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Joanna Hunt

Joanna Hunt is a Partner and Head of Immigration at DAC Beachcroft. She advises and supports a range of businesses and individuals with their immigration needs, with emphasis on sponsorship and work based visas. She is contactable on johunt@dacbeachcroft.com and tweets from @JoannaHunt12

How to apply for a Skilled Worker sponsor licence

With EU free movement fading into memory, the main visa route available for non British and Irish nationals wanting to work in the UK is now the Skilled Worker visa.  […]

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6th June 2024
BY Joanna Hunt

Briefing: the immigration implications of a corporate transaction

While not natural bedfellows, business immigration lawyers are finding themselves increasingly immersed in the world of corporate transactions, thanks to the rise in the number of businesses holding sponsor licences. […]

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20th February 2024
BY Joanna Hunt

What’s the future of the Shortage Occupation List?

There is only a day left to respond to the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC’s) current call for evidence on what roles should appear on the Shortage Occupation List. Employers have […]

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25th May 2023
BY Joanna Hunt

What does the Truss government have in store for work-based immigration?

With the government’s controversial mini-budget causing economic turmoil, Liz Truss has been steadfast that her aim is to boost economic growth in the United Kingdom. Central to achieving this will […]

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30th September 2022
BY Joanna Hunt

The Intra-company Transfer visa could be getting a new lease of life

The Intra-company Transfer (ICT) route has seemed increasingly redundant since the launch of the Points Based Immigration System last year. The Skilled Worker route became simpler and easier to use, […]

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20th October 2021
BY Joanna Hunt

Three ways to improve the immigration system and help solve the labour crisis

The number of new visas is starting to make heads spin. The government’s announcement of a route for HGV drivers and poultry workers comes hot on the heels of a […]

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28th September 2021
BY Joanna Hunt

Illegal working checks must adapt to the work-from-home age

All being well, the government’s advice to work from home should be lifted from 21 June. With offices filling up, and city streets bustling, normal working life is already starting […]

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1st June 2021
BY Joanna Hunt

How to apply for a frontier worker permit

The end of free movement has, for better or worse, given rise to a number of new visa routes catering for workers looking to establish themselves in the UK. Joining […]

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18th January 2021
BY Joanna Hunt

What the new Points Based Immigration System has in store for UK work visas

For work-based immigration, last week’s statement of changes to the Immigration Rules was in many ways rather anticlimactic. The last two years have seen a series of reports and policy […]

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29th October 2020
BY Joanna Hunt

What is a representative of an overseas business visa and why are people talking about it?

There is something reassuringly self-explanatory about the representative of an overseas business visa. Compared to the crop of new visas that have emerged over the last year, with their irritatingly […]

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20th July 2020
BY Joanna Hunt
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