As commissioned by the Government in August 2022, the Migration Advisory Committee (“MAC”) has published its long-awaited report following a major review into the Shortage Occupation List (“SOL"). It’s headline-grabbing recommendations include scrapping the SOL altogether. The reasons given are that it no longer serves the purposes for which it was originally intended.

Join us on Thursday, 9th November 2023 for our Sponsor Licence Workshop with Laytons ETL Partner and Head of Immigration, Victoria Welsh.

The penalties which can be levied against employers and landlords who, respectively, employ or rent property to overseas nationals who are in the UK illegally, are to be substantially increased from 2024. The Government announced on 7 August that the hike in these penalties is part of a range of measures to further deter illegal migration through “small boat crossings”.

Ahead of the summer recess, the Government pushed through several major changes to UK immigration and nationality law. From changes to the Student and EU Settlement Scheme rules, to expansion of eGate usage, via increases in Government fees, Laytons’ Immigration Partner Victoria Welsh shares a summary of July’s main immigration and nationality updates.