On 22 October 2020, the United Kingdom government issued a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules that will come into force for visa applications submitted after 9 a.m. on 1 December 2020. Under the new rules, the visa...more
The new relationship between the United Kingdom (U.K.) and the European Union (EU), set in motion by the U.K.’s official departure from the EU, will very likely lead to significant changes to the U.K.'s immigration system,...more
Recent announcements from the Home Office could potentially alter the previously suggested plans for immigrants in the U.K after Brexit.
The previous proposal would have allowed EU citizens residing in the U.K. to apply...more
The U.K. government announced yesterday, 28 January 2019, in a policy paper titled “Immigration from 30 March 2019 if there is no deal," that in the event the U.K. leaves the EU without a deal, the U.K. will seek to end free...more
The Home Office published their White Paper on ‘the U.K.’s future skills-based immigration system’ on 19 December 2018. This long-awaited paper details the plans for the end of free movement, post-Brexit U.K. immigration...more
On 7 November 2017, the U.K. Government published a Technical Note on the administrative procedures that will apply to EU citizens post Brexit. The Note contains the intended approach of the Home Office on the new ‘settled...more
The British government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) in July 2017 to advise on “the economic and social impacts of Brexit and on how the U.K.’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern...more
In the second round of negotiations for the U.K. exiting the European Union, the question of what rights citizens of the European Union and U.K. will have in the other’s territory after the withdrawal is being addressed. The...more