Work Permits

Employment advisers and guidance practitioners will need to be aware of the new regime. Liam Byrne, the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, and Nationality has announced the publication of the Statement of Intent of Sponsorship under the Points Based System ("Statement of Intent").

An article by Kamal Rahman and Steven Bostock on the Mondaq website provides a very useful summary.

Read it here

The PBS (Points Based System) is a significant departure from the current immigration system, as is the concept of "sponsorship", accordingly great care must be taken to ensure full compliance under the new regime so that employers and educational institutions alike are able to efficiently and lawfully operate within the new legal structure. We expect further clarification from the Border and Immigration Agency in the coming months and will issue further guidance at that time.

Keep reading -- I'll bring it to you as soon as I get it myself! No offense to Mondaq but ploughing through all the non-UK stuff and detailed employment law information is not what you need to be doing. It is, hopefully, what you're paying me to do for you. Yeah, I know that this blog is public and not limited to ADSET Members but maybe, just maybe ...