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R (Gureckis) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWHC 3298 (Admin) On Thursday, the high court dealt a blow to the UK Governments stealthy plan to create...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/high-court-rules-deporting-homeless-eu-citizens-illegal-compensation-may-be-payable-to-those/
As a high net worth divorces go, the settlement last year between Ryan Giggs and his partner Stacey Cooke was not so unusual – other than for the fact that...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/high-net-worth-divorces-and-the-stellar-performer/
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond has offered an olive branch to the City, signalling that highly skilled workers, including bankers and business people, will be exempt from any Government...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/highly-skilled-eu-workers-may-be-exempt-from-free-movement-curbs/
Until the first signs of spring and announcements over the easing of the UK COVID-19 lockdown, many UK businesses hadn’t turned their thoughts to recruitment and the immigration issues arising...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/hiring-eu-workers-guide-for-uk-businesses/
Industries such as food production, agriculture, hospitality and manufacturing face being fundamentally being changed forever by Brexit. At OTS Solicitors, our dedicated team of EU Immigration lawyers is here to...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/hiring-eu-workers-in-post-brexit-world-0/
Does your business need to hire workers? With the UK skills shortage would you normally hire from overseas? If your workers, whether they are joining a UK construction, tech or...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/hiring-eu-workers-without-uk-work-visa/
By Kasia Janucik of OTS Solicitors Whatever the economic climate, smart businesses are always looking to improve what they do and how they do it. Business analysts and management consultants...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/hiring-management-consultants-and-business-analysts-from-outside-the-eea/
Immigration solicitors have long been sceptical of the benefits of the Home Office asking applicants for Indefinite Leave to Remain or British citizenship to sit the Life in the UK...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/history-matters-home-office-asked-to-change-the-british-citizenship-and-indefinite-leave-to/
If you own a house in multiple occupation then it is important to get the paperwork in order. If you don’t then you risk a conviction and/or a rent repayment...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/hmo-licences-and-rent-repayment-orders/
Talk of rules and regulations is always a bit of a bore. Even specialist HMO solicitors would agree that HMO regulations can be a bit turgid. However, for those landlords...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/hmo-regulation/
The Home Office has sent out more than 100 letters mistakenly informing people they were going to be deported. A letter was issued “in error”, stating that a decision had...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/ho-sends-out-over-100-deportation-letters-in-error-and-pm-under-pressure-regarding-immigration/
By Smit Kumar of OTS Solicitors A recent inspection carried out by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration examined how efficiently and effectively the Home Office has implemented...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/home-office-agrees-new-measures-to-crack-down-sham-marriages/
The UK Government has announced that some UK Immigration visa fees will increase in 2016/17. Applicants who will be affected the most are those applying for family and Spouse Visas,...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/home-office-announces-new-visa-fees-for-201617/
As reported recently by the BBC, Immigration solicitors in London have recently learned that over 1,000 children entitled to British passports have had their applications for renewal refused – because...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/home-office-error-deprives-children-of-their-british-passports/
COVID-19 update: A message from OTS Solicitors – We have already brought online, and deployed the advanced infrastructure, processes and safeguards to allow our professionals and support teams to function...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/home-office-fails-to-extend-30-day-visavignette-to-enter-the-uk/
With hundreds of long-term EU nationals residing in the UK unsure of their status after 23rd June 2016 if a Brexit occurs, it seems bizarre that the Government has made...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/home-office-ignore-rising-numbers-of-urgent-eea-residencepr-applications-despite-increase/
An Immigration white paper outlining Britain’s proposed post-Brexit Immigration system will not be released until after the transition deal is completed. The government’s announcement regarding the paper, which was supposed...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/home-office-immigration-white-paper-release-delayed/
By Oshin Shahiean, managing partner at OTS Solicitors This week the Home Office has issued new guidance for Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visas. The Entrepreneur Visa is for non-EEA entrepreneurial citizens...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/home-office-issues-new-guidance-for-tier-1-entrepreneur-visas/
OTS Solicitors is highly recommended in the Legal 500 for Immigration and Human Rights law. We have also been selected by the 2017 Global Excellence Awards as the Most Trusted...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/home-office-provides-new-guidance-surinder-singh-route/
By Oshin Shahiean, managing partner at OTS Solicitors In a sign that the government is ramping up its preparation for a no deal exit from the European Union, the Home...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/home-office-releases-policy-paper-for-no-deal-brexit-arrangements-for-eu-citizens-and-european/
Whilst for accountants April marks a new financial year for inland revenue purposes, for immigration solicitors April sees a review of Home Office sponsorship, Immigration and nationality fees. This year...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/home-office-sponsorship-immigration-and-nationality-fees-from-the-6-april-2021/
“No one wants to live in Sheffield” Home Office officials are panicking because they are unable to recruit the huge numbers of staff required to cope with processing the three...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/home-office-struggling-to-recruit-staff-needed-for-brexit/
With all the bad news in the press about Covid-19, job losses and the looming recession, it is great for London Immigration Solicitors to be able to report positive news....
