3 Key Triggers of Business Immigration Risk

Employers may be surprised to learn that certain organisational changes can leave them open to breaches in immigration duties. Oversights and poor management of immigration issues can result in problems with retaining your sponsor licence and your ability to hire from overseas, leaving you open to the risk of sponsor licence suspension or at worst, licence revocation. In the current […]

Recruiting Nurses from outside the EEA

According to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), recruiting nurses from outside the EEA may be the only solution to the national nursing shortage, due to a lack of Government foresight. Since 2009, approximately 15,500 Tier 2 certificates of sponsorship have been issued to healthcare providers in the UK to recruit non-EEA nurses. A 2015 survey revealed […]

Global Visa Opportunities for Skilled British Workers

For British nationals with desirable qualifications or experience in a variety of fields, the dream of living and working abroad can be closer than you think. Many global visa opportunities for skilled British workers exist as companies around the world continue to recruit and mobilise talent. While the future of working in Europe is currently uncertain, opportunities further […]

Do you need an International Visa for Business Travel?

Every business’ global mobility policy should begin with ensuring its employees have comprehensive travel and medical insurance and the necessary international visa for their stay. Some countries allow British citizens to enter and conduct business without any visa. Others have more stringent requirements. As a guide, we’ve outlined the international visa requirements for some of […]

Beware Emerging Markets Immigration Risks!

Emerging markets immigration is coming to the fore at a time when immigration rules across the globe are becoming increasingly protectionist. As global businesses look to developing markets in the search for new sales and customers, from an immigration compliance perspective, this raises greater challenges such as enhanced risks, procedural uncertainty and higher overall project costs. Some of […]

Mobility Trends and Immigration Compliance Issues

Businesses with global operations are using and adapting different types of mobility to deploy and develop talent, and to tap into global talent pools. But current mobility trends are creating greater compliance issues from an immigration point of view. Talent swaps  One of the fastest emerging modern mobility trends is the talent swap, where employees from different […]