Following Brexit, immigration is a critical issue for UK businesses. If you are an employer looking for advice in this area, our specialist team of business immigration lawyers, who are also employment law experts, can provide the support you need.
Our long-standing practice advises many of the UK’s best known employers, as well as overseas businesses, on the immigration and employment aspects of recruiting and employing overseas nationals in the UK.
We also offer business immigration advice outside the UK through our Preferred Firm Network.
Recognising our expertise in this area, we maintain immigration ‘How to’ Guides for the UK’s leading online HR resource, Xpert HR, and a number of practice notes on leading online legal know-how service, Practical Law.
Our business immigration team works closely with our personal immigration team who advise high net worth individuals and their families on the UK tax and immigration implications of moving to the UK (including Tier 1 visas).
Areas of focus:
Our clients come to us for advice in a variety of areas, including:
- planning an immigration strategy for EU, EEA and other overseas nationals and advising on immigration routes into the UK
- obtaining and maintaining sponsor licences (including for first time sponsors)
- compliance with ongoing sponsor duties
- supporting applications for immigration permission (including Tier 2 visas, sole representative visas and visitor visas) for applicants and their family members
- procedures and policies to ensure compliance with UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) requirements
- immigration and employment issues involving overseas nationals throughout the employment lifecycle
- immigration audits and the prevention of illegal working, including right to work checks
- dealing with sanctions imposed by UKVI for immigration breaches
- training for HR and recruitment teams on immigration issues (including the new immigration system post Brexit)
- advising on the immigration implications of corporate transactions and outsourcing arrangements.