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Self-Employment Income and the Partner Visa Financial Requirement
By Bernard Wood - Immigration 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...

Spouse & Partner Visa Financial Requirement: Company Director
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

When applying for entry clearance or leave to remain as a spouse, civil partner, unmarried partner, fiance or proposed civil partner, an applicant has to show how they meet the partner visa financial requirement...

 of Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules.  There are many ways in which the Appendix FM financial requirement can be met, one of which is through earnings from being a director or an employee of a specified...

Family & Partner Visa Financial Requirement: Cash Savings
By Bernard Wood - Immigration Barrister

The financial requirement for partner, parent and child visa applications is set out in Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules as a  gross annual income of at least £29,000. One way in which the financial requirement...

 can be met is through reliance on cash savings, under Category D. The level of cash savings required may vary if cash savings are to be combined with another permitted source of income or if it is an...

How to Apply for ILR as a Bereaved Partner
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

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 into the Immigration Rules. This new Appendix makes provisions for a dependent child of a...

Applying for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) as a Victim of Domestic Violence or Abuse
By Richmond Chambers -

The collaboration, campaigning and strategic litigation brought by a coalition of actors supporting victims of domestic violence, led to the landmark ruling of AM v SSHD [2022] EWHC 2591 (Admin), which found that...

 the previous Immigration Rules relating to victims of domestic violence were unlawful as they discriminated against victims outside of the UK. Following this High Court decision, as part of recent changes...

Navigating the New UK Unmarried Partner Visa Rules
By Richmond Chambers -

To enter the UK as a “partner” under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules (“FM” being short for “Family Member”), there are three possible ways to qualify as a “partner”. First, as a “spouse”....

 Second, as a “civil partner”. Third, as an “unmarried partner”.  The way that this third category – “unmarried partner” – is defined in the Rules has recently changed. Against the tide of...

Choosing the Right UK Partner Visa: Marriage Visit, Spouse, Unmarried Partner, or Fiancé?
By Eve Loveman - Legal Associate

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 differences between the marriage visit visa, fiancé, unmarried partner and spouse applications...

Adult Dependent Relative Visa: Proving Unavailability of Care
By Anna Bregstein - Immigration Barrister

In Adult Dependent Relative visa applications, an Applicant must demonstrate that the level of care they require for their specific conditions is unavailable or unaffordable in the country where they are...

 living (ADR 5.2). Whilst the evidence demonstrating a need for long-term personal care to perform everyday tasks might be more immediately obvious – namely medical expert reports – proving the...

Navigating the New £29,000 UK Partner & Family Visa Financial Requirement
By Rosanna Atkinson - Legal Associate

This post explores the recent immigration announcement to change the minimum income requirement for the partner/family visa routes from Spring 2024 and the alternatives available if you are not able to meet the...

 new financial requirement of £29,000. Why Is the UK Partner and Family Visa Financial Requirement Increasing? Over recent years, Ministers have argued that immigration has become too high. Thus, on 4...

Home Office Revises Minimum Income Requirement for Spouse, Partner and Family Visas to £29,000
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

As we reported in our earlier post, on Monday, 4 December, the Home Secretary unveiled a series of significant measures aimed at reducing legal migration numbers to the UK by around 300,000.  These measures included...

 an increase in the minimum income threshold for spouse and partner visas under Appendix FM from £18,600 to £38,700, set to come into effect in Spring 2024. Revised Minimum Income Thresholds for Family...

Legal Implications of Doubling the Family Visa Income Requirement
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Immigration Barrister

As many readers will be aware, part of the Home Secretary’s recently announced “five-point plan” on immigration included a significant increase to the minimum income threshold for family visas under Appendix...

 FM of the Immigration Rules. Whereas currently those eligible under Appendix FM (ordinarily the partners of British citizens or individuals settled in the UK) need to demonstrate that they meet a minimum...

Spouse, Partner and Fiance Visa Success Stories
By Richmond Chambers -

Our immigration barristers have assisted clients from all over the world to join and remain with their spouses, civil partners, unmarried partners, fiancé(e)s and other relatives in the UK. Spouse, Partner...

 and Fiance Visa Success Stories Some examples of our successful clients include: Our immigration barristers assisted an Australian national to join her British husband in the UK. Her husband was the director of...
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