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If you are worried about entry clearance to the UK and sorting out your police registration then London immigration solicitors have positive news for you; the UK government has decided...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/uk-immigration-and-police-registration-suspension-of-the-certificate-scheme/
Some husbands or wives think that if they get divorced overseas there is no chance that the English family court will be able to order a divorce financial settlement. That...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/divorce-financial-settlements-after-overseas-divorces/
Over the last few years, there have been various concessions and rule changes on right-to-work checks. The latest changes come into force on 1 October 2022. Our immigration solicitors and...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/a-guide-for-sponsor-licence-holders-on-right-to-work-checks-rule-changes-on-the-1-october-2022/
Can UK Adult Social Care Businesses Recruit Overseas Workers to Meet the UK Care Recruitment Crisis?
Crisis is not a word that should be used lightly. Immigration solicitors use it cautiously but do so because UK adult social care businesses say they are in the midst...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/can-uk-adult-social-care-businesses-recruit-overseas-workers-to-meet-the-uk-care-recruitment-crisis/
Immigration solicitors look at whether it is too late for EU nationals living in the UK to apply for settled status. Not every EU national living in the UK has...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/eu-nationals-in-the-uk-your-options-to-stay/
As London immigration solicitors we are used to business owners venting their frustration at UK immigration rules when they have vacancies to fill but can’t get the staff from within...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/how-to-apply-for-a-sponsor-licence-for-your-restaurant/
Just because your assets, or those of your husband, wife, or civil partner, are complicated it does not necessarily mean you need to use a forensic accountant in your divorce...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/use-of-forensic-accountants-in-divorce-proceedings/
Some London restaurants and businesses in the hospitality sector think they can’t recruit overseas workers following Brexit and the end of free movement for EU nationals. Immigration solicitors say that...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/skilled-worker-visas-in-the-restaurant-and-hospitality-sector-which-soc-code/
When the UK government closed the investor visa route, many people thought that was an end to the investor visa as a route to UK entry clearance and settlement. However,...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/immigration-solicitors-guide-to-extending-a-uk-investor-visa/
Is it too early to be thinking about Christmas? For shop owners and retail businesses, it is never too early and for family law solicitors it is about the right...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/christmas-separation-and-divorce/
A Guide to Returning to the UK on a Returning Resident Visa When you Have Indefinite Leave to Remain
If you have indefinite leave to remain but you leave the UK for more than 2 years then you will need a returning resident visa to be able to come...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/a-guide-to-returning-to-the-uk-on-a-returning-resident-visa-when-you-have-indefinite-leave-to-remain/
Has your business had its sponsor licence suspended? Are you not sure what to do or where to turn? The one thing that you should not do is delay and...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/a-sponsorship-licence-lawyers-guide-to-what-to-do-if-your-sponsor-licence-is-suspended/
If you are a sports club you may want to bring overseas international sportspersons or coaches to the UK. For elite players and athletes, the goal may be to move...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/a-guide-to-the-international-sportsperson-visa/
OTS Solicitors are ranked in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 for London Business Immigration and Immigration, Human Rights, Appeals and Overstay. In turbulent times one thing is consistent;...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/ots-solicitors-celebrate-the-2023-legal-500-london-immigration-rankings/
Whether you are a student moving into rented digs near your university or you are a short or long-term renter it is never too early to start thinking about getting...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/deposit-compensation-if-a-landlord-doesnt-follow-tenancy-deposit-rules/
In the UK the nature of families and their dynamics are changing with increased numbers of unmarried relationships as well as a rise in second and third marriages. With these...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/uk-step-parent-rights-and-child-arrangement-orders/
If you come to the UK on a fiancé visa, can you switch to a spouse visa? In this blog, our immigration solicitors look at the option of switching from...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/switching-from-a-uk-fiance-visa-to-a-spouse-visa/
Ruth is a Litigation Consultant Solicitor with over 10 years’ experience. Ruth’s covers a wide spectrum of work, including representing both landlords and tenants (residential or commercial matters), handling straightforward...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/team/ruth-rauch/
Mental health allegations in child arrangement order court applications can take many different forms but the allegations can affect the order made by the family court. In this article, our...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/mental-health-allegations-in-child-arrangement-order-court-applications/
Are you a start-up or scale-up SME in the UK tech sector? Do you have UK skilled worker shortages? Are you at the end of your tether in trying to...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/tech-sector-businesses-recruiting-overseas-skilled-workers/
