Birketts reports routine Home Office and HMRC payroll checks for sponsored workers
27 Oct 2026
Law firm Birketts reports that Home Office and HMRC data sharing is becoming routine, so payroll records may be used to check sponsored workers.
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27 Oct 2026
Law firm Birketts reports that Home Office and HMRC data sharing is becoming routine, so payroll records may be used to check sponsored workers.
27 Oct 2026
An adviser explainer says the English level for some settlement routes will rise to B2 from 26 March 2027. Here is what it says and what to check.
27 Oct 2026
UKVI updated its register of licensed Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors on 26 October 2026. Check your employer before applying or changing job.
26 Oct 2026
A 23 October commentary says small UK sponsors may struggle with sponsor duties and calls for clearer data on licence revocations.
25 Oct 2026
A 22 October analysis of two parliamentary answers says the government has not yet confirmed how earned settlement will treat people already in the UK.
24 Oct 2026
UKVI says settlement documents in Cuba no longer need to be posted and are now scanned at the Embassy, per its 23 October 2026 update.
24 Oct 2026
The latest six-monthly Hong Kong report, published 22 October 2026, records BNO settlement grants and says the B1 English requirement is unchanged.
24 Oct 2026
UKVI published Brazil TB testing guidance on 23 October 2026 naming the approved SERPED clinic in Porto Alegre.
24 Oct 2026
UKVI updated the Tangerang clinic details in its Indonesia TB testing guidance on 23 October 2026.
24 Oct 2026
GOV.UK shows the register of licensed Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors was updated again on 23 October 2026.