Foreign nationals

New and updated

• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with an employee who no longer has the right to work in the UK

  Updated to reflect that pending late applications to the EU settlement scheme can be checked using an online right to work check, where the employee has a digital certificate of application.

• Type:

  FAQs

  What should an employer do if it becomes aware that an EEA national employee does not have settled or pre-settled status?

  Updated to reflect that employers should carry out an online right to work check when an employee makes a late application under the EU settlement scheme. 

• Type:

  How to

  How to employ international students

  Updated to reflect the Government announcement that fines for employing illegal workers will increase from 2024.

• Type:

  How to

  How to retain a sponsor licence

  Updated to reflect that the annual allocation of undefined certificates of sponsorship will now renew automatically in certain circumstances.

• Date:

  21 February 2023

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Immigration challenges and opportunities 2023

  Louise Haycock, partner and immigration solicitor at law firm Fragomen, discusses the challenges and opportunities arising in immigration in 2023 for HR and employers, including the sponsored worker regime, changes to right to work checks and benefits and issues arising from hybrid and remote working.

• Date:

  26 May 2022

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Working remotely from abroad: The continuing impact of COVID-19

  Many employers that have introduced hybrid working arrangements are finding that employees who have worked remotely from overseas want to continue to do so. Employers may therefore have additional considerations when formulating any hybrid and return-to-work policies.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Recommended documentation for sponsored migrants checklist

  Updated to reflect that the scale-up visa has been introduced, effective from 22 August 2022.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Skilled worker sponsor compliance and audit preparation checklist

  Updated to reflect that the global business mobility visa has been introduced, effective from 11 April 2022.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Record of all workers' right to work in UK form

  Updated to reflect that the global business mobility visa has been introduced, effective from 11 April 2022.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can EEA national employees lose their right to settled status due to absence from the UK?