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The title of this article may sound a bit of a political hot topic but the question ‘’do I have to pay for National Health Service treatment?’’ is a question...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/do-i-have-to-pay-for-national-health-service-treatment/
By Oshin Shahiean, managing partner at OTS Solicitors With so much talk of Brexit and the settlement scheme and settled status and pre-settled status, most EU citizens living in the...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/do-i-need-permanent-residence-card/
By Oshin Shahiean, managing partner at OTS Solicitors It sometimes feels as if we are being bombarded by news on Brexit with hourly updates on the prospects of there being...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/do-i-need-to-apply-for-settled-status-in-the-uk/
With the end of free movement and the introduction of the new UK points based Immigration system immigration solicitors are receiving enquiries about the frontier work permit. In this blog...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/do-i-qualify-for-frontier-worker-permit/
With the introduction of the new points based Immigration system those looking to come to the UK for work are asking the question ‘do I qualify for a skilled worker...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/do-i-qualify-for-skilled-worker-visa/
The Government Equalities Office has recently released guidance on dress codes in the workplace, intended to address the information gap between existing legislation, which prohibits discriminatory dress codes at work,...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/do-we-need-guidance-dress-codes-in-the-workplace/
Landlord and tenant solicitors are the first to say that being a landlord of a house i multiple occupation isn’t easy nowadays because of the regulations that apply to HMOs...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/do-you-need-hmo-licence/
By Oshin Shahiean, of OTS Solicitors Following much anticipation over the last few days from Immigration lawyers, healthcare professionals and all those interested in the state of the NHS, UK...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/doctors-and-nurses-will-be-excluded-from-the-tier-2-cap/
Having EU Citizenship is highly valuable. That is why Tier 1 Investor Visa applicants and Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa holders are so focused on obtaining settlement in the UK by...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/does-brexit-mean-british-nationals-will-lose-their-eu-citizenship/
Most people assume that if you adopt a child from overseas that the child will automatically acquire the citizenship of his or her adoptive parents. The position is a lot...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/does-convention-adoption-order-give-british-citizenship/
“Does Indefinite Leave to Remain end?” sounds a bit of a daft question. After all most of us think that indefinite means without end. However, the dictionary definition of indefinite...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/does-indefinite-leave-to-remain-end/
If you are wondering what a Skilled Worker Licence is then you are not on your own in not understanding the planned new points based Immigration system. Many UK business...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/does-my-business-need-skilled-worker-licence/
As divorce solicitors for many of our London and UK clients paying high interest mortgages, we are asked the question ‘does my ex have to pay half the mortgage and...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/does-parent-have-to-pay-child-maintenance-and-the-mortgage-of-the-family-home/
In the run up to the general election and the Brexit countdown the prime minister, Boris Johnson, has announced that he intends to introduce an ‘Australian-style’ points based Immigration system...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/does-the-uk-need-australian-style-immigration-system/
Home Secretary, Priti Patel, says the UK should adopt an Australian points based system. However, as OTS Solicitors’ Senior Immigration Lawyer, Stephen Slater, points out, this already matches the points...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/does-the-uk-need-new-immigration-points-based-system/
If you are in immediate danger, please call 999. You can also call the National Domestic Violence 24-hour helpline on freephone 0808 2000 247. OTS Solicitors is highly recommended in...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/domestic-violence-and-the-law/
In the midst of the Windrush scandal, another important topic, one that’s sadly familiar to London immigration solicitors. Earlier in 2018, a coalition of women’s groups reported that many victims...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/domestic-violence-and-the-uk-immigration-rules-whats-the-position/
If you are in immediate danger, please call 999. Moving to another country, away from family and friends is a brave move. Expats who find themselves in an abusive relationship,...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/domestic-violence-and-uk-immigration-rules-domestic-violence-and-uk-immigration-rules/
R (on the application of AT) v Secretary of State for the Home Department If you are in immediate danger, please call 999. You can also call the National Domestic...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/domestic-violence-victims-can-appeal-immigration-decision/
With Covid-19 domestic violence is in the news, for all the wrong reasons. Sadly, with the coronavirus lockdown there has been a real surge in incidents of domestic abuse. The...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/domestic-violence-abuse-and-immigration-concerns-can-you-stay-in-the-uk-if-you-leave-abusive/
