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The Home Office has announced increases to the maximum fees that can be charged for various listed immigration and nationality services from 9 April 2025, including Skilled Worker visa application fees, the Electronic Travel Authorisation fee and the Certificate of Sponsorship fee. We look at this and the other latest developments in UK business immigration this month.
The Home Office has introduced a range of measures from 4 April 2024 aimed at reducing net migration to the UK including increasing the salary thresholds necessary to sponsor Skilled Workers. The new entrant provisions will continue to work in the same way although there has been an increase to the baseline minimum salary. These changes are likely to be more acutely felt by employers looking to recruit junior employees, graduates, and those in certain sectors.
In the recent case of AECOM Ltd v Mallon the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employment tribunal was entitled to find that an employer's online job application form put an applicant with dyspraxia at a substantial disadvantage giving rise to the duty to make reasonable adjustments.
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