Non-UK Employee Visa Workshop: Employer's Guide to Immigration & PBS
Novotel Birmingham Centre , 70 Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2HT
Are your non-UK staff employed legally? Are you up to date with Home Office changes? Do your employees have the correct visa? Are you risking your Employer Sponsorship Licence? Are you prepared for a UKVI visit? Do you fully understand the Points Based System & its applications? As an employer – you are responsible.
Registration fee: £450 plus VAT per delegate
Failure to comply fully with Home Office regulations could land you with a £20,000 fine, a removal of your licence to hire migrant workers and by knowingly employing an illegal worker you are risking a two year custodial sentence. An unsatisfactory non-UK recruitment policy also leaves you open to costly race discrimination law suits. The complex legal and regulatory system often makes it very difficult for employers to ensure that their recruitment and employment policies are fully compliant with the law.
BFI’s Non-UK Employee Visa Workshop: The Employer’s Guide to Immigration & Points Based System brings together top legal, immigration and practitioner experts. This practical and intensive workshop will explore Home Office regulations, the Points Based System and non-PBS routes in depth so you come away with a full understanding of the requirements on you as an employer of non-UK nationals.
This is a unique opportunity for delegates to bring along their policies for evaluation and feedback with industry peers and immigration experts. Have all your legal & policy questions answered; with many Q&A sessions built into the agenda, you can ensure your policies are watertight.
Highlights include:
- Vital Home Office updates
- Getting to grips with Tier 1 & 2
- Non-PBS routes to working in the UK
- Ensuring your sponsor duties are fulfilled
- New staff: Home Office compliant recruitment Existing staff: managing work visas
- Preparing for a UKVI Audit
- Ensuring documentation is comprehensive and genuine
Recent feedback:
“Excellent speakers, content & venue” – Admiral Group Plc
“Well-structured & very informative” – NHS
“A very good day. Speakers were enjoyable & very good” – Birmingham City Council
“Very good event. Very useful and relates to workable practises” – James Walker & Co. Ltd.
“Very informative & thorough” – Star Technology
Which functions will benefit from attending
- HR, Security, Recruitment, Legal & Compliance, Directors & Managers responsible for Immigration & Right to Work Checks, Vetting & Screening, Administration & Operations
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Schedule
Coffee and registration
AIMS & OBJECTIVES OF THE DAY
Ian Westwood
Immigration Consultant , The Westwood Organisation
Ian Westwood worked at the Home Office from 1993-2003. He was an operational Immigration Officer serving at Heathrow, Gatwick and Dover before being promoted to Chief Immigration Officer based in Croydon. Since then he has set up his own consultancy business, providing training and immigration advice to a variety of corporate and private clients on the subject of Immigration. He is regulated by the Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner to provide immigration advice in the UK. Ian’s training credentials include the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s Certificate of Training Practice and the Belbin Team-Role Accreditation.
UPDATE ON HOME OFFICE REQUIREMENTS: WHAT MUST YOUR ORGANISATION BE AWARE OF?
Simon Kenny
Partner - Immigration & Global Mobility , Spencer West LLP
Simon is an immigration lawyer who helps with individual immigration applications, permission to work, illegal working penalties and sponsor licence suspension. He specialises in Skilled Worker and sponsor licence applications, right-to-work processes and defences to civil penalties. He also has significant experience in managing global immigration programmes and post-Brexit immigration compliance in respect of business travellers working across the EEA. Simon has specific expertise in working with institutions and individuals in the higher education sector. He has worked with universities on preparation for audit, right-to-work processes, defence to civil penalties and reviewing Certificates of Sponsorship for employees. Helpline services to both HR teams and individual employees of universities have been a major part of Simon’s recent career. He also helps academic staff make applications within the Global Talent programme. Simon has been listed as one of the UK’s leading practitioners in every edition of the Legal 500 since 2015. He was individually commended in the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Europe Awards in 2019 for research and analysis conducted following a Freedom of Information Act request regarding Certificate of Sponsorship allocations. This featured as a headline news story across numerous national newspapers. Simon was an immigration officer for several years and, after becoming a solicitor, an immigration manager in Big 4 professional services companies. That provided him with a focus on achieving the best outcomes for clients with reference to wider global mobility issues and creativity in finding solutions which work. This experience informs his immigration advice and helps ensure other legal issues related to immigration are identified at an early stage in considering an assignment.
