½Û×ÓÊÓƵ

View the related checklists about Visa

What to think about before bringing a private competition action—checklist

What to think about before bringing a private competition action—checklist Is there an actionable claim? Note: private competition actions remain largely regulated by national law and procedural and substantive rules across the EU may vary significantly, therefore assessments in individual jurisdictions will need to be made when planning competition litigation. Possible causes of action • Consider if there is an infringement of UK competition law (or EU competition law prior to the end of the Brexit transition period). ◦ Consider whether the loss suffered can be attributed to an agreement or concerted action between undertakings, especially competing undertakings (see further, The prohibition on restrictive agreements). ◦ Consider whether the loss might have been caused by an entity that is arguably dominant typically with a large share of a relevant market, and could be said to have abused its dominance contrary to Chapter II of the Competition Act 1998 (and/or Article 102 TFEU if prior to the end of the Brexit transition period) (see further, The prohibition on abuse of dominance)....

View the related practice notes about Visa

Permission to travel to the UK

Other than British or Irish citizens (or Commonwealth citizens with the right of abode) a person wishing to travel to the UK generally requires leave, ie permission, to enter (pass border control) and remain in the UK. Other persons who do not require leave to enter the UK are exempt persons (such as diplomats) and persons with a frontier worker permit.The position as regards prior permission to travel to the UK for persons who require leave to enter is changing further to the staged introduction of the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme which commences from Autumn 2023. The ETA scheme is being rolled out by nationality and will be complete in April 2025.Prior to the introduction of the scheme, persons of some nationalities have not been required to obtain prior permission to come to the UK as a visitor or short-term Creative Worker if they are from a list of specified countries (non-visa nationals) and are not intending to come to the UK for longer than six months. Persons of...

Visitor (standard): avoiding common pitfalls

Visitor (standard): avoiding common pitfalls This Practice Note highlights some common pitfalls associated with applications under the visitor (standard) immigration category that may lead to additional scrutiny of an application and/or its refusal. These often involve issues that may cast doubt on an applicant's credibility as a genuine visitor. Credibility Many of the requirements of this category refer to a person's subjective intentions as a genuine visitor, not to take employment, to leave at the end of the visit and not to base themselves in the UK. Establishing credibility is key for the business visitor and for one intending to undertake study. The Home Office will look at the person's overall circumstances to see if what they propose to do in the UK is consistent with other evidence. The Home Office's visit guidance provides information to Home Office officials on how to assess if an applicant is a genuine visitor. It states that the factors to be considered can include: • the applicant's immigration history in the UK and...

View the related precedents about Visa

Modern slavery and human trafficking—organisation risk assessment

Modern slavery and human trafficking—organisation risk assessment Company name: [Insert company name] Name and position of person(s) completing risk assessment: [Insert name and position] Date of risk assessment: [Insert date] 1 Introduction 1.1 In order to determine the level of risk of modern slavery and human trafficking in our organisation, we have performed an assessment of the features of our business and supply chains that are particularly vulnerable to these types of practice, namely: 1.1.1 sector risks; 1.1.2 suppliers; 1.1.3 using recruitment agents; 1.1.4 recruitment generally; 1.1.5 [performance and output targets; 1.1.6 geographical risks; 1.1.7 transactional risks; and 1.1.8 [insert any other relevant risks you have identified].] 1.2 [We were assisted by[name of external consultants] in carrying out the assessment.] 1.3 [As part of the assessment we engaged with the following stakeholders through [insert brief details of method(s) of stakeholder engagement used, if any]: 1.3.1 [insert details of first internal and external stakeholders engaged with during the assessment] 1.3.2 [insert details of next internal and external stakeholders engaged with...

Children of a parent with limited leave as a partner under Appendix FM: grant of limited leave to remain—information sheet

Children of a parent with limited leave as a partner under Appendix FM: grant of limited leave to remain—information sheet You have now been granted limited leave to remain in the UK until [insert date] as the child of a parent with limited leave as a partner under Appendix FM. This information sheet outlines some of the key conditions of your stay in the UK, as well as your responsibilities to the Home Office. It is important that you understand these conditions. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries. Please note that while the information below is correct as at today’s date, UK immigration law is subject to regular change. Accessing your eVisa Your leave to remain (visa to stay in the UK) will be valid until [insert end date] and is issued in digital format (also known as an ‘eVisa’). [If you do not already have a UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) online account, you will need to go to...

View the related q&as about Visa

Once entry clearance has been granted under the Senior and Specialist Worker route, is there any method by which the start date on the visa can be bought forward if the start date for the role alters? Eg where the original start date for the role was the same date as the date the visa was granted from, but now the sponsor wants to make it earlier.

Once entry clearance has been granted under the Senior and Specialist Worker route, is there any method by which the start date on the visa can be bought forward if the start date for the role alters? Eg where the original start date for the role was the same date as the date the visa was granted from, but now the sponsor wants to make it earlier. We are not aware of any method by which an entry

If a person has settled status and has been granted British citizenship, can they continue to travel in and out of the UK prior to obtaining a British passport as long as they have attended the citizenship ceremony and been naturalised as a British citizen?

If a person has settled status and has been granted British citizenship, can they continue to travel in and out of the UK prior to obtaining a British passport as long as they have attended the citizenship ceremony and been naturalised as a British citizen? Once a non-British or Irish national with indefinite leave to remain (ILR) is granted British citizenship they will then have the right of abode in the UK and their ILR will fall away. Section 2(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 (IA 1971) states that a person has the right of abode in the UK if they are a British citizen. Section 1 of IA 1971 provides that ‘All those who are in this Act expressed to have the right of abode in the United Kingdom shall be free to live in, and to come and go into and from, the United Kingdom without let or hindrance…’ and that the Immigration Rules regulate the administration of the Act for regulating the entry into and...

View the related News about Visa

MAC publishes family visa financial requirements review

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has published its report on the minimum income requirement (MIR) for the partner migration route recommending that the MIR is not matched to the skilled worker route and making recommendations for different calculations that could be used instead and recommendations to improve the way the MIR is evidenced. This news piece sets out the key points in the report.

Vignettes may no longer be issued in work and study routes from 15 July 2025

The Home Office has updated its ‘Online immigration status (eVisa)’ guidance to confirm that from 15 July 2025 applicants for entry clearance in study and work routes may not be issued with an entry clearance vignette in their passport, and instead will need to create a UKVI account and get access to it before they travel to the UK. Applicants will still get a vignette ‘as a dependant for any other visa or as a main applicant for visas other than study or work’. The new wording just says that applicants will be told what to do when they apply, so there are no details about whether application processes will change, whether this will apply to only certain work/study routes initially, or otherwise why the guidance is framed in ‘may’ terms. The practical benefit of the change, which was mentioned in the Immigration White Paper, is that persons to whom it applies will not need to return to a visa application centre to pick up their passport (or have it...