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Best practice - how to robustly defend your business against civil penalties

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 13 2011

With the continuing surge of action against employers, especially those that hold a sponsor licence, our latest instalment on Prevention of Illegal Working provides practical tips to employers on how to comply with the all important verification checks

Tiers 2 and 5 sponsored employees - work location

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 13 2011

We are seeing an increasing number of sponsors failing to comply with their sponsor duties by employing tiers 2 and 5 sponsored migrants to work at:

The UKBA updates tier 4 sponsors on educational oversight

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 12 2012

The UKBA has reminded all current tier 4 sponsors that if they are not already subject to inspection or review by the relevant educational oversight bodies, they must apply before the deadline stated in the current sponsor guidance

Reporting of visa refusals

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 19 2011

We have received a number of enquiries from sponsors regarding the reporting of visa refusals to UKBA

Case law update

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 19 2011

In the recent case of The Queen (on the application of English Speaking Board (International) Ltd) v SSHD 2011 EWHC 1788 (Admin), even though the Secretary of State accepted that she had acted irrationally in changing part of the Immigration Rules concerning ESOL course providers, the Judge still did not issue an Order quashing the change

QAAUKBA conference - 7 July 2011

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 19 2011

QAA and UKBA hosted a conference on 7 July 2011 to provide information for tier 4 sponsors about the new ‘educational oversight’ arrangements that will be offered by QAA

HTS update

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 19 2011

UKBA is currently reviewing the HTS criteria

UKBA's clarification of the tier 4 guidance

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 19 2011

UKBA has recently published a frequently asked questions document in order to provide clarification on the recent tier 4 guidance

Changes to ATAS and SELTs

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 19 2011

There have also been changes recently to the ATAS and SELT provisions

Impact assessment: reform of the points based student (PBS) immigration system

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 19 2011

UKBA finally published an Impact Assessment on 9 June 2011 relating to the student immigration system