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Last night saw the inaugural 2013 High-Value Immigration Awards take place at The Westbury Hotel in Mayfair. The event, sponsored by Invest UK and London & Capital, allowed successful incoming entrepreneurs, high value immigrants and participating companies an opportunity to celebrate the achievement of those individuals and organisations involved in bringing investment into the UK. After some no-doubt difficult deliberation from the panel of judges, comprised of a group... Read more »

Gherson's founder & Principal Solicitor Roger Gherson recently took part in a Corporate Immigration Law roundtable alongside nine other experts from around the world. Covering the latest regulatory changes, the bureaucratic process in their jurisdiction and an analysis on how the events of 9/11 continue to affect global policy. Read the discussion here on Corporate Livewire . Read more »

On Wednesday 15 May the inaugural Gherson staff go-karting night was held at TeamSport's excellent two-tier racetrack at Tower Bridge. Although this was billed as a team-building exercise, the air of competition was palpable as the karts' nippy electric motors sparked into action. Certainly my earlier pleas that I should be allowed to win because it was my birthday fell on deaf ears - our lawyers are a tenacious bunch. Just ask the UKBA. The session... Read more »

Gherson will be attending the British Boarding Schools Weekend [link in Russian] in Kiev, held in the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Kiev, Ukraine on 16-17 February 2013. This will be the eighth year this event has taken place in Ukraine with up to 30 public schools from the United Kingdom attending each year and looking to recruit Ukrainian students for academic programmes. Gherson immigration professionals will be attending the event to answer questions from parents regarding... Read more »

As previously posted , Gherson recently attended the fourth annual Post-Secondary Transfer Options Fair at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary, Canada. The Transfer Options Fair continues to grow, with institutions from around the world providing Canadian students with the opportunity to study abroad. The event was hugely popular with around 800 students stopping by and visiting the stands. Many students who were concerned with the restrictions placed upon them under UK... Read more »

It has been widely reported in the press that a growing number of ex-members of HM Forces who are foreign nationals are being refused British citizenship or indefinite leave to remain based on convictions imposed under military law whilst serving in our armed forces. These convictions are often for very minor military offences. For immigration purposes, a military summary punishment counts the same as a criminal conviction in a civilian court, which is then highly likely to disqualify... Read more »

Gherson will be attending the fourth annual Post-Secondary Transfer Options Fair at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary, Canada on 15 November 2012. Thirty-eight colleges, universities and organisations from across Alberta, Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and the UK will also attend to speak to students, alumni, faculty and staff about degree completion opportunities across the world. As you may recall from previous Gherson blog entries, students looking to come to the UK from... Read more »

Hi! Im Victoria, one of the legal secretaries here at Gherson. I am doing a sponsored 10,000ft skydive in aid of Alzheimer's Society. This is a charity I feel strongly about as my nan is currently suffering from it and it is heartbreaking to watch! Thanks to people's kind donations I have managed to raise 124% of my target, which is absolutely amazing, but more donations mean more help and support to families of sufferers and also funding research into the treatment for the condition! ... Read more »

Hi, I'm Gail, an in-house translator from Russian to English here at Gherson. I wanted to do a charity event in memory of my grandmother and as she and my grandpa used to ride a tandem on their holidays (see photo below!) I thought a cycle ride was appropriate. I chose the Alzheimer's Society as my charity because she also suffered from dementia later in life. They do great work helping families of sufferers as well as funding research into treatment for the condition. Thanks to people's... Read more »