UK family visas: when can you “switch”?
There have been a lot of cases in the media recently highlighting the unfairness of the UK’s Immigration Rules for…
UK Visas
Knowledge of English (or Gaulish) language
This is a short post and probably of limited interest. Still, while immigration applicants are required to prove their skills…
How does the Home Office judge a “genuine” relationship in immigration cases?
If you have made an application for entry to the UK or leave to remain under Appendix FM of the…
“Right to rent”: falling through the gaps?
If you are entering into a new tenancy agreement after 1 February, your landlord could ask you to prove that…
UK visa refusal: appeal or reapply?
If you have applied for a UK visa and your application has been refused, your first reaction may well be…
Small businesses and first-time Tier 2 sponsors
If you run a small or medium-sized business, the first time you encounter the “Sponsor Licence” system could well be…
UK settlement visas: Pakistan
I thought it would be useful to do an occasional series of blog posts about the experience of applying for…