Foreign nationals

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• Brexit uncertainty hits two-fifths of hiring managers

  Date:

  11 December 2018

  Type:

  News

  Two-fifths of hiring managers struggle to find the right skills because of uncertainty around Brexit, according to research from recruitment and workforce solutions provider Guidant Global.

• Heathrow Airport to pay for EU employees' settled status

  Date:

  10 December 2018

  Type:

  News

  Heathrow Airport is to pay for the 350 EU nationals it employs to achieve "settled status" after the UK leaves the EU.

• What impact will Brexit have on EU nationals currently working in the UK?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Visa applications for non-EU nationals: What HR needs to know

  Date:

  3 December 2018

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  As HR professionals try to grapple with the settled status pilot scheme for EU permanent residence applications, there is now also the new UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service for non-EU employees. Jonathan Beech from Migrate UK explains the challenges.

• Scrap net migration target, say London businesses

  Date:

  29 November 2018

  Type:

  News

  Business campaigners have called for a radical shake-up to rules governing the immigration of workers at all skill levels.

• Low-skilled EU workers could benefit from 11-month visa

  Date:

  27 November 2018

  Type:

  News

  Leaked Cabinet papers suggest that the Home Office is drawing up plans to issue low-skilled migrants with 11-month visas "with restricted entitlements and rights" while they live in the UK.

• Immigration system won't allow EU workers to 'jump the queue'

  Date:

  19 November 2018

  Type:

  News

  Prime minister Theresa May has said the UK's future immigration system will no longer allow EU nationals to "jump the queue" ahead of skilled migrant workers.

• Doctor practised medicine for 22 years without qualification

  Date:

  19 November 2018

  Type:

  News

  The qualifications of around 3,000 foreign doctors in the UK are being checked after it emerged a woman practised psychiatry for 22 years without a medical degree.

• UK employers suffer 'labour supply shock' as migrant worker numbers fall

  Date:

  12 November 2018

  Type:

  News

  There has been a "reversal" in the number of migrants in workplaces as both EU and non-EU workers lose interest in coming to the UK to work.

• 10 things graduate recruiters need to know about UK immigration

  Date:

  16 October 2018

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  As employers begin to ramp up their graduate recruitment programmes for 2019, what considerations do they need to bear in mind for EU and non-EU candidates? Jessica Pattinson, head of immigration at Dentons, offers 10 key pieces of advice.