Relaxations in minimum public shareholding
By: Dipti Lavya Swain, Partner & Shruti Sundararajan, Associate SEBI issued a circular dated May 14, 2020 (2020 Circular) granting relaxation to listed companies from the applicability of 2017 Circular that required recognized stock exchanges to review compliance of listed entities with Minimum Public Shareholding (MPS) requirements and introduced inter alia the procedure to be …
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Flexible Working: Employer FAQS
Flexible working is a way of arranging working hours to suit an employee’s needs in a manner that is acceptable to the employer and appropriate to both the role in question and the business.
Combining sources of income to satisfy the spouse visa financial requirement
Under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules, family members applying for entry clearance or leave to remain must provide evidence of an annual income of at least £18,600, which is known as the minimum income requirement (“MIR”), plus an additional £3,800 for the first child and £2,400 for each additional child.
Court of Justice rules on source of income for Derivative Residence applications
On 2 October 2019, the Court of Justice delivered its judgment in Bajratari v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Directive 2004/38/EC) Case C-93/18 which concerns Chen applications and the source of funds for self-sufficiency.
End of the ‘centre of life test’ in Surinder Singh cases?
In the recent case of ZA (Reg 9. EEA Regs; abuse of rights) Afghanistan [2019] UKUT 281 (IAC), the Upper Tribunal found that there is no basis in EU law for the centre of life test, as set out in Regulation 9(3)(a) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 (the “Regulations”). It further found that it …
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Terms of employment as a sole representative
In this article we examine the working arrangements of sole representatives, looking at the terms and conditions of employment that the Home Office will expect a sole representative to have in order to qualify as a representative of an overseas business.
Can Sole Representatives Be Shareholders?
The Immigration Rules require that an applicant for a sole representative visa is not “a majority shareholder in the overseas business”.
Immigration Skills Charge – A Guide for Employers
As a Sponsor, you may be required to pay the Immigration Skills Charge (ISC) each time you sponsor a migrant in the Tier 2 General or Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) Long-term Staff subcategory.
5 FAQS about paragraph 320(11)
In applications for entry clearance where the applicant has a negative immigration history in the UK, the application may be refused under the general grounds for refusal, which are found in part 9 of the Immigration Rules. Where an applicant has ‘previously contrived in a significant way to frustrate the intentions of the Immigration Rules’, …
Multiple nationality and multiple citizenship (including dual nationality and dual citizenship)
British nationality law permits multiple nationality and multiple citizenship, including dual nationality and dual citizenship.