Government Announces Further Immigration Changes

A number of further immigration changes impacting UK employers were published last week. Click here for full details.

Changes to the Visitor Rules Impacting Business Visits

• Changes to the Visitor Rules will come into force on 24 April 2015.
• These are intended to streamline and simplify the rules, making them easier for employers and others to access in one place. There will also be more flexibility in terms of what activities business visitors can undertake.
• There are currently 15 visitor categories which will be streamlined down to four.
• The two categories that employers need to know about are: 
  - the Visitor (Standard) category; and 
  - the Visitor for Permitted Paid Engagements category.