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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...

Appendix V to the Immigration Rules provides for 4 types of Visitor including Marriage/Civil Partnership Visitor. This article will focus on those seeking to come to the UK to marry or form a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership.

For those applying for entry clearance or leave to remain in the UK as a partner under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules, the applicant is required to satisfy the relationship requirements. 

Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules allows British Citizens and settled persons to bring their ‘partner’ to join them in the UK. A ‘partner’ is defined as the applicant’s spouse, civil partner, fiancé(e), proposed civil partner or a person that has been in a relationship with their partner which is similar to...

In This Article 1. Understanding Home Office Marriage Investigations 2. Referral and Investigation Criteria Under the Immigration Act 2014 3. What Are Sham Marriages? 4. The Marriage Investigation Process: What to Expect 5. Obligations During an Investigation: Compliance Is Key 6. The Compliance Decision and Its Implications 7....

UK employers will face a civil penalty if they employ (or continue to employ) someone who does not have the right to work, or who is working in breach of the conditions of their immigration permission.

In a Commons statement, the Home Secretary announced a shift from the five-year ILR route to a 10-year baseline with potential for Earned Settlement.

The Immigration Act 2014 makes provision for the Home Office to investigate whether marriages may be sham marriages or marriages of convenience during an extended notice.  This is the period after the couple have notified the registrar of their intention to marry and before the marriage is able to take place.  If a decision...