The Society of Asian Lawyers is presenting the 27th annual Asian Legal Awards 2022 in London on 15 October 2022. The head of the business immigration team at OTS Solicitors,...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/business-immigration-solicitor-hans-sok-appadu-nominated-for-rising-star-award-2022/
Spouse visa applications are all about love and relationships but spouse visa applicants need to meet the financial requirement as part of their Home Office visa application process. The Appendix...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/spouse-visa-applications-and-appendix-fm-financial-requirement/
When you split up from your partner it can be hard to know where to start to sort out and agree on childcare and parenting arrangements. In the worst-case scenario,...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/a-family-law-solicitors-guide-to-co-parenting-after-a-separation-or-divorce/
Revenge eviction sounds like a family law problem. It isn’t. It is something that tenants face when their private landlord retaliates when a tenant tries to enforce their rights as...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/revenge-eviction/
The scale-up visa was introduced in August 2022, offering a new sponsored work visa for the initial 6 months of the 2-year work visa. In February 2023 the first scale-up...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/changing-employment-after-6-months-on-the-scale-up-visa/
With British newspapers reporting on the UK government’s plans to again change UK immigration rules, our immigration solicitors take another look at the ancestry visa as an option for those...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/uk-ancestry-visa-guide-2022/
With the closure of the UK investor route to new applicants in February 2022, you may think that you can no longer apply for British citizenship through investing in the...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/a-2022-guide-to-british-citizenship-through-investing-in-the-uk/
Most applicants for indefinite leave to remain need to sit and pass the life in the UK test before they can apply for indefinite leave to remain. In this article,...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/the-life-in-the-uk-test-for-applicants-for-indefinite-leave-to-remain/
The UK news is all about the cost-of-living crisis and how it is affecting our ability to pay our mortgages, rent, and energy bills or afford little luxuries, like days...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/apply-for-spousal-maintenance-payments/
On 18 October 2022, the Home Office published a new Statement of Changes to the immigration rules. With the news focusing on the mini-budget and the consequent political turmoil there...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/immigration-solicitors-guide-to-the-october-2022-immigration-rule-changes/
If you are or were in a toxic relationship the thought of starting divorce proceedings against your husband or wife can be daunting. In this article, our London divorce solicitors...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/a-divorce-solicitors-guide-to-handling-a-toxic-divorce/
Is your business struggling to recruit? If so, the UK skilled worker visa and a sponsor licence may be the recruitment solution that your business needs. Our immigration solicitors and...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/the-uk-skilled-worker-visa-the-recruitment-solution-for-uk-employers/
If you came to the UK on a spouse visa with the expectation that you would spend the rest of your days in the UK with your spouse and your...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/immigration-solicitors-breaking-news-high-court-case-offers-hope-to-holders-of-spouse-visas-abandoned-overseas/
Immigration solicitors say the first thing that those new to recruiting migrant workers on skilled worker visas need to know is that the certificate of sponsorship is the key link...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/a-guide-to-certificates-of-sponsorship-for-businesses-with-sponsor-licences/
The British citizenship test has recently received publicity with newspaper readers encouraged to take the test online to see if they pass or fail. You may question why the British...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/how-hard-is-the-british-citizenship-test/
2019 seems a very long time ago, before the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the cost-of-living crisis. For some entrepreneurs, 2019 marked their arrival in the UK on...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/a-guide-for-entrepreneurs-on-innovator-visa-extension-applications-or-settling-in-the-uk/
If you are in a relationship where your partner exerts coercive control over you then their behaviour is likely to continue if you separate and try to reach an agreement...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/child-custody-disputes-and-one-parents-use-of-coercive-control/
Has your sponsor licence been suspended? If the answer is yes or if you suspect you are at risk of sponsor licence suspension then your business should act now. Immigration...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/business-immigration-advice-if-your-sponsor-licence-has-been-suspended/
A High Potential Individual also known as HPI visa is a new route that came into practice in May 2022. It gives you the permission to stay in the UK...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/a-guide-to-the-new-high-potential-individual-visa/
When you are told that your presence in the UK is not conducive to the common good it can feel as if the Home Office has acted as judge and...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/what-does-it-mean-when-your-visa-is-refused-because-you-are-not-conducive-to-the-public-good/
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