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Employers and HR directors of businesses that hold a UK Sponsor Licence have many duties and responsibilities set out by the home office. The broadest of these is to ‘comply...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/sponsor-licence-holders-duty-to-comply-with-the-law/
When a company gets its first Sponsor Licence, business owners tend not to think about the expiry of the Sponsor Licence. However, top London immigration solicitors advise that Sponsor Licences...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/sponsor-licence-renewals/
If you are reading this after you have just had learned that your company’s Sponsor Licence has been suspended, you probably are at your wits ends about what you should...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/sponsor-licence-suspended-the-home-office-what-now/
You would think that the rules on sponsoring adult dependants to join family members living in the UK would be simple and straight forward but that is just not the...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/sponsoring-adult-dependants-to-join-your-family-in-the-uk/
In 2020 there’s a focus on health and safety at work to try to make the work place a safe place to work in after Covid-19, balancing the need to...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/sponsoring-tier-2-general-visa-workers-and-your-health-and-safety-obligations-as-employer/
Sponsorship Licence “It is a no brainer that Small or Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that do not have a sponsorship licence should consider applying now if they want to sponsor skilled...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/sponsorship-licence-applications-the-new-points-based-immigration-rules/
COVID-19 and the financial impact of the global pandemic on many families has seen a rise in immigration enquiries about meeting the financial requirement when applying for a spouse visa...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/spouse-and-partner-visas-meeting-the-financial-requirement-in-cash/
When it comes to the language of love you do not tend to think of the English language. Most people would say that the French language is the true language...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/spouse-visa-and-the-english-language-test/
If your UK spouse visa application has been refused then it is understandable to feel not only disappointed but angry and frustrated with yourself or your spouse, either because of...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/spouse-visa-refusal/
When you are planning your wedding, low down on the list of priorities are the unromantic things, like sorting out the correct Immigration visa or signing a prenuptial agreement. After...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/spouse-visas-and-getting-married-in-the-uk/
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has shut down Malik Law Chambers. The Immigration law practice has offices in London and Birmingham. In a notice published yesterday, the SRA said it...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/sra-shuts-down-malik-law-chambers/
If your permission to stay in the UK is based on your relationship with someone else – a British citizen or someone who has permission to be in the UK...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/staying-in-the-uk-after-divorce-how-will-divorce-affect-my-immigration-status/
OTS Solicitors Graduation services team tips on how to challenge a visit visa refusal It is the time of year when exams have ended. Students and their families are looking...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/steep-rise-in-rejection-of-uk-visit-visa-applications-to-attend-graduation-ceremonies/
Hans Sok Appadu and Teni Shahiean talk to students on the Legal Practice Course at Westminster University about Hans’ experience on embarking on a career as a London Immigration solicitor...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/step-back-in-time-and-look-into-the-legal-future/
– By Teni Shahiean of OTS Solicitors If you are put off employing foreign national workers because you fear the avalanche of red-tape that will come your way the second...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/ots-academy/step-step-guide-for-employers-wanting-to-obtain-sponsorship-licence/
Last year, a report issued by Rapid Formations, stated that European Union migrants generate an incredible £463 per second in revenue for the exchequer. Far from relying on benefits and...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/step-step-guide-to-starting-business-in-the-uk-as-eu-migrant/
Stephen Slater is a senior lawyer and in-house advocate at OTS Solicitors and someone with a passion for helping the underdog. He has therefore found his niche area of law...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/stephen-slater-advocate-in-the-news/
Stephen Slater, Senior caseworker & In-House Advocate of Legal 500 recommended Immigration law firm OTS Solicitors recently took part in a discussion on controversial Talk Radio DJ James Whale’s show...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/stephen-slater-of-ots-solicitors-talks-deportation-talk-radio/
If you are an employer who relies on skilled migrant workers to meet the demands of your growing business, having your Tier 2 Sponsorship Licence refused, downgraded, suspended or revoked...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/steps-to-take-if-your-employee-sponsorship-licence-refused-suspended-or-revoked/
New regulations The British nationality (General) (Amendment No.3) Regulations 2015 which come into force on the 12th November 2015 make amendments to applying for naturalisation after permanent residence in the...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/stop-press-british-nationality-for-eu-citizens-just-got-little-bit-harder/
Graduation from university is a proud day for a student as well as their family. It is a chance to celebrate all the hard work throughout the university years. It...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/student-business-start-ups-and-the-uk-start-visa/
It comes to us all eventually. The end of our student days and the need to earn a living. Most students will tell you that it is tough to switch...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/student-to-worker-guide-to-switching-from-tier-4-student-to-tier-2-work-visa/
The Home Office has introduced a new Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules ‘HC 707’ that will affect student visa applicants under the new UK points based Immigration system....