- Summary of immigration routes for staff coming into the UK
- Explanation of Tier 1
- Closure of the Post-Study Work route: what are your options?
- What are the rules for business visitors?
- The Tier 2 route including: certificates of sponsorship, the resident labour market test, skill level, salary, English language and maintenance
- Period of stay, extension and change to circumstances
- Sponsor duties including preventing illegal working, record keeping and reporting
- Suspension, downgrade and revocation of licence
- TUPE and Acquisition; managing right to work permissions and ensuring contracts are correct
Coffee break
UPDATE ON HOME OFFICE REQUIREMENTS: WHAT MUST YOUR ORGANISATION BE AWARE OF? (Continued)
Simon Kenny
Partner - Immigration & Global Mobility , Spencer West LLP
Simon is an immigration lawyer who helps with individual immigration applications, permission to work, illegal working penalties and sponsor licence suspension. He specialises in Skilled Worker and sponsor licence applications, right-to-work processes and defences to civil penalties. He also has significant experience in managing global immigration programmes and post-Brexit immigration compliance in respect of business travellers working across the EEA. Simon has specific expertise in working with institutions and individuals in the higher education sector. He has worked with universities on preparation for audit, right-to-work processes, defence to civil penalties and reviewing Certificates of Sponsorship for employees. Helpline services to both HR teams and individual employees of universities have been a major part of Simon’s recent career. He also helps academic staff make applications within the Global Talent programme. Simon has been listed as one of the UK’s leading practitioners in every edition of the Legal 500 since 2015. He was individually commended in the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Europe Awards in 2019 for research and analysis conducted following a Freedom of Information Act request regarding Certificate of Sponsorship allocations. This featured as a headline news story across numerous national newspapers. Simon was an immigration officer for several years and, after becoming a solicitor, an immigration manager in Big 4 professional services companies. That provided him with a focus on achieving the best outcomes for clients with reference to wider global mobility issues and creativity in finding solutions which work. This experience informs his immigration advice and helps ensure other legal issues related to immigration are identified at an early stage in considering an assignment.
Lunch
IMMIGRATION COMPLIANCE PART 1: PREPARING FOR A UKVI AUDIT: ESSENTIAL DOCUMENT CHECKLIST
Ian Westwood
Immigration Consultant , The Westwood Organisation
Ian Westwood worked at the Home Office from 1993-2003. He was an operational Immigration Officer serving at Heathrow, Gatwick and Dover before being promoted to Chief Immigration Officer based in Croydon. Since then he has set up his own consultancy business, providing training and immigration advice to a variety of corporate and private clients on the subject of Immigration. He is regulated by the Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner to provide immigration advice in the UK. Ian’s training credentials include the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s Certificate of Training Practice and the Belbin Team-Role Accreditation.
- What documents are necessary to prove compliance?
- What information is needed from applicants?
- Effectively maintaining records and documents
- Successfully monitoring migrant employees
- Document verification best practice; improving your team’s knowledge of counterfeits
- What exactly takes place in a compliance visit?
Afternoon tea
IMMIGRATION COMPLIANCE PART 2: NON PBS ROUTES TO EMPLOYMENT & APPLICATION GUIDANCE
Ian Westwood
Immigration Consultant , The Westwood Organisation
Ian Westwood worked at the Home Office from 1993-2003. He was an operational Immigration Officer serving at Heathrow, Gatwick and Dover before being promoted to Chief Immigration Officer based in Croydon. Since then he has set up his own consultancy business, providing training and immigration advice to a variety of corporate and private clients on the subject of Immigration. He is regulated by the Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner to provide immigration advice in the UK. Ian’s training credentials include the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s Certificate of Training Practice and the Belbin Team-Role Accreditation.
- Non PBS workers: Tier 5, EU nationals, family members, Croatia rules
- What to do if an employee's circumstances change during employment
- The application process - how much involvement by the employer?
Wrap up & end of workshop
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Very informative
Both speakers were very knowledgeable and content easy to follow
Very well organised, lovely and friendly team and speakers. Warm welcome from team
Very well structured. Presenters had an excellent knowledge of the subjects.
Great range of topics covered. Very relevant to practice and challenges in the real world.
This workshop was very useful. I have a better understanding of sponsorship licenses now.
For an online training day, it has been engaging and interesting
