Following our previous article on the rollout of eVisas in the UK, the UK Government has confirmed that all those who hold Biometric Residence Permits (“BRPs”), which are credit card sized identity documents which hold a migrant’s biographic data, biometric information and details of their UK immigration status, which expire on 31 December 2024
In case you missed it, the latest edition of Insights, our employment, benefits and mobility publication, is now out.
Highlighting key critical topics for businesses, Insights includes perspectives from a range of jurisdictions on topical issues:
In case you missed it, the latest edition of Insights, our employment, benefits and mobility publication, is now out.
Highlighting some of the challenges and opportunities facing businesses this year, Insights includes perspectives from a range of jurisdictions on topical issues:
With 2024 now underway, this is the perfect time to check out our Insights publication.
In case you missed it, Insights highlights what’s on the horizon for employers this year across a range of jurisdictions, including the UK, France, Germany, Hong Kong and US, and provides a regional snapshot of the key hot topics
By James Perrott & Firuza Ahmed on October 2, 2023
POSTED IN EMPLOYMENT, FOREIGN WORKERS, IMMIGRATION, MAYER BROWN GLOBAL MOBILITY, UK
The UK Home Office has announced that, with effect from 4 October 2023, there will be an increase in application fees for a number of UK immigration and nationality routes. The
In this short article, James Perrott, who leads the UK immigration and European Mobility practice at Mayer Brown, considers the particular challenges involved in sponsoring nannies to work in the UK under the Skilled Worker route. James looks at why the current Overseas Domestic Worker route is not suitable for families looking to bring
With the regular changes to the UK Right to Work (“RTW”) checks over the last year or so, employers may be forgiven for having lost track of what the latest requirements are.
As mentioned in our last blog on RTW checks (You’re Joking – Not Another One! Further Changes to the Right to Work
We have commented before that, in the past year, there have been a large number of changes to the Right to Work (“RTW”) check process. Much of this has been driven by the enforced move to remote and hybrid working caused by the pandemic.
As a reminder, RTW checks must be undertaken by employers on:
James Perrott, Counsel at Mayer Brown in the Employment & Benefits practice of the London office, and Head of the firm’s Global Mobility & Migration practice in Europe, comments on the struggle European firms in London are facing to get European lawyers into the UK due to post-Brexit immigration issues. The article “Red Tape, Rising
In extremely welcome news, the Home Office has recently announced that the Covid-19 adjustment to the Right to Work (“RTW”) check process has been extended again. Surprisingly, it has now been extended to 5 April 2022. This is a move that is very much welcomed by employers, particularly in view of the new hybrid working