Given the current skills shortage in many sectors, immigration is a critical issue for UK businesses. If you are an employer looking for advice, our business immigration lawyers, who are also employment law experts, can help.
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 advise on right to work checks.
We can deliver 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, XpertHR, and a number of practice notes for 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.
Areas of focus:
Our clients come to us for advice across a variety of areas, including:
- the recruitment and employment of overseas nationals in the UK including pre-process planning;
- right to work checks and the prevention of employing illegal workers including immigration audits;
- obtaining and maintaining sponsor licences (including for first time sponsors);
- compliance with ongoing sponsor duties;
- supporting applications for immigration permission (including Skilled Worker 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;
- dealing with sanctions imposed by UKVI for immigration breaches;
- training for HR and recruitment teams on immigration issues (including the points-based immigration system); and
- advising on the immigration implications of corporate transactions and outsourcing arrangements.