How we can help

Employers, entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals rely on Dentons to navigate every step of the immigration process. We develop strategies and practices to meet your talent needs in a globalised labour market, providing sophisticated and creative solutions to complex problems.

Immigration impacts many different aspects of an organisation and its activities. It is closely linked to an organisation's talent strategy, pipeline and global expansion, and strong immigration compliance is essential for business continuity, not to mention reputation.

In a constantly changing landscape it is essential to partner with a law firm that thinks beyond the day-to-day to become a trusted adviser on all matters immigration related, whether that be consulting on policy and process improvements, re-assessing practices post-Brexit or conducting immigration audits and due diligence for transactions (mergers and acquisitions) and investments.

We provide an end-to-end service, guiding you through each step of the immigration process – and throughout the lifecycle of the visa – leveraging the employment law expertise of the wider People, Reward and Mobility team where relevant.

Business immigration services

We work with clients on bespoke immigration consulting projects and immigration compliance matters, as well as the full range of immigration categories that impact your business and employees, including:

• Worker Sponsor Licence application - Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker 
• Temporary Worker Sponsor Licence application - Expansion Worker, Government Authorised Exchange, International Agreement, Service Supplier, Creative Worker, Scale-up Worker and Government Authorised Exchange
• Immigration compliance health-check and preparation for UKVI audits
• Right to work and prevention of illegal working
• Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility, including advising on the Genuine Vacancy Requirement and Defined Certificate of Sponsorship process
• Family members and dependants
• Indefinite Leave to Remain
• EU Settlement Scheme for EU nationals and their family members
• Government Authorised Exchange and Youth Mobility 
• Graduate and Student visa switch
• British citizenship, including naturalisation, registration and first passport application
• Frontier Worker permit 
• Business visitors and remote workers 

Private individual services

We work with clients ranging from investors and entrepreneurs to creative talent and other high-net worth individuals, covering:

• Innovator Founder: business endorsement and visa application
• Global Talent: endorsement in the creative category and visa application
• High Potential Individual
• Directors of UK businesses
• Settlement and nationality
• Family visas
• Ancestry visas 

Global advisory services

As a global firm, we work with clients on many cross-border and multi-jurisdictional projects and co-ordinate the advice provided to clients, including: 

• Post-Brexit work-related travel requirements 
• International remote working policy and requirements 
• Emergency or temporary relocation of employees 
• International work permit requirements 
• Global compliance, penalties, and right to work

Pricing

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Insights

UK People, Reward and Mobility Newsletter – May 2025

May 2025

United Kingdom: Each month, we look at some of the key employment, pension and immigration issues affecting our clients' workforces. In this edition, we explore: what employers should do following the Supreme Court's ruling on the definition of "woman" in the Equality Act 2010; the implications of working notice in a constructive dismissal situation; a recent ruling about blacklisting; the government's immigration white paper; the government's review of support for individuals with a health condition or disability; the limits of whistleblowing protection; and measures to tackle pension scams.

UK People, Reward and Mobility Newsletter – April 2025

April 2025

United Kingdom: Each month, we look at some of the key employment, pension and immigration issues affecting our clients' workforces. In this edition, we explore: risky AI systems under the EU AI Act; changes to immigration policy and guidance; and attitudes to "run-on" for defined benefit pension schemes.

UK People, Reward and Mobility Newsletter – March 2025

March 2025

United Kingdom: Each month, we look at some of the key employment, pension and immigration issues affecting our clients' workforces. In this edition, we explore: AI in the workplace; the rules on suitable alternative vacancies when an employee on maternity leave is at risk of redundancy; the government's "Keep Britain Working" review; indirect discrimination and the childcare disparity; and further reflections on the Court of Appeal's landmark ruling on contracted-out defined benefit pension schemes.

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