Latitude Law

This question deals with the rules surrounding submitting original or copies of supporting documents in applications made under the EEA Regulations

This Q&A looks at when the UK Ancestry visa was first introduced in the UK.

This Q&A looks at the forms which should be used where a family of non-EEA nationals are applying for leave to remain on the basis that one of the family, a child, has lived continuously in the UK for seven years.

This Q&A considers the situation with regards to income assessments for partner sponsors who do not receive a salary, rather invoice a company on a self-employed basis.

This Q&A considers whether, where a sponsor licence has been revoked for a company which is the subject of a share sale (and the revocation decision is under challenge); and the existing workers have not yet had their Skilled Worker visas curtailed: will the organisation now owned by a new buyer be able to apply for a new sponsor licence for the company once the share sale completes or will a cooling off period apply, and if so, can the sponsored workers transfer to the new sponsor.

This Q&A looks at where a sponsoring business has one licence and a number of different sites, and a Skilled Worker will be working at various of the sites, (i) whether all of the sites need to be added as 'branches' to the licence, and (ii) the work address(es) that should be given on the Certificate of Sponsorship.

This Q&A considers whether the salary of a Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) sponsored by a religious organisation owned by an overseas company must be paid to the Minister by the organisation based in the UK or whether the Minister can be paid by the overseas parent company.

This Q&A considers what issues arise, under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules, where an unmarried partner moves on to a new relationship and seeks further leave as a spouse.

This Q&A considers whether an EEA national working for a UK-based organisation in the UK on an honorary contract would still qualify as a ‘worker’ in terms of the EEA Regulations even if paid by an organisation based in another EEA state.

This Q&A looks at where an EEA national resided in the UK for more than five years (when they were married in the UK) and then left the UK before 31 December 2020 (following the end of the marriage), and has been several times, can they still apply under the EU Settlement Scheme?

This Q&A looks at who needs to apply for entry clearance in order to obtain leave under the continental shelf workers concession (Chapter 17, Section 4), and what the mechanics are for doing that (form, fee etc).

This Q&A considers whether a UK company that is seeking to obtain a Skilled Worker sponsor licence, and it is a subsidiary of a larger parent, qualifies to pay the ‘small company’ licence fee and whether the small company definition relates to the sponsoring company or to the group?

This Q&A considers whether an extended family member of an EEA national would be able to benefit from the residence provisions considered in the case of Metock and whether the extended family member can make an EEDA family permit application in the country in which they are not lawfully present.

This Q&A considers whether family members of Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) migrants are required to follow the 12-month cooling-off period requirement, if they choose to make a further dependant application or apply as a main Tier 2 applicant.