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ARTICLE · 16 APRIL 2013

Immigration Update

A discussion on changes to the Immigration Rules.

United KingdomImmigration

Winter has yet to wrestle its grip on summer. Something else that seems not to change is the Government's propensity to issue changes to the Immigration Rules.

The latest statements of changes to the Rules (HC 1038 and HC 1039) which took effect on 6 April 2013, contain a large number of mainly administrative amendments clearing up anomalies in the previous version of the Rules. Nevertheless, they are also sprinkled with a couple of innovations which may have quite far-reaching effects. Below we examine some of the more salient points from this latest raft of changes.

Main changes for employers

There are a large number of changes to Tier 2 of the Points Based System, which are summarised below. Please contact Bircham Dyson Bell's Immigration Team if you need more tailored advice.

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