Brexit Negotiations Update – EU Citizen’s Rights Almost Finalised
“Roy Moore’s stunning defeat reveals red line for Trump-style politics.” This headline and others like it in today’s papers show that thankfully common decency often prevails over hate. What a contrast to 2016 when Brexit and Donald Trump rode to power on the back of xenophobia. This year, we have seen far-right politicians soundly defeated …
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Applying for a Certificate of Sponsorship
As the New Year looms, many business owners will be thinking about their staffing levels and how to ensure they have the talent needed to meet their 2018 business objectives. If you already have a Tier 2 or 5 Sponsor Licence, this article will tell you all you need to know about applying for and …
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Deadline For Renewing COS Allocations Looming
The deadline for renewing unrestricted Certificate of Sponsorship (COS) allocations is 6thApril 2018 – don’t delay on meeting this important deadline.
UK Tier 1 Visa for Foreign Investors & Entrepreneurs
The UK Tier 1 visa route permits qualifying individuals from outside the EEA to come to the UK to start-up a business or invest in the UK.
OTS Solicitors’ Managing Partner Oshin Shahiean Obtains Bail For Client Pending Judicial Review
OTS Solicitors is a Legal 500 recommended law firm and has won numerous other awards for our immigration service (including a Global Excellence Award for the Most Trusted in Immigration law). My team and I regularly advise and represent EEA and non-EEA migrants who are in detention or facing deporatation. immigration bail is a vital …
Woman Who Has Lived In UK For 50 Years Facing Deportation
Paulette Wilson has lived in the UK since she was ten. Now 61 years old, the UK Home Office is threatening to deport her back to Jamaica, where she has nothing and knows no one. In October, Ms Wilson spent a week in Yarl’s Wood detention centre before being sent to the immigration removal centre …
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Arrests in Saudi Arabia are “Just The Start” Of An Anti-Corruption Drive
The recent arrest of dozens of Saudi royal figures, ministers and businessmen is just the start of an anti-corruption drive, the Attorney General says.
OTS Solicitors Help Client Gain Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa Without Having To Attend A Home Office Inte
A Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa is one of the most difficult to obtain. Not only do applicants have to have access to the required funds of £50,000 or £200,000, but they also need to pass the Genuine Entrepreneur Test. In 2015, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) released a report that stated the Tier 1Entrepreneur visa …
Help is at Hand – Domestic Violence and Immigration
Imagine you are a young woman coming to the UK to live with your new husband. You met in your home country, fell in love and decided to marry. He is a British citizen, wealthy enough to afford to meet the UK spouse visa minimum income requirement so as to sponsor you to come to …
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Short Marriage – Reduced Financial Settlement?
Sharp v Sharp [2017] EWCA Civ 408 Short marriages that end in divorce can result in many questions involving the financial settlement. If a couple has only been married a short period of time (five years or less), should there be an expectation that the presumption of equal division of assets and property applies? In the Court of …
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