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Section A: What Is the 10-Year Passport Rule?

The 10-year passport rule has become a growing source of confusion for UK travellers heading to Europe. Despite the name, it is not a new passport policy introduced by the UK Government or a recently announced European measure. Instead, it reflects the passport validity requirements that have applied to British c...

Sponsor Licence Compliance Support

UKVI expects sponsors to maintain effective systems and controls, keep prescribed records, monitor sponsored workers and meet their reporting obligation...

Mr S Shaji v Swan Care Solutions Ltd: Background to the Case

Shaji v Swan Care Solutions Ltd concerned a sponsored care worker who relocated from India to the UK after being offered employment in the care sector.

He later brought a claim for unpaid wages after alleging that he had remained ready and available to work but was never provided wi...

Section A: The UK Sponsorship Expansion Era 2021 – 2023

Between 2021 and 2023, the UK experienced one of the largest periods of legal migration in recent decades. While political debate often focuses on headline migration figures, less attention has been paid to the policy choices that helped produce them. The increase was not simply the result of global eve...

Section A: Payroll is an Immigration Compliance Issue

For many employers, payroll has traditionally been viewed as a finance and HR function. Sponsorship compliance, meanwhile, has often been treated as a separate immigration responsibility concerned with visas, Certificates of Sponsorship and Home Office reporting duties.

That distinction has become ...