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  The objective of a home office compliance visit is to confirm that the organization has an appropriate HR to process proper recruitment drives and carefully track a migrant workforce. One more aim of such a visit is to ensure that the organization is fulfilling all the legal obligations as an establishment. The UK immigration system is revised to a new points-based system from January 2021. As per the new system, any business in the UK planning to recruit skilled EU or non-EU employees needs to apply for a sponsor license to gain approval to perform such a hiring process. As of now, it’s the biggest immigration news in the UK for this year. Read More - WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A HOME OFFICE COMPLIANCE VISIT

  Little-known changes in the rules governing work visas will ease the way for more migrants to come to the UK and will make a full free trade deal with India more likely. In what one expert calls ‘clever smoke-and-mirrors’, the UK government has talked tough on immigration, while simultaneously making it easier for foreign nationals to gain access to the UK labour market. The result is a new favourable immigration environment that will please Indian politicians, who have made liberalisation of UK visa rules for Indian workers a prerequisite for any free trade deal. The relaxations include a two-year work extension visa for foreign students and the abolishing of rules that dictate jobs have to be given to UK workers before migrants. This week the Department of International Trade announced the signing of an Enhanced Trade Partnership between International Business Secretary Liz Truss and India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal. Visa restrictions have historicall...