ACAS Early Conciliation window to be doubled Last week, the Government published the Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (“the Regulations”). The Regulations are expected to come into force on 1 December 2025 and will double the length of the Acas Early Conciliation window, from six weeks to twelve weeks. What is Acas Early [...]
UK Immigration changes 2025: migrants, graduates, and skilled workers impacted Changes to the Immigration Rules (October 2025) Several changes to the Immigration Rules were made on 14 October 2025. This note explains some of the key changes, and what they mean for you. New requirements for English language for economic migrants The English language requirement is to be [...]
Supplementary Employment for Skilled Workers – Know Your Options If you're a Skilled Worker in the UK considering taking on additional paid work alongside your sponsored job, it's crucial to understand what’s permitted under the latest immigration rules. As of 22 July 2025, the rules on supplementary employment have been updated to clarify who is eligible and under what conditions [...]
Big changes coming to the skilled worker visa route – what employers need to know On 1 July 2025, the Government released a long-awaited Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules, confirming several major updates that will reshape the Skilled Worker visa route. These changes will take effect from 22 July 2025 and will apply to any applications relying on [...]
Trump halts international student visas – why you should look to the UK instead This week in the US, President Donald Trump's administration has ordered US embassies around the world to stop scheduling appointments for student visas. This follows on from Trump’s ongoing battle with Harvard to prevent international students enrolling or remaining at the university. This article explores the [...]
Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa holder deadline for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) For holders of Tier 1 Entrepreneur visas, the deadline to apply for ILR is 6 April 2025, unless they have at any time held a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) visa, in which case the deadline will be 6 July 2027. After these dates, no further ILR applications will [...]
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) are developing a digital immigration system. This means they are replacing physical documents with an online record of your immigration status, known as an eVisa. So with the change from BRPs to eVisas, what do you need to do? Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) are being phased out from 1 January 2025 to be replaced with [...]
UK Immigration in a Post-Brexit era On 1 December 2020, the Home Office launched the post-Brexit Immigration Rules which apply equally to non-EU nationals and EU nationals coming to the UK, after the UK left the EU and the transition period ended on 1 January 2021. For the first time since the UK joined the EU in 1973, European nationals [...]
The new visa scheme, open to holders of a British National (Overseas) passport and their immediate dependants, is now available with 300,000 people expected to apply. British Nationals Overseas (BNOs) are British overseas territories citizens who were able to register as BNOs by virtue of their connection with Hong Kong before 1 July 1997. In response to the Chinese and [...]
