Over the last week we have seen the Home Office responses based on the increase in net migration over the last 12 months.
The current Home Secretary, Suella Braverman is quite keen on pressing ahead on the Rwanda programme in relocating refugees.
As par the current pressures on NHS Services, the Government introduced the Health and Care Work Visa in order to ease the workload enabling patients to receive due care. This includes supporting the private care industry. More details of the Health & Care work visa can be found https://icslegal.com/tier-2-health-and-care-visa.php.
With regards to how the Health & Care Work visa:
• Either the NHS Trust, or the Care Provider would need to initially obtain a Sponsor License, which allows them to sponsor foreign migrant. This is through the Home Office Sponsor License Team.
• Followingly, the organisation would need to apply for an allocation to the Home Office, where once approved it would be assigned to the individual or individuals.
• This generates the Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), where the individual will then use to apply for the Health and Care Work Visa.
The costs of the visa involved do vary, where a standard application in the UK costs £247 for up to 3 years or £479 for a visa for up to 5 years. The length of the term granted is pre-determined by the sponsor when issuing your certificate.
Under many regions when a main applicant intends to enter the UK, they do normally bring family members to the UK, which is allowed when they are considered direct family members, this includes:
• Spouse or partner.
• Children.
• Adult children on exceptional circumstances.
At ICS Legal, we do see constant challenges employers face when going through this detailed process of the sponsor licence application. It does require a form of diligence when it comes to managing the process, ensuring the accuracy of information and the right evidences. Our Immigration Lawyers do work with sponsors and individuals managing the entire sponsor licence matter. More details on the sponsor licence program can be found at https://icslegal.com/sponsorship-licence.
Another key aspect is applying for family members to join, we work with medical professionals over the lifetime, where we plan for their settlement, British nationality and later when applying for family members, specifically when Dependent Parents wish to join in the UK be it under a standard visit or even settlement.
When preparing to make a visa application, you need to ensure core aspects are maintained, this is to avoid a visa refusal to the UK:
• Making sure the details placed on your sponsorship reflect accordingly with your application form.
• Enclose the right evidence as part of
the application when submitting. For example, when meeting the financial requirements, use 6 months income documents if employed or 12 months if self-employed.
• Ensure you keep up to date on your messages and emails, where the
Entry Clearance Officer or the Home Office Case Worker, may request further information.
If you do receive a visa refusal, the Home Office have now restricted legal rights to challenge those decisions. Administrative reviews are now limited to case working errors. However, there are other legal remedies available to challenge, such as the judicial review application, which is now one of the most common route to challenge the legality of the decision.
Read more on the process involved under the Sponsorship Guidelines on our website, www.icslegal.com. Alternatively, you can speak to one of our Immigration Lawyers on 0207 237 3388.
Tel: 020 7237 3388
Website: www.icslegal.com