UK visa fee increases
Fees for UK immigration and nationality applications will increase from 4 October 2023. The new fees are set out on…
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Get a faster UK immigration decision
The time it takes to receive a decision on your UK immigration application can be unpredictable. If you need to…
Long residence in the UK
If you have built up a period of long residence in the UK, you might be able to apply for…
Changes to the Immigration Rules
On 22 October, the Government announced changes to the Immigration Rules: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-813-22-october-2020 There will be four new immigration routes: Hong…
New visa route for Hong Kong BN(O)s
I previously wrote about the status of “British National (Overseas)”, held by approximately 2.9 million people. (What does it mean…
Bad form
Using the wrong immigration application form can have far-reaching consequences. I was recently instructed by a client whose application to…
Easy as 1-2-3?… English tests for UK Immigration
The recent case of a woman refused a visa to join her fiancé in the UK shows how much care…
EEA residence rights: more tricky cases
In the previous installment of this series I looked at how a victim of domestic violence has found it difficult…
EEA residence rights: tricky cases
As the countdown to Brexit begins, EEA nationals living in the UK are rightly expressing anxiety about how their legal…
Immigration, the hostile environment, and the NHS
I don’t usually write off-the-cuff posts in response to specific news stories, but it’s not easy to ignore recent reports…