MAC Report December 2025: Skilled Worker Visas & UK Tax
Section A: MAC Report December 2025 The Migration Advisory Committee’s report on the fiscal impact of immigration is a technical assessment of how immigration interacts with the UK’s public finances, and it is written for policymakers who increasingly justify immigration rules through economic and fiscal outcomes. For employers who rely on the Skilled […]
British Born Children of Migrants: New Deportation Rules
British-born children policy update The new asylum and returns plan confirms a harder line on families with no right to stay in the UK, including children born here to parents without secure status. Ministers have now been clear that where a family’s claim fails, removal will normally cover the whole family unit, including […]
Shabana Mahmood: UK Immigration Overhaul
Overview of the ILR Changes for UK Settlement The Earned Settlement proposals are outlined the document ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement: A statement and accompanying consultation on earned settlement‘ published today, 20 November 2025. A public consultation runs until 12 February 2026 and no rules have changed yet. The core proposal is to […]
UK Immigration Asylum Reforms Published
Section A: UK Asylum Reforms Published The new asylum reforms will usher in a new framework, replacing stable long-term protection with a rolling and conditional model, reducing access to support, tightening human rights routes, accelerating removals and binding right to work enforcement into the wider system. These reforms sit across refugee protection, asylum […]
UK to Model Denmark Immigration System
Proposals for UK Immigration Reform The Home Secretary has now trailed a number of headline reforms to UK asylum and protection, although the full legislative package has not yet been published. Mahmood reportedly dispatched senior Home Office officials to Denmark last month, under instruction to examine the Danish approach to border management, refugee […]
UK Immigration Rules Changes from 11 November 2025
Part Suitability replaces Part 9 From today Part 9 is deleted and replaced in full by Part Suitability. Application refusal and cancellation grounds now sit in one place and routes point to this document for both suitability and any overstayer exceptions. Paragraph 39E is moved into Part Suitability so the overstayer disregard is […]
UK eVisa Rollout Expands from 30 Oct 2025
The Home Office is expanding its eVisa system across most major immigration routes, replacing the physical visa vignette for successful applicants in the work, study, family and Indefinite Leave to Enter categories. From 30 October 2025, those granted permission under these routes will no longer receive a visa sticker in their passport but will instead […]
Stage 2 Temporary Shortage List Review Now Open
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has entered Stage 2 of its review of the Temporary Shortage List (TSL), with evidence submissions now open until 2 February 2026. The review forms part of the post-July 2025 Skilled Worker visa reforms and will directly influence which medium-skill occupations can continue to access the lower salary threshold and […]
Consultation on Extending the Right to Work Scheme
The Home Office has launched a consultation on plans to extend Right to Work rules beyond traditional employment models to strengthen enforcement under the Illegal Working Penalty Regime. The government initially announced plans in March 2025 to reform how legal duties to prevent illegal working apply to non-standard work arrangements such as gig economy, zero-hours […]
UKVI Alert: Phishing Attempts Targeting SMS Accounts
UKVI has warned sponsors about phishing emails that mimic official Home Office communications and the Sponsorship Management System (SMS) login page. The goal of these scams is to capture user credentials and assign Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) without authority. This update explains what to watch for and the practical steps to secure your account and […]