If you hold a Skilled Worker visa and your sponsored job ends, you cannot assume you will have months to work out your next step. Recent June 2026 commentary from immigration practitioners has highlighted a clear operational shift: Home Office curtailment, now usually described in the guidance as cancellation of permission, is being actioned much…
The five-year Skilled Worker route to Indefinite Leave to Remain remains open as of June 2026. No Immigration Rules have yet been laid to implement the Government’s proposed Earned Settlement reforms, and the current framework still applies. That is the most important point to understand. The amount of commentary around the proposed changes has caused…
On 3 June 2026, Conservative MP Blake Stephenson opened a Westminster Hall debate on improving the UK visa system, following his March 2026 report on the legal migration system. The report concluded that the system was “entirely unfit” for purpose and that legal migration was “out of control”. It made 30 recommendations, including restricting work…
If you are in the UK as a dependant of a care worker or senior care worker and you have received a letter from the Home Office about your immigration status, you are not alone in feeling anxious. Recent reporting has highlighted families affected by letters linked to the major changes to the care worker…
From 1 June 2026, the rules governing how UK universities manage their student sponsor licences became stricter. The Home Office has updated the Basic Compliance Assessment framework, tightened 2 of the main sponsor performance thresholds, and introduced a new Red, Amber, Green rating system for student sponsors. If you are an international student planning to…
The UK’s Global Talent visa is becoming more relevant to a wider group of high-achieving professionals. Following the March 2026 Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules, HC 1691, a new Design Industry endorsement pathway is being added to Appendix Global Talent. The pathway takes effect on 1 July 2026. The same set of changes…
If you run a newly formed UK business and are planning to apply for a sponsor licence, or if your company has a close connection to the person you want to sponsor, the Home Office guidance update of 20 May 2026 is important. The update introduced a clearer definition of what it means to be…
From 8 April 2026, the Skilled Worker salary rules became more granular for Certificates of Sponsorship assigned on or after that date. Paragraph SW 14.3B of Appendix Skilled Worker now allows UKVI to look not only at the annual salary stated on the CoS, but also at whether the worker is paid correctly across defined…
If you live or work in the UK on a visa and still have an expired Biometric Residence Permit in your wallet, you should treat it as a limited fallback document, not as your proof of immigration status. BRPs have now expired and have been replaced by eVisas for most purposes. Your eVisa is the…
If you are currently on a route to Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK, the proposed “Earned Settlement” reforms could be one of the most important changes to affect your long-term immigration plans. The Government has proposed moving away from the standard 5-year route to settlement for many migrants and replacing it with a…
