J Dunlop & Co tries to help the UK economy, and its clients, by engaging with the Migration Advisory Committee (to which the government often turn when considering changes), as well as directly with the Home Office and ministers.  Although our own preference is for a relatively ‘open door’ system, as public opinion is not with us on that front, our submissions mainly focus on making the system work better, minimising distortions, and, if possible, undoing the ‘unintended consequences’ that often arise in complex systems when a change in one area, made with an objective in mind, interacts with a rule in another area, in a way that does not help the original objective.

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Our submissions, have been cited on several occasions by the Migration Advisory Committee in their reports.  The submissions, reports and citations are provided below:
 

While there are cases where policies have been changed in the ways we have suggested, or not changed in ways we have argued against, it is entirely possible that this would have happened anyway, even if we had written nothing.  We are not paid lobbyists: if, rather than having a specific immigration case about which you need advice/representation, you would like to change UK immigration policy, please feel free to contact the MAC, or the Immigration Minister, directly.   Of course, during a consultation, for which a client is paying an hourly fee, we are always happy to discuss policy, but please consider such time to be purely an investment in an intellectual exercise: you should not expect any policy change to follow as a result.

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We welcome the post-Brexit changes that have generally been in a liberalizing direction.  The loss of the Investor Visa and Sole Representative visa was a pity, but Brexit has made the UK keen to show that it is a Global economy, open to the world's brightest and best.  In 2021 the time taken to sponsor an expat worker fell to under a month, when previously it could take three.  And Global Talent visas, once the preseve of almost Nobel prize / Oscar level stars, are now open to a few of us mere mortals.  If you want to setup in the UK, don't hesitate.