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/student-visa-changes-and-the-new-uk-points-based-immigration-system/
We are proud to have recently achieved a successful outcome in a Child Arrangements Matter. While it looked frustratingly bleak at first, it turned out very favourably in the end...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/case-study/success-at-stage-1-for-child-arrangement-order-at-the-fhdra/
2020 has been a tough year for everyone but on the 30 September 2020 the lawyers at OTS Solicitors were delighted to receive some great news about rankings in the...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/success-for-ots-solicitors-in-the-legal-500-2021-law-directory/
By Teni Shahiean Teni Shahiean is a founding partner at OTS Solicitors. She has a wealth of experience in business immigration law, commercial law and employment law and regularly advises...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/success-story-ots-solicitors-push-through-ilr-application-for-sole-representative/
Are you separated from a loved one? Do you want to help your parents or other dependant adult relatives join you in the UK? At OTS Solicitors our Immigration department...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/successful-visa-application-and-appeal-challenges-under-adult-dependant-rules/
By Teni Shahiean, of OTS Solicitors A Guide for Employers Over the last two years, the Conservative Government has brought in a number of changes to the Tier 2 Sponsorship...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/ots-academy/summary-of-the-201415-changes-to-tier-2-sponsorship-licence-and-visas/
The school summer holidays are almost upon us. For London child custody solicitors that means many enquiries, often from anxious fathers, wanting to find a solution to sorting out summer...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/summer-holiday-contact-how-family-law-specialists-can-advise-separated-dads/
The Supreme Court has unanimously backed the government’s £18,600 minimum income threshold for UK Spouse Visas ‘in principle’. The judges did however acknowledge the hardship that the minimum income threshold...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/supreme-court-backs-minimum-income-rule/
This morning, a full court of 11 Supreme Court judges dismissed the Governments appeal in the now world-famous Brexit case. At OTS Solicitors, our dedicated team of EU Immigration lawyers...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/supreme-court-brexit-ruling-brexit-bill-will-be-published-within-days/
Good family lawyers have been increasingly vocal about the need to formalise rights for cohabitees. This is the fastest growing family type in the UK and yet those who choose...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/supreme-court-decision-brings-rights-for-cohabitees-step-closer/
Yesterday, the Supreme Court gave their ruling on R (on the application of Kiarie) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and R (on the application of Byndloss) v...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/supreme-court-declares-home-secretary-in-breach-of-human-rights-if-deportation-occurs-before/
In a case referred to as Gubeladze [2019] UKSC 31, the Supreme Court has decided that the Home Office has breached residence rights of EU citizens. You might be forgiven...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/supreme-court-finds-uk-breached-residence-rights-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-eu-citizens/
In breaking news, the Supreme Court has ruled the Employment Tribunal fees imposed by the government in 2013 are unlawful. The government has stated moves are being made to scrap...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/supreme-court-rules-employment-tribunal-fees-unlawful/
Child abduction cases are among the most distressing types of family law matters the best solicitors in London have to deal with. In Re C (children: anticipatory retention) the Supreme...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/supreme-court-rules-the-concept-of-repudiatory-retention-in-child-abduction-cases-possible-in/
The long-awaited decision of the Supreme Court has been delivered in the Pimlico Plumbers case, following the hearing back in February 2018. Although the decision is very much focussed on...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/supreme-court-rules-the-gig-economy/
The Supreme Court has ruled that the burden of proof of establishing a ‘marriage of convenience’ falls on the Home Office, in the case of Sadovska v SSHD (Scotland) [2017]...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/supreme-court-ruling-marriage-of-convenience-in-the-case-of-non-eea-family-members/
On Wednesday, the 6 March 2019 the Supreme Court ruled in the case of KV (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] UKSC 10. Asylum seekers...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/supreme-court-ruling-victory-for-torture-survivors-seeking-asylum/
The very public divorce proceedings of Owens v Owens, the litigation between Tini Owens and Huw Owens focussed on his unreasonable behaviour, have come to a conclusion. Many divorce solicitors...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/supreme-court-suggests-divorce-law-needs-to-change/
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