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Civil Partner Visa

Posted by: Paul Richmond on 05/05/2025
The UK Civil Partner Visa is for civil partners of British or Irish citizens, persons who are settled in the UK, persons with pre-settled status, persons with a Turkish Businessperson or Turkish Worker visa and persons with refugee status or humanitarian protection who wish to join, or stay with, their civil partner in the...

Unmarried Partner Visa

Posted by: Richmond Chambers on 27/12/2024
The Unmarried Partner Visa is available to long term partners of British or Irish citizens, persons who are settled in the UK, persons with pre-settled status, persons with a Turkish Businessperson or Turkish Worker visa and persons with refugee status or humanitarian protection who wish to join, or stay with, their unmarried...

Proposed Civil Partner Visa

Posted by: Paul Richmond on 27/12/2024
The UK Proposed Civil Partner Visa is for engaged partners of British or Irish citizens, persons who are settled in the UK, persons with pre-settled status, persons with a Turkish Businessperson or Turkish Worker visa and persons with refugee status or humanitarian protection who wish to enter into a civil partnership in the UK...

Child of a Partner or Parent Visa

Posted by: Paul Richmond on 10/08/2024
The Child of a Partner or Parent Visa is for a child who wishes to enter or remain in the UK in circumstances where a parent has already been granted, or is at the same time being granted, a Partner or Parent Visa under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules.   If the parent of the child does not hold, and is not being granted,...

Bereaved Partner Visa

Posted by: Paul Richmond on 26/12/2024
The Bereaved Partner Visa route offers settlement to persons who have, or were last granted, permission as a spouse, civil partner or unmarried partner and whose partner has died. The Bereaved Partner route leads to a grant of indefinite leave to remain in the UK. Dependent children of a Bereaved Partner can also apply for ILR...

House of Commons Report: Partner Visa Financial Requirements

Posted by: Rosanna Atkinson on 05/02/2025
In This Article 1. Overview of the Financial Requirements for Partner Visas 2. Changes to the Partner Visa Financial Requirement: Timeline and Impact 3. Criticism of the UK’s Minimum Income Requirement for Partner Visas 4. The Rising Threshold: Financial Requirement vs. Minimum Wage 5. Debate on Regional Income Thresholds...

UK Partner and Family Visa Financial Requirements Explained

Posted by: Rosanna Atkinson on 13/11/2024
In This Article 1. Understanding the Financial Requirement for UK Partner and Family Visas 2. Category A: Financial Requirement for Salaried and Non-Salaried Employment 3. Returning Sponsors/Partners: Financial Requirements for Overseas Sponsors Returning to the UK 4. Category B: Salaried and Non-Salaried Employment...

Choosing the Right UK Partner Visa: Marriage Visit, Spouse, Unmarried Partner, or Fiancé?

Posted by: Eve Loveman on 02/02/2024
Given the government’s intention to increase the minimum income threshold for family visas in “Spring 2024”, many people are looking to make a visa application before these changes come into effect. If you are considering applying for a visa so that you can stay in the UK with your British or settled partner, the...

Family Life as a Partner Based on Insurmountable Obstacles

Posted by: Rosanna Atkinson on 13/02/2023
Partner applications under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules contain strict eligibility requirements for a grant of leave to remain on the 5-year route to settlement. If a partner is unable to meet the strict requirements of the 5-year partner route they may be able to rely on the exception set out in EX.1. of Appendix FM to...

Help Shape the Future of Family Visa Financial Requirements

Posted by: Paul Richmond on 10/01/2025
In This Article 1. Introduction to the Family Visa Financial Requirements Review 2. Recent Changes to the Minimum Income Requirement 3. Research into the Family Visa Financial Requirements 4. What Family and Partner Visa Applicants Should Know 5. Contact Our Immigration Barristers 6. Frequently Asked Questions 7. Glossary 8....

How to Apply for ILR as a Bereaved Partner

Posted by: Alexandra Pease on 01/04/2024
Prior to 31 January 2024, Section BPILR: Indefinite leave to remain (settlement) as a Bereaved Partner of Appendix FM, allowed for an application for ILR as a Bereaved Partner to be made where an applicant had lost their partner before they had settled in the UK.  On 31 January 2024, Appendix Bereaved Partner was introduced...

Partner Visa Extension & ILR Application Top Tips

Posted by: Alexandra Pease on 18/01/2025
In This Article 1. Planning Ahead for Partner Visa Applications 2. Key Dates and Timing for Partner Visa Renewals 3. Making a Valid Partner Visa Application 4. Providing Updated Evidence for Partner Visa Applications 5. Maintaining Evidence for Partner Visa Suitability Requirements 6. Continued Genuine and Subsisting...