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Requirements for Indefinite Leave as a Spouse
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

Spouses or partners of British or settled persons can apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK up to 28 days before they reach 60 months in the UK with leave as a partner so long as they have been granted...

 leave in the 5 year route.   ILR applications can be processed very quickly – the super priority service is available for a fee and offers 24 hour processing by the Home Office. Requirements in an ILR...

Exceptional Circumstances in Appendix FM Family Visa Applications
By Richmond Chambers -

Paragraph GEN.3.2. of Appendix FM represents an exception to the requirements of Appendix FM by potentially allowing an application for entry clearance or leave to remain to be granted where a refusal would constitute...

 a breach of an individual’s right to family and private life under Article 8 ECHR. The requirements of paragraph GEN.3.2. will be the topic of this blog post and will be explored in more detail...

High Court Considers Domestic Violence Victims Abandoned Abroad
By Thomas Hill - Immigration Barrister

In the recent case of R (AM) v SSHD [2022] EWHC 2591 (Admin), the High Court  addressed an underpublicized form of domestic abuse, known to campaigners as ‘transnational marriage abandonment’. The case involved...

 a Pakistani woman resident in the UK, who had been left stranded in Pakistan and separated from her two-year-old child after being abandoned on what was supposedly a family holiday by her abusive...

Exceptions to Appendix FM Partner & Parent Visa Requirements
By Rosanna Atkinson - Legal Associate

As we have set out elsewhere, the Partner routes (including the Spouse Visa, Civil Partner Visa, Unmarried Partner Visa, Fiance Visa and Proposed Civil Partner Visa) and Parent route of Appendix FM of the Immigration...

 Rules all contain strict eligibility requirements for a grant of leave to remain on a 5-year route to settlement.  However, the Immigration Rules also provide for certain exceptions to these strict...

How to get married in the UK
By Richmond Chambers -

In order to get married in the UK or enter into a civil partnership in the UK, the majority of individuals must give at least 28 full days notice at a local register office. ‘Giving notice’ at a Register Office...

 essentially means that a couple gives notice of their intention to marry to each other. To do so, you must have lived in the registration district for at least 7 days prior to giving notice. A list of...

What is a Genuine and Subsisting Relationship?
By Richmond Chambers -

If you are a spouse who wishes to join your partner in the UK, who is British or settled, the specified evidence for the relationship requirements set out in Appendix FM, including in relation to the genuine and...

 subsisting relationship requirement, can seem scarce when compared to the financial requirements rules. The latter set out mandatory evidence that must be provided in order to prove that you meet or exceed...

Meeting the Accommodation Requirement: UK Spouse or Fiance Visa
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

Whether you are applying for entry clearance or for further leave to remain as a partner under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules an applicant will need to meet an accommodation requirement. What Is the Accommodation...

 Requirement for a UK Spouse or Fiance Visa? An applicant needs to provide evidence that there will be adequate accommodation for them, without the need to rely on public funds and in accommodation...

Meeting the financial requirement under Appendix FM with children
By Stefania Patuto - Immigration Barrister

This post was written prior to the amendment to the Appendix FM financial requirement on 11 April 2024 which removed the separate child element to the minimum income requirement. To discuss a UK visa...

 application with a child, contact our immigration barristers on 0203 617 9173 or complete the contact form below. There are many different ways to meet the financial requirement under Appendix FM. This post will explore...

Evidencing a Domestic Violence ILR Application
By Richmond Chambers -

The recent decision of Mr Justice Knowles in R (On the Application Of) Suliman v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWHC 326 is a welcome reminder from the High Court that the demands of fairness...

 require that the Home Office consider all evidence in domestic violence applications, and come to proper conclusions on that evidence.  The Forms of Domestic Abuse Domestic violence can happen to and be...

Who is a ‘partner’ in Appendix FM?
By Richmond Chambers -

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 living together with the applicant for at least two years prior to the date of application.  Spouse A marriage in the UK must be evidenced by a valid...

UK Visa Requirements for South African Citizens
By Richmond Chambers -

Many South African citizens have some connection to the UK which may give rise to a basis on which they can apply for a visa to move to the UK.  For example, as a citizen of South Africa, you might have a British...

 parent, grandparent, or partner. In this post we look at the options you might have for relocating to the UK as a South African with a British parent, grandparent or partner, as well as alternative UK visa...

Overseas Marriages & Civil Partnerships in UK Visa 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, the applicant is required to satisfy the relationship requirements.  There are different...

 relationship requirements depending on whether the applicant is a spouse, civil partner, fiance or proposed civil partner or unmarried partner.  In this post we consider what is required for those...
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