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26 January 2024 / Katie Newbury
Issue: 8056 / Categories: Features , Immigration & asylum
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UK business immigration: What to expect in 2024

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Katie Newbury looks ahead to immigration changes coming down the pipeline
  • An overview of key changes to immigration rules and fees, covering Skilled Worker and business visas, Electronic Travel Authorisation, EU Settlement Scheme, and more.

2023 was a year when immigration was never far from the headlines and there was a real shift in the UK government’s approach to immigration post-Brexit. While there has been increasingly strict scrutiny of irregular arrivals to the UK and those seeking asylum, on the other hand legal migration has benefited from a lighter touch process, consistent, in fact, with what we have seen over the past few years.

From gradual tweaks to the business immigration rules at the start of the year, to the promise of much more for 2024, 2023 also saw an increasingly strict approach to the EU Settlement Scheme as the tolerance for late applicants to this scheme waned. Finally, 2023 witnessed the start of a fundamental change for visitors to the UK and the dawning of a

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