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Partner Visa Extension & ILR Application Top Tips
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

When you have just been granted leave to enter or remain as a partner, an extension or ILR application is probably the last thing on your mind, but  33 or 30 months can pass very quickly! Considering preparatory...

 steps throughout the period of leave can reduce the stress at the end of the process and the need to search for or obtain the documents required by the Immigration Rules, particularly Appendix...

Self-Employment and the Partner Visa Financial Requirement
By Bernard Wood - Pupil Barrister

There are a number of ways in which the financial requirement of Appendix FM can be met when making an application for entry clearance or leave to remain as a partner.  This post will focus on how the financial...

 requirement may be met by relying on income from self-employment and outline some of the relevant factors to consider.  The Immigration Rules set out the general financial requirement of a gross annual...

Understanding Sole Responsibility in Immigration Law
By Elana Kaymer - Legal Associate

The concept of ‘sole responsibility’ is found in Appendix FM and Part 8 of the Immigration Rules. Careful analysis of the circumstances of a child’s upbringing is essential to work out whether this can be...

 demonstrated. When is ‘sole responsibility’ required? You must demonstrate that you have ‘sole responsibility’ where you want to bring a non-British child to the UK to live with you and: You are...

Third Party Support in Appendix FM Applications
By Stefania Patuto - Immigration Barrister

For those applying for entry clearance or leave to remain in the UK as a partner under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules (which includes spouse visas, civil partner visas, unmarried partner visas and...

 fiance visas), the applicant is required to satisfy a financial requirement. Appendix FM provides very strict requirements as to how the financial requirement may be satisfied. Many of our previous blog posts have...

The UK Family Visa Accommodation Requirement
By Elana Kaymer - Legal Associate

When applying for entry clearance, leave to remain or settlement under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules to join a partner, parent, dependant child, or as an adult dependant relative in the UK, applicants must...

 satisfy an accommodation requirement.  In this post we provide a short guide to the UK visa accommodation requirement, looking at what exactly is meant by the requirement to have adequate accommodation for...

BMA: Review Adult Dependent Relative Rule for Doctors
By Paul Richmond - Immigration Barrister

The British Medical Association, together with other leading medical bodies, has issued a call for the Adult Dependent Relative (ADR) rule to be amended to allow settled migrant doctors to bring adult relatives,...

 such as elderly parents, to the UK so that they can look after them. The BMA’s joint letter to the Home Secretary asking her to exempt doctors from the Adult Dependent Relative rule can be read...

New Coronavirus Policy for UK Spouse & Partner Visas
By Zarina Rahman - Immigration Barrister

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to have a major impact on the UK and worldwide, the Home Office has updated its Covid-19 policy, coinciding with the start of a 4-week ‘lockdown’ in England on 05 November...

 2020.  In this post I look at the implications of the updated Coronavirus policy for UK Spouse and Partner Visas.  The earlier coronavirus policy measures were discussed in detail by my colleague in this...

Fiancé(e) visa - what do I need to know?
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

If you want to join your partner in the UK and you intend to get married within six months of entering the UK, you may want to consider applying for a fiancé(e) visa. Your partner must be a British citizen in...

 the UK, present and settled in the UK, or in the UK with refugee leave or with humanitarian protection. It is important to note that this category is different to the marriage visitor visa. The marriage...

Implications of Coronavirus for UK Spouse Visas
By Gillian McCall - Immigration Barrister

The Coronavirus and Covid-19 disease are causing a devastating effect across the world. The situation can be especially stressful for individuals who are separated from family members or for those who are worried...

 that their partner may be separated from them if an application to remain in the UK is refused. In this post we will look at some of the key issues that individuals applying to remain with spouses and...

Indefinite Leave to Remain as a Bereaved Partner
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

Daily reports of death during the Covid-19 pandemic has made many of us think about loved ones, how to protect them and the implications of life without them.  If your leave to enter or remain is dependent...

 on a relationship, what does happen if a partner passes away? The Immigration Rules in fact provide a route for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) as a bereaved partner.  In this post we look at the...

Public Funds Part 2: Claiming Child Benefit
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

In this second post, following on from Public Funds Part 1: Public Funds and Coronavirus we examine the one benefit that can potentially be claimed by migrants subject to the no recourse to public funds condition...

 – child benefit. Claiming Child Benefit – Entitlement When applying for further leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain, questions the forms almost inevitably ask are whether public funds...

What is a ‘relationship akin to marriage’?
By Gillian McCall - Immigration Barrister

Under the Immigration Rules, a person who is British or Settled in the UK can bring their unmarried partner to the UK. This is sometimes referred to as a ‘partner visa’ or ‘de facto visa’. This is an option...

 that more couples are currently considering, partly due to the ongoing restrictions around the world on wedding ceremonies due to covid-19.  In some cases, it will be a better option for a person to...
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