Foreign nationals

New and updated

• Employing foreign nationals: health (England and Wales)

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect that, from 6 July 2018, doctors and nurses are removed from the cap on tier 2 visas.

• Employing foreign nationals: health (Scotland)

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect that, from 6 July 2018, doctors and nurses are removed from the cap on tier 2 visas.

• Home Office reveals details of settlement scheme for EU nationals

  Date:

  22 June 2018

  Type:

  News

  The Home Office has revealed how EU nationals can apply for 'settled status', allowing them to continue to live and work in the UK after Brexit.

• How to retain a sponsor licence

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Tier 2 sponsor compliance and audit preparation checklist

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.

• Record of all workers' right to work in the UK form

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.

• Recommended documentation for sponsored migrants checklist

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.

• Hundreds of skilled migrants wrongly face deportation

  Date:

  8 May 2018

  Type:

  News

  At least 1,000 highly skilled migrant workers are wrongly facing deportation by the Home Office after being accused of lying in their applications for indefinite leave to remain (ILR), according to MPs and immigration experts.

• Home Office compliance visits: how can employers prepare?

  Date:

  30 April 2018

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  Compliance visits to holders of Tier 2 sponsor licences are on the rise and employers must have their house in order - otherwise they could face having their licence revoked or downgraded. Vikki Wiberg of Taylor Wessing LLP explains how they should prepare.

• NHS leaders say immigration cap is harming services

  Date:

  27 April 2018

  Type:

  News

  The Home Office is under renewed attack over its failure to grant visas to hundreds of doctors who had planned to work in the UK for the NHS, often in areas where services are overstretched.