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Incredible feedback from our client 🙌

⚖️ We’re grateful that clients like Cristina trust us to support them through their complex immigration journeys.

Well done to Robbie one of our excellent caseworkers, for his work on this case.

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📢A new UK-France “migrant deal” came into force this week. It will significantly impact people arriving in the UK to seek asylum, and the rights of migrant in the UK.

Read more about this offshoring style scheme and why we are concerned out its implementation: www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

Join Seraphus: Remote working Solicitor / Senior Immigration Seraphus, a leading law firm in UK immigration law and European citizens’ rights, is hiring a remote working solicitor. Learn more.

📢 We’re hiring!
We’re looking for a Solicitor/Senior Immigration Caseworker to us.

If you have 2+ years experience in immigration casework and want to contribute to training, partnerships and policy projects, we want to hear from you.

🗓 Apply by 7 Sept

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How to apply for a UK work visa: A step-by-step guide - Seraphus If you’re planning to work in the UK, you’ll likely need a visa before you start. The UK immigration system can feel complex, but this step-by-step guide will explain the general process clearly. Whet...

Thinking about working in the UK? 🇬🇧✈️

Whether you’ve got a job offer or are just starting your search, our latest blog breaks down the UK work visa process — step by step.

See:
📄 different visa types

📋 application process

⚠️ updates on recent rule changes

🔗 www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

Implications of revised UK Worker visa regulations for businesses and international workers - Seraphus On 22 July 2025, changes to the UK’s immigration system came into effect, reshaping access to the Skilled Worker route and tightening employer sponsorship rules. These changes were announced earlier t...

📢On 22 July, the Government’s proposed changes to the UK’s immigration system came into effect.

For businesses and workers, these changes are critical, reshaping access to the UK’s primary employment-based route.

🔗Read more and see how we can support you:
www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

New absence rule for EU Settlement Scheme pre-settled status holders  - Seraphus On 24 June 2025, the Home Office published a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules. Included in this statement is a very welcomed change that significantly simplify the absence rule for pre-se...

📢 New EUSS absence rule: Good news for pre-settled status holders

The Home Office announced has important a welcomed change to the EU Settlement Scheme absence rule for pre-settled status holders.

👉 Read our latest article to understand what’s changing: www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

Travelling with digital immigration status: June update for BRP holders - Seraphus As you will likely be aware of, the UK is transitioning into a digital immigration system. We have covered earlier, in 2024, that all physical immigration documents are now being transferred to a digi...

📢 BRP holders: Changes from June 2025

From June, you are no longer be able to use BRPs to prove your immigration status when travelling.

Our latest article explains:
✅ What’s changing
✈️ How it affects travel
🖥️ How to set up an eVisa

👉 Read the full update: www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

Theme of Refugee Week 2025: Community as a Superpower Community is the incredible everyday. Ordinary and extraordinary. Simple acts of shared generosity. Kindness multiplied to become an unstoppable force! “We can begin the process of making community w...

Read more about this year’s @refugeeweek.bsky.social and the many ways you can take part:
refugeeweek.org.uk/theme-of-ref...

Sanctuary Runners Brighton: community as a superpower - Seraphus Solidarity, Friendship, Respect. These are the values behind Sanctuary Runners Brighton.  This year’s Refugee Week theme, Community as a Superpower, highlights the everyday ways we build connection, b...

🌍 This #RefugeeWeek we’re celebrating community as a superpower! 🏃‍♀️💙

💬Our latest article reflects on how that superpower comes to life through Sanctuary Runners Brighton — an inspiring initiative uniting people through the simple act of running side by side: www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

Our theme this year for Refugee Week is 'Community as a Superpower'.

As bell hooks says “We can begin the process of making community wherever we are. We can begin by sharing a smile, a warm greeting, a bit of conversation; by doing a kind deed or by acknowledging kindness offered to us.”

How to get UK citizenship? Your step-by-step application timeline after ILR - Seraphus If you’ve been granted indefinite leave to remain (ILR), you may already be thinking about the next step: how to get UK citizenship. But once you’re eligible, the process isn’t automatic. It involves ...

🇬🇧Planning to apply for British citizenship?

We’ve put together a step-by-step guide to help you understand and prepare for the application process

Need help? Our Immigration lawyers can help you at any stage of the process.

Want to learn more, start here:
👉 www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

Thanks to everyone who attended our Rights Thematic meeting yesterday. Some really insightful presentations from @theseraphus.bsky.social and @bswaid.bsky.social.

Our next meeting is on the 3rd July and details are on our website

migrationpolicy.org.uk/network/

The Civil Society EU Settlement Scheme Alliance: Supporting EU Citizens  - Seraphus In February 2025, Seraphus took over the coordination of the Civil Society EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) Alliance from New Europeans UK, who successfully convened the group since 2023. We are excited to...

📢 From February 2025, Seraphus is coordinating the Civil Society #EUSS Alliance—a network of 100+ orgs supporting EU citizens navigate the UK immigration system.

Support is still urgently needed and we’re here to help amplify the work of the sector.

🔗 Read more: www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

AI in the UK Asylum system: Innovation or injustice? - Seraphus Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming part of how governments manage immigration and asylum processes. In the UK, where the asylum system is facing record delays, AI is now being used in ne...

⚖️ AI is now being used in the UK asylum system — but is it helping or harming fairness?

From summarising interviews to influencing enforcement, new tools raise serious questions.

Our latest article asks: Innovation or injustice?

🔍 Read more: www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

Promises, Pressure, and Precarity: Immigration in Labour’s Britain - Seraphus In a move that has ignited fierce debate across the political spectrum and within the business community, the UK government announced significant changes to the immigration system via the Immigration ...

