UK immigration facts. Easier entry in some categories. Study visa changes, writers, artists, short supply jobs, commonwealth citizens, eastern Europeans, same sex couples.

IMMIGRATION ISSUES 
AND NEWS 

Topics on this page:

Important Study Visa Changes
New simplified UK entry for Eastern European Nationals

Writers & Artists Exemption

Special Exemption for Short Supply Employees

Residence for Commonwealth Citizens of UK Descent

Young Commonwealth Citizens free to work in UK

New Concessions for Same Sex Couples

DJ Webb travels to Clients

Links & related topics:

UK Study Visa

EU Association Agreement

UK Work Permits

Work Permit Exemptions List

Family Related Immigration

Young Commonwealth Citizens

UK Entry for Members of Same Sex Couples

Services For Foreign Clients

IMPORTANT STUDY VISA CHANGES

It could not be a better time to plan a British education.

A new UK government campaign is hoping to attract an extra 75,000 foreign students to the UK. A three-year global marketing campaign is to launch in January 2000 through the British Council in key countries around the world.

For more information visit our UK Study Visa page.

NEW SIMPLIFIED UK ENTRY FOR 
EASTERN EUROPEAN NATIONALS

Nationals of certain Central & East European countries who wish to establish a business in the UK, or work as self employed persons may do so through the provisions of  a European Union Association agreement.

DJ Webb are currently engaged in two "leading" cases (these are cases that test the rules and set new immigration precedents) on EC Association Agreements that have just been referred to the European Court of Justice for a ruling on whether applicants from these countries have a "directly effective" right of establishment in European Law. Judgment is not expected for some months but may re-define the law. Watch this space.

For more information visit our EU Association Agreement page.

WRITERS & ARTISTS EXEMPTION

Writers artists & composers are among the ‘special categories’ who are exempt from work permit requirements.

Applications must be carefully prepared to show that the applicant is already well-established as a self-employed person outside the UK and has been able to maintain and accommodate himself and any dependants outside the UK on the basis of writing, composing or artistic activity. Examples of the applicant's work should be shown to the relevant British post abroad.

For more information visit our UK Work Permit page.

SPECIAL EXEMPTION FOR 
SHORT SUPPLY EMPLOYEES

Certain occupations are recognised as being in short supply and are exempted from some of the normal requirements of the work permit scheme. This list is regularly updated by the Department of Education and Employment.

Check to see if your particular profession has been placed on the list.

For more information visit our Work Permit Exemptions List.

RESIDENCE FOR 
COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS OF UK DESCENT

If you are a Commonwealth citizen aged seventeen or over and one of your grandparents was born in the United Kingdom you may be eligible to come to the UK for employment without requiring a work permit.

Individuals with this status who have worked in the UK for a four-year period may apply for indefinite leave to remain (permanent residence).

For more information visit our Family Related Immigration page.

YOUNG COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS 
FREE TO WORK IN UK

Young Commonwealth citizens can take temporary work in the UK as working holidaymakers.

For more information visit our Young Commonwealth Citizens page.

NEW CONCESSIONS FOR 
SAME SEX COUPLES

A concession now permits same-sex and unmarried partners of UK residence to enter or remain in the UK.

For more information visit our UK Gay Immigration page.

DJ WEBB TRAVELS TO CLIENTS

Solicitors of DJ Webb & Co. conduct regular international visits to countries with high UK immigration demand.

Clients wishing to immigrate to the UK have the opportunity to meet with our specialist immigration solicitors in personal interviews.

For more information visit Information For Clients from abroad.

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