UK Immigration Law

The EU Settlement Scheme is still very much alive in 2026: pre-settled status holders are being converted to settled status automatically where records allow,…

The Ankara Agreement route closed to new applicants when the Brexit transition ended on 31 December 2020 — but for Turkish nationals already holding…

The Innovator visa closed to new applicants on 13 April 2023, but thousands of existing holders are still on it — and their position…

The Start-up visa closed to new applicants on 13 July 2023, and because its grants ran for a maximum of two years, the final…

The Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa closed in three stages: to new applicants on 29 March 2019, to extensions on 5 April 2023, and to…

The sole representative visa closed to new applicants on 11 April 2022 — but unlike the entrepreneur routes, its holders were never forced to…

Mental health conditions intersect settlement applications at two points: exemptions from the English language and Life in the UK requirements for those whose conditions…

Children reach UK settlement by several doors — joining settled parents under paragraph 297, SET(F) applications from inside the UK, the seven-year private life…

Sponsoring overseas workers is one licence system with many doors: Skilled Worker for long-term hires, Global Business Mobility for moves within a group, Scale-up…

Sponsor licence compliance has moved from background administration to the sharpest risk on an employer’s immigration file. Home Office enforcement visits rose 58% in…

The student visa changes running through 2025 and 2026 land on two audiences at once: students face a shorter Graduate route, tighter financial checks…

Fifteen months after the white paper, the useful question is no longer what it proposed but what has actually become law — and whether…