Jayesh Jethwa · Partner, Quastels
Strategic UK immigration advice for businesses, founders, talent and internationally mobile families, led by Jayesh Jethwa through Quastels.
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The Home Office has published the timetable for mandatory multifactor authentication, the end of new Level 2 User appointments and the conversion or deactivation of existing Level 2 accounts. It has also introduced an inactivity process which can leave a sponsor without active Level 1 access.
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Analysis of the rules, evidence and consequences that shape important immigration decisions.
Sports coaches, instructors and officials under SOC 3432 are not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship. A qualified coach may instead use International Sportsperson, but only if the governing body can endorse the prescribed elite, internationally established contribution.
Read the analysisOutside employment is permitted at RQF level 3 or above. That permission does not remove the founder's continuing duty to develop the endorsed venture or allow the venture to supply the founder's labour to a client.
Read the analysis US clients · British nationality · 20 minuteA British parent may mean that an American is already a citizen, has a statutory route to register, or has no present nationality entitlement. A British grandparent is evidence within that analysis, not a free standing citizenship rule.
Read the flagship analysis Sponsor compliance · Skilled Worker evidence · 15 minuteThe latest Home Office statistics record a higher refusal share across Skilled Worker and Health and Care Worker entry-clearance decisions. The figure is a warning to test the role, salary, sponsor record and applicant evidence together, not proof that any particular application will fail.
Read the analysis Employer compliance · Right to work · 17 minuteThe illegal working regime will extend beyond conventional employees. Worker contracts, individual subcontractors, online matching services, substitution rights and some contractual chains require separate analysis before work begins.
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Jayesh Jethwa is a Partner and Head of Corporate & Private Immigration at Quastels LLP. His practice covers corporate sponsorship, founder and Global Talent routes, international relocation and complex private immigration matters.
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