Corporate Immigration Lawyers For Employers & Businesses

What is Corporate Immigration?

There is a growing demand for international business in the corporate sector. Corporate immigration enables UK businesses with a sponsor Licence to operate in an international marketplace and hire skilled talent across industries where skill gaps may be lacking.

Hiring overseas workers comes with many advantages that can help boost the labour market and expand business opportunities for UK organisations. An international workforce provides skilled professionals a route to permanent settlement in the UK, and business owners an opportunity to fill roles where there is a shortage of industry specialists.

When hiring foreign workers there are several business immigration routes that employers can take. The most common routes are the Skilled Worker Visa and the Scale-Up Worker Visa. Another option are the Global Business Mobility routes, designed to help organisations with a variety of business tasks.

Benefits of Recruiting Staff From Overseas

Hiring skilled employees from other countries can support long-term success, helping to build an international brand, contributing to the UK’s economic growth, and increasing market insight. 

If you are a UK employer who is considering recruiting international staff or making an intra-company transfer to boost international business, there are many advantages, including:

• Access to a global talent pool of professionals to fill skills deficits
• Promoting diversity in the workplace can help to bring new perspectives, leverage knowledge, and foster fresh ideas 
• Greater flexibility, as international workers are more open to working from various locations, and can be more adaptable to working flexible hours
• Expansion into new markets through building foreign relationships, helping businesses to outperform local competitors and scale up
• A richer workplace culture and boosted employee morale can lead to more skilled workers with specialised knowledge 

How Our Corporate Immigration Lawyers Can Help You

Hiring international staff requires more vigorous authorisations and involves a complex legal framework, which is where our business immigration lawyers step in. 

Our dedicated team comes with decades of expertise in helping business immigration clients with legal matters regarding corporate immigration and immigration compliance. We offer several services and practical support for UK employers, where we can assist you face-to-face, online, or immediately on the phone, on all your corporate immigration needs. 

At IAS, we’ll take you through the necessary steps UK employers must take to ensure their Sponsor Licence application is completed correctly, and we’ll even send your finished application to the Home Office for you. Our business immigration solicitors also offer a Home Office compliance audit to help you prepare for visits, covering a wide range of immigration issues, so that you fully understand how to make a visa application, the fundamentals of business immigration law, and the benefits of business immigration.

Speak to our dedicated team of specialists to discuss in detail your responsibilities as an employer, and we’ll tailor our guidance to meet your specific requirements, so you can get the best out of our service.

Why Use a Corporate Immigration Solicitor to Help You?

In recent years, UK Immigration laws have become stricter and more complex. There are certain legal obligations and tighter UK immigration rules that employers must be up-to-date on when sponsoring migrant workers.

Failure to comply with sponsor duties can result in Sponsor Licence revocation and fines, which can lead to repetitional damage. 

Using the skills of highly qualified business immigration lawyers from a reputable company that provides corporate immigration services will help you as a sponsor to mitigate the risks of corporate immigration and prevent illegal working.

Our team has years of experience dealing with business immigration clients and helping employers gain a better understanding of immigration law, to smooth out any issues they may have concerning compliance. 

Immigration lawyers can also help to set you on the right path if you fail to comply with the prevention of illegal working regulations, have applied for the incorrect sponsorship licence or sponsorship certificate, or have had your Sponsor Licence refused, suspended, or revoked. 

IAS can also provide advice on how to determine whether the position you are hiring for qualifies for a UK visa.  Call us on +44 (0)333 414 9244 or use our online chat to get in touch.