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Upper Tribunal provides guidance on spouse visa extensions

In the case of R (on the application of Bhudia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (para 284(iv) and (ix)) IJR [2016] UKUT 00025 (IAC) the Upper Tribunal made several helpful comments for those applying...

Partners of members of HM Forces: meeting the financial requirement through employment income

Partners of members of HM Forces who wish to travel to, and remain in, the UK will need to make an application in accordance with Appendix Armed Forces of the Immigration Rules. As part of the application,...

Retained Rights of Residence following separation and / or divorce from an EEA national

The non-EEA Spouse of an EEA national exercising Treaty rights in the UK is entitled to live in the UK with their spouse. The Court of Justice of the European Union established long ago in the Diatta decision...

Home Office Response To The Report On The Minimum Income Threshold - “Skype Families”

In July 2012, Immigration Rules came into effect that set a minimum threshold requirement of £18,600 per annum, for British citizens or those settled In the United Kingdom to sponsor a non EEA national. This...

Applying for a UK fiancé visa?

Have you recently got engaged to a British citizen? Are you looking to travel to the UK for your wedding and then live in the UK with your husband or wife permanently? If so, then you may wish to consider applying...

Supreme Court rules English language requirement for partners is lawful but guidance may breach Article 8

Applicants seeking to come to the UK to join their British, settled or refugee spouses are required to demonstrate their English language ability unless they are exempted. In R (on the applications of Ali and Bibi)...

Applying to join a parent who is settled in the UK

This article explains how your child or children who were born outside the UK can join you in the UK if you are a British citizen, or if you have obtained Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK. This category remains...

“Skype Families” – Recommendations of the Children’s Commissioner Report

In July 2012 Immigration Rules came into effect that set a minimum threshold requirement of £18,600 per annum, for British citizens or those settled In the United Kingdom to sponsor a non EEA national....

Immigration Rules Impact on Family Wellbeing

Recent research has revealed that up to 15,000 British children are separated from one of their parents because the Immigration Rules introduced in July 2012 do not allow both of their parents to live...

Marriages of convenience – consequences and remedies

It is the declared aim of the government to make the UK a hostile environment for migrants as, it claims, this will contribute to its aim of reducing the level of net migration.  They are rapidly making progress,...

Overstayers: what about my partner’s children?

Those who have overstayed and want to regularise their stay on the basis of their relationship with a partner in the UK have to show that there would be ‘insurmountable obstacles’ to their family life continuing...

7 Years Continuous Residence by a Child

The Home Office used to have a seven-year child policy called DP5/96 under which there was a presumption that a child who had lived in the UK for a continuous seven year period should not be removed from the UK...