Latest research shows that the number of people employing household help is on the rise, with one in three families now employing someone to help with childcare, housework, cooking and/or...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/domestic-workers-in-private-households-visa-the-basics/
As the Government issue figures indicating that penalties for employing illegal workers in the UK hit nearly £12 million in the last quarter of 2017, our Immigration solicitors and UK...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/dont-fall-foul-of-right-to-work-checks/
Many people are left devastated by visit visa refusals. But few applicants are aware the Home Office may withdraw their decision to refuse to grant leave to enter the country...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/dont-give-visit-visa-refusals/
Staff at a Norfolk care home have been given 60 days to leave the country after their employer’s Sponsor Licence was revoked. Nine people from the Philippines, India, Nepal and...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/dont-let-your-uk-sponsor-licence-be-downgraded-or-revoked/
It is often said that when one door closes another door opens. In the case of Donald Trump, as he says goodbye to the presidency of the USA and to...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/donald-trump-from-usa-president-to-british-citizen/
The best London divorce solicitors are often consulted about dowry claims and divorce proceedings as the practice of providing a dowry remains relatively common amongst international families who are based...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/dowry-and-divorce-claims/
– By Teni Shahiean of OTS Solicitors Spouses and families who have been separated by the draconian minimum income requirements for a UK spouse visa imposed by the Conservative Government...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/draft-eu-rules-could-close-surinder-singh-route-to-desperate-families/
Brook House, the Immigration detention centre near Gatwick Airport experienced a dramatic increase in the use of force during 2017. The BBC has reported that individuals being held in detention...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/dramatic-increase-in-use-of-force-at-brook-house-detention-centre/
EEA Immigration solicitors will be pleased to see that the latest version of the EEA Regulations – which come into force on 24th July 2018, will confirm that those with...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/dual-nationality-and-eu-citizens-updating-the-rules-family-members/
The Court of Appeal has recently delivered something of a landmark judgment, of interest to all Immigration lawyers concerning the detention of Asylum seekers under the Dublin III regulations, and...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/dublin-iii-and-damages-for-false-imprisonment/
A Dutch woman, who has resided in the UK for the past 24 years and has two children with her British husband has been left flabbergasted at the inconsistency of...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/dutch-womans-pr-application-plight-highlights-inadequacies-of-the-home-office/
OTS Solicitors has been dealing with many clients who have received a letter from the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) informing them of the intention to revoke their driving...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/dvla-working-together-with-the-home-office-to-revoke-driving-licence/
For business owners and executives, the new year brings about an opportunity for new plans. Strategies for business growth which take into account the multitude of challenges and opportunities predicted...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/easy-guide-for-uk-employers-recruiting-migrants-in-2017/
Late last month, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General, Yves Bot, stated residency rules for new nationals of member states who were previously nationals of another EU country...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/ecj-gives-critical-ruling-non-eu-residency-rights/
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled an EU national who becomes a British citizen does not lose the right to have a non-EU spouse live with them in...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/ecj-gives-landmark-decision-in-eu-spouse-case/
The updated EEA regulations come into force on 24th July 2018 and EEA Immigration solicitors will be pleased to see that they bring the conditions under which self-employed EEA citizens...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/eea-citizens-and-self-employed-status-the-updated-eea-regulations/
Hana Zewdu v SSHD – Opening the Door for Compensation for Home Office Delays The case of Hana Zewdu v SSHD – CO/6067/2013, decided late last week, finally put a...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/eea-immigration-application-claim-compensation-for-losses-suffered-as-result-of-home-office/
By Teni Shahiean of OTS Solicitors As we move into the second quarter of 2016, most employers will soon start to feel the effects of the employment law changes coming...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/eight-employment-law-changes-employers-need-to-know-about-in-2016/
Many UK employment lawyers will welcome the decision of the Court of Appeal in this disability discrimination case, City of York Council v Grosset, which clarifies section 15 of the...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/employer-does-not-have-to-have-knowledge-for-disability-claim-to-succeed/
When people decide to set up their own company they often do not appreciate the vast array of roles they will end up undertaking in the early days of their...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/employers-duties-and-the-policing-of-employees-immigration-status-and-right-to-work/
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