Seymore would probably go well in a team with Yeamen, Ben Crookes, Jason Crooks, Danny Tickel and Aaron Heremiah.

That's what's perplexing me, but it may be a dates thing. If he's got a visa that qualifies him for that, we wouldn't need to get him a new one to transfer as there are no work restrictions on it. If its due to expire though, we've maybe tried to get it altered/extended to give us as a club some confidence that he'll be with us for the long haul. If it wasn't about to expire, then I'm not sure we needed to do anything to transfer him. Seems odd that such a visa would have allowed him to stay at Cas till the end of next season though.

The only visa that would definitely need a change for him to work for FC is the Tier 2 visa.

The partner visa would tally with Pearson's comment about the recent rule changes too.

Hmmmm.

You forgot Horn and Brisco

And less baggage.

No, as my username suggests I live in Nottingham.
The criteria for obtaining a working visa (not a right to stay as a later poster mentioned, but a visa that means he can be employed) are freely available, and his GBH conviction most probably means he will refused. Visas are refused on the grounds of much lesser convictions than GBH.

My take - and this is just educated guesswork - is that the transfer/renewal of his existing work visa was problematic so they decide to bypass it completely using the Family Settlement route. Only to find that the rule changes on 9th July scuppered those plans. That would fit with AP's comments regarding the date of the rule change and also his reference to Human Rights challenges.

No, clearly says everyone knows who are the class 6's and 7's in the competiton and he wants 2 of them

You might want to bear in mind that Chris28 actually works in this field.

The Family Settlement route for Indefinite Leave to Remain would have removed the need for a working visa.

Who's to say they're not working on an appeal?

Tell me about it.

He may well, and should therefore know that he STILL needs to meet the suitablity criteria - having a British partner DOES NOT entitle you to a visa of any kind.
And for those of you who need proof:
[iYour application for entry or permission to stay in the UK as a family member will be refused if:
it is in the UK's public interest to exclude you from the UK because of your character, conduct, associations, or other reasons;[/i
A GBH conviction would probably be considered ground for rejecting a visa.

If he'd had a work visa refused for a GBH conviction then there aren't any grounds for an appeal that would have any realistic chance of success. Plus I don't believe they've explored that route thoroughly yet as by the sound of it they were looking at the Family Settlement option. That's now likely to be tied up in a political row.