The UK’s Labour government says it’s “restoring control.”
But the new White Paper reveals a harsh system that risks harming families, students, workers, and communities.

Read more in our latest article by @cldesira.bsky.social:

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Legal advice that protected Sokha’s 5-year route to settlement  - Seraphus One of the core principles of the rule of law is that the law is accessible to everybody and that it should be intelligible, clear and predictable. Unfortunately, the immigration system is not built t...

A small mistake in Sokha’s visa form almost cost them their path to settlement.

We fixed the error, built a stronger case, and saved them years of delays and extra fees.

👉 Legal advice matters.
Read how we helped: www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

🤝 Need help? Contact us today.

The UK’s hostile environment and the gig economy  - Seraphus The UK’s “hostile environment” immigration policy—now officially rebranded as the “compliant environment”—was designed to make life unliveable for undocumented migrants. By embedding immigration check...

🚨 New right to work rules are targeting the gig economy—making life harder for migrant workers already living in precarity.

A “compliant environment” meant to exclude is now reaching further.

Read what this means—and why it matters in our latest article: www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

UK immigration and nationality fees to increase from April 2025 - Seraphus The UK Home Office has confirmed that several immigration and nationality fees will rise from 9 April 2025, affecting visa applicants, employers, and sponsors. The government states that these increas...

📢 UK immigration fees rising from April 2025

The Home Office has confirmed major fee increases, including:

🔹 Certificate of Sponsorship +120%

🔹 Indefinite Leave to Remain £3,029

🔹 Student visa £524

🔹 ETA £16

Read more: www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

Civil legal aid consultation: Seraphus’ reply - Seraphus Over the past eight weeks, the Government has invited legal professionals and organisations with interest in Civil legal aid to take part in a consultation on proposed reform to the legal aid structur...

📢 The legal aid system is at breaking point. Years of underfunding have left it unsustainable, and harder for those in need to access immigration advice and representation.

At Seraphus, we see legal aid as essential, so we’ve responded to the gov’s consultation: www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

The impact of absences on ILR applications - Seraphus If you are working towards your Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) UK immigration status, you may already know that time spent outside the UK—even for a holiday or a business trip—might affect your ILR ...

🚨 Applying for ILR? Your time outside the UK matters!

If you’ve been away for holidays or work, you should track your absences.

Our article covers:
✅ ILR and continuous residency
✅ How to calculate absences
✅ How to minimise the impact of absences

📖 Read more: www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

Testimonial from a client. “I can confidently say Seraphus is a reliable, experienced and professional team, who actually knows the immigration law in crucial details...Many thanks to Anna and Seraphus team I look forward to working with them in future.” In the background is an image of a smiling middleaged blond woman and an orange border with the Seraphus logo.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “A reliable, experienced and professional team!”

⚖️ We’re grateful that clients like Yulia trust us to support them through their immigration journeys.

Well done to Anna, our Legal Services Manager, for her work on this case.

🔗 See how we can help you: www.seraphus.co.uk/personal-leg...

Join the Seraphus team: Community Outreach Worker (Internship) - Seraphus Seraphus is seeking a paid intern to work on our community outreach project in Scotland for 6 months, for 2 days per week. We are looking for someone currently in education living in Scotland who is p...

📢 We’re hiring a Community Outreach Worker (Scotland-based internship)

This position is a great opportunity for students living in Scotland, passionate about supporting migrant communities.

👉Paid internship
👉 Hybrid, 2 days per week

📩 Learn more and apply: www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

eVisa 'grace period' allowing travel with an expired biometric residence permit extended to 1 June 2025 - Free Movement Following the announcement in December 2024 that people would be able to use expired biometric residence permits for travel until the end of March, the

Latest post from us: eVisa ‘grace period’ allowing travel with an expired biometric residence permit extended to 1 June 2025 | Sonia Lenegan

The latest @ukhomeoffice asylum statistics are out. "We are living in an increasingly unstable world," where many have no choice but to flee their homes.

What do the numbers tell us? 🧵

Indefinite Leave to Remain vs British citizenship: which is the better choice for long-term UK residents - Seraphus For many long-term residents the choice between indefinite leave to remain (also known as ‘ILR’ or ‘settlement’) and British citizenship is crucial. At Seraphus, we understand the uncertainties of imm...

📢 ILR or British citizenship – which is right for you? 🤔

For long-term UK residents, choosing between ILR and British citizenship is a big decision.

🔗Our latest guide breaks down the key differences, benefits, and considerations: www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

#BritishCitizenship #ILR

Home Office visa delays leave thousands of migrants in limbo The Home Office are leaving thousands of migrant workers are in limbo each year due to delays in processing their visas.

The immigration system set up after Brexit is a mess. The government needs to recognise they’ve inherited a deeply flawed system, which still has at its heart hostile environment policies which are not fit for purpose.

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Applying for a sponsor licence: avoiding refusals and revocations  - Seraphus For businesses looking to hire skilled workers from outside the UK, holding a valid sponsor licence is crucial. However, many employers find their applications refused or, worse, their licences revoke...

📢If you’re looking to hire international workers, holding a valid sponsor licence is essential.

📚To avoid refusals or losing your licence, you must stay on top of your sponsor obligations.

🔗Learn how to prevent common pitfalls in our latest article:

www.seraphus.co.uk/knowledge-ce...

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As couples and families celebrate their love this #ValentinesDay, we're joining @rfuk.bsky.social and a coalition of organisations, to highlight how the #HostileEnvironment is preventing people from loving whoever they choose #LoveInLimbo 🧵

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ We’re grateful for all the positive feedback our clients provide!

⚖️ Very happy we were able to support this client successfully through their complex visa application.
Well done to our solicitor Alex for his excellent work!

See how we can help you:
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