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Three-Year Waiting Period for Refugee Family Reunification Heads for Cabinet Approval
3+ hour, 34+ min ago (272+ words) Three-Year Waiting Period for Refugee Family Reunification Heads for Cabinet Approval'VisaHQ Just hours after publishing the International Protection Bill, the Government confirmed that one of its most controversial elements'a three-year bar on family-reunification applications by refugees'will be retained when the…...
Dáil Resumes, Putting Migration Reforms and Asylum Bill at Top of New Term Agenda
23+ hour, 9+ min ago (236+ words) D'il Resumes, Putting Migration Reforms and Asylum Bill at Top of New Term Agenda'VisaHQ Ireland's parliament reconvened on 13 January with migration and asylum reform dominating the legislative slate Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan is set to table the freshly published International…...
Home Office Appoints Paul Morrison CBE as New Director-General for Visas, Passports and Citizenship
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (237+ words) Home Office Appoints Paul Morrison CBE as New Director-General for Visas, Passports and Citizenship'VisaHQ The UK Home Office confirmed on 12 January that career civil servant Paul Morrison CBE has taken up the post of Director-General for Visas, Passports, Citizenship and…...
Higher English-language bar (B2) now in force for Skilled Worker, Scale-up and HPI visas
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (213+ words) Higher English-language bar (B2) now in force for Skilled Worker, Scale-up and HPI visas'VisaHQ A key measure of the 2025 Immigration White Paper took effect on 8 January 2026: first-time applicants under the Skilled Worker, High Potential Individual and Scale-up routes must now demonstrate…...
Immigration Rules updated across Skilled Worker, HPI and Scale-up appendices
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (202+ words) Immigration Rules updated across Skilled Worker, HPI and Scale-up appendices'VisaHQ On 8 January 2026 the Home Office published coordinated amendments to Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Worker, Appendix High Potential Individual and Appendix Scale-up to give legal effect to reforms announced in Statement…...
B2 English-language threshold takes effect today for Skilled Worker, Scale-up and HPI visas
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (274+ words) B2 English-language threshold takes effect today for Skilled Worker, Scale-up and HPI visas'VisaHQ A major new compliance hurdle for employers comes into force today, 8 January 2026: first-time applicants under the Skilled Worker, High Potential Individual (HPI) and Scale-up routes must now prove…...
Chain-Liability Rules Kick In: Flanders Opens Online Desk for Reporting Illegal Employment of Third-Country Nationals
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (293+ words) Chain-Liability Rules Kick In: Flanders Opens Online Desk for Reporting Illegal Employment of Third-Country Nationals'VisaHQ From 1 January 2026 companies active in Flanders" high-risk sectors'construction, cleaning, meat processing and parcel delivery'face tough new "chain-liability" obligations to root out illegal employment Under the…...