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Changes to the Immigration Rules, Part 2 By: Tiffany Carpenter Just one week after the last changes to the Immigration Rules, which we discussed here, the government published yet more changes on 1 July 2025. The full statement and explanatory memorandum can be found...

Changes to the Immigration Rules

Changes to the Immigration Rules By : Tiffany Carpenter On 24 June 2025, the government announced changes to the Immigration Rules. The full statement can be found here, and a brief overview is below.  EU Settlement Scheme In January 2025, the Home Office began...

UK Government plans sweeping immigration changes

UK Government plans sweeping immigration changes By : Tiffany Carpenter On 11 May 2025, the Prime Minister announced plans to make huge changes to the UK’s immigration policy in the continued effort to lower net migration. It will have wide ranging effects, with the...

UK Visitor Visa

Changes to Appendix V: Visitor By : Tiffany Carpenter The government’s Statement of Changes HC 217 on September 2024 announced a variety of changes across the Immigration Rules.  This article focuses specifically on the resulting changes made to Immigration Rules...

Citizenship, Work Sponsorship, and ETA fees set to increase

By Abigail Gledhill In January 2025, the Home Office announced a plan to increase several application fees….again. The Home Office have proposed the following fee increases: British Citizenship The cost for adults applying to naturalise as a British citizen is...