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/home-office-visa-application-and-immigration-fees/
In the UK, Boris Johnson has said BN (O) passport holders in Hong Kong may be given a new pathway to British citizenship if the Chinese government passes new security...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/hong-kong-residents-what-does-bn-o-mean-and-what-does-it-entitle-you-to/
According to Wikipedia the saying “may you live in interesting times” is an English translation of a Chinese curse. In 2020 UK immigration solicitors certainly believe that we are living...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/hong-kong-visas-for-hong-kong-residents-with-british-national-overseas-status/
In February 2017, the Supreme Court ruled on the case of MM (Lebanon) & Others v the Secretary for the Home Department [2017] UKSC 10. This case, running for many...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/hope-for-skype-families-as-government-makes-changes-to-minimum-income-requirement/
The House of Lords has issued the UK government an embarrassing defeat by insisting that the rights of EU nationals living in the UK be confirmed in the Brexit Bill....
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/house-of-lords-defeats-brexit-what-does-this-mean-for-eu-nationals/
A landlord is under a contractual obligation to carry out repairs to a tenanted property in accordance with the terms of the tenancy agreement. In addition, a landlord has to...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/how-are-landlords-repair-obligations-effected-covid-19/
This month you may have some time on your hands because our opportunities to socialise are now severely curtailed again. Once we are released from the latest Covid-19 restrictions, thoughts...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/how-can-i-become-british-citizen-if-im-eu-national/
The trouble with a blog entitled ‘how do I get my deposit back at the end of my tenancy agreement?’ is that tenants often only start to check landlord and...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/how-do-i-get-my-deposit-back-at-the-end-of-my-tenancy-agreement/
If the Home Office has detained you then you need Immigration law advice from top London immigration solicitors to look at your Immigration bail options. The best London immigration solicitors...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/how-do-you-get-immigration-bail/
By Oshin Shahiean, managing partner at OTS Solicitors You may think the question “how does an EU citizen get a British passport” a rather odd question to pose when we...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/how-does-eu-citizen-get-british-passport/
When family members argue over who should have custody of a child after the loss of one parent it is often assumed by the surviving parent and the extended family...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/how-does-judge-decide-who-gets-custody-after-the-death-of-parent/
As London divorce solicitors, we are often asked the question “what will I end up with after the divorce?”. That question normally prompts a discussion about how the court divides...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/how-does-the-court-divide-assets-divorce/
There is increasing talk in the press about the need for UK business owners to be ’Brexit ready’ and to ensure that UK businesses, large and small, apply for their...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/how-does-uk-business-get-sponsor-licence/
Many UK businesses are in the position of having to apply for their first Home Office issued sponsor licence to enable them to recruit overseas workers on skilled worker visas,...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/how-does-uk-business-with-sponsor-licence-use-the-sponsor-licence-management-system/
– By Teni Shahiean of OTS Solicitors Nothing damages business confidence like uncertainty. And the EU In or Out Referendum is making employers understandably nervous. They want to know the...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/how-employers-and-employees-can-prepare-for-possible-brexit/
Many people ask our Employment claim solicitors how does the Employment Tribunal work, and whether the Employment Tribunal is fair. It’s understandable: as any UK Employment lawyer will understand given...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/how-fair-the-employment-tribunal/
The end of free movement is fast approaching at 11 pm on the 31 December 2020. With the end of free movement of EU nationals and the introduction of the...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/how-long-does-it-take-to-obtain-sponsor-licence-to-sponsor-skilled-workers/
Many UK businesses are now calculating the cost of Brexit in terms of the end of free movement and the requirement, from the 1 January 2021, to sponsor EU workers...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/how-much-does-it-cost-to-sponsor-worker-skilled-worker-visa/
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