service UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) is extending its customer update initiative whereby Permanent Migration...
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SSW baking for charity!
We passionately believe in giving back. This is why Smith Stone Walters is proud to be supporting Rainbow Trust...
Changing transit visa requirements
Transit visas are required for non-EEA or Swiss travellers who are passing through the UK en-route to another country...
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Genuine vacancy tests explained
All current and prospective sponsors should be aware of the recent changes to the immigration rules. Most recently, UK...
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Benefit restrictions for EU migrants
In his speech today, David Cameron has set out plans for the proposed benefit restrictions to be placed on...
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Latest ONS migration report
Migration to the UK escalates The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released its November report on migration and...
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New powers for UK officials to tackle sham marriages
After a European Commission handbook was issued in October containing guidelines for tackling marriages of convenience within the EU,...
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Labour to curb tax credits for working EU migrants
Rachel Reeves has announced that, should The Labour Party come to power in May 2015, it plans to curb tax...