Covid-19 - Update

During this difficult period Permits2work is still open for business to help you with your Immigration needs. Our caseworkers are working from home, fully supported by our legal clerks who are still in the office.

Please call us for any assistance and please stay safe.

Pre-settled and Settled Status

24 Apr, 2019

If you’re an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen, you and your family can apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to continue living in the UK after 30 June 2021, the deadline to be able to apply is the 31 December 2021. If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, you will need to be...

Tier 1 Innovator Visa

1 Apr, 2019

The UK Innovator Visa is a UK visa category usually for experienced businesspeople to set up an innovative business. The investment requirement is £50,000 (Your funding can come from any source) and you need to be endorsed by an endorsing body. You do not need funds...

EU Settlement Scheme Update

15 Mar, 2019

Two weeks until go live The full opening of the EU Settlement Scheme will go ahead on 30 March 2019. Applications will be free, as announced by the Prime Minister on 21 January 2019. Refunds People who have paid an application fee during the test phases will receive a...

Rise in Immigration Health Surcharge

9 Jan, 2019

The Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) is a payment made by long-term migrants who seek to live in the UK for more than 6 months, in order to work, study or join family. The surcharge is paid in order for these migrants to receive NHS care on the same basis as UK...

White Paper sets out Rules for Migrants Post-Brexit

24 Dec, 2018

In an attempt to protect parts of the UK economy reliant on overseas labour, tens of thousands of low-skilled migrants could come to the UK to work for up to a year, under a measure which could last until 2025. Current Home Secretary Sajid Javid has stated that there...

Brexit update for EU citizens in the UK

12 Oct, 2018

The Home Office has been working to develop a new scheme which allows resident EU citizens and their family members to obtain the UK immigration status they will need in order to remain here permanently. The EU Settlement Scheme will be fully open by 30 March next...