What just happened? Shortly before Christmas, the Government was issued with a firm instruction: make Care Workers eligible for sponsorship immediately. Not much room for confusion there. The instruction came from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) in its annual report, which made for grim festive reading in its assessment of [...]
Quick background At Truth Legal, we have long believed that one answer to staff shortages in the UK’s care sector is immigration policy, although it’s certainly not the only answer. Under the current immigration system, regular Care Workers are not eligible for sponsorship, but Senior Care Workers are. This is [...]
If you’re thinking about sponsoring a worker from overseas, one of the first things you’ll want to know is: how much is a sponsor licence going to cost me? Read on below for everything you need to know about the costs of sponsorship. If you’d like detailed [...]
Truth Legal and the UK care sector The Immigration Team at Truth Legal has more insight than most solicitors into the staff shortages currently paralysing the UK’s social care sector. On a near-daily basis we are contacted by a care provider seeking advice. Most of them are looking to [...]
When I talk to clients about timeframes for their sponsor licence applications, the conversation usually goes something like this: Me: “You submit the application and pay the fee online, and we normally expect a decision from the Home Office around eight weeks later”. Client: “Eight weeks is too long [...]
Here at Truth Legal, our naturalisation clients come to us with a variety of different concerns. The two we see most often are the CSI problem, and excess absences from the UK. My colleague Louis confronted the CSI problem in his recent blog: Naturalisation and the CSI [...]
If you’re an employer sponsoring workers from overseas, the answer to this question probably seems quite simple at first: I’m allowed to sponsor for up to five years, so I’ll take the full five years thank you. And for some employers, this makes sense for the reasons that follow. [...]
Senior Care Workers were added to the Shortage Occupation List earlier this month, giving their sponsors an important immigration advantage. Read on below to find out what this means for you if you are recruiting Senior Care Workers from overseas. There’s also an FAQs section which you might find [...]
If you’re working in healthcare right now, we know your time is precious. That’s why we’ve put together this quick guide to all things immigration for healthcare professionals working in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic. If you are a care worker, you should read our specific Care Worker’s Guide [...]
If you’re working in care right now, we know your time is precious. That’s why we’ve put together this quick guide to all things immigration for foreign care workers in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic. If you are a care worker who needs immigration advice, or if you have [...]
