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Family Life as a Partner Based on Insurmountable Obstacles

Partner applications under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules contain strict eligibility requirements for a grant of leave to remain on the 5-year route to settlement. If a partner is unable to meet the strict...

UK Visa Requirements for Partners of Crown Servants on Overseas Postings

To apply to enter or remain in the UK under Appendix FM as the partner of a British citizen or settled person, there is a requirement that the Applicant and Sponsor must intend to live together permanently in...

High Court Considers Domestic Violence Victims Abandoned Abroad

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...

Settlement for Dependent Parents: Appendix EU v. Appendix FM

Both Appendix EU and Appendix FM provide routes to settlement in the UK for dependent parents. Whilst the focus of this post will be on dependent parents, it should be noted that Appendix EU contains provisions...

Exceptions to Appendix FM Partner & Parent Visa Requirements

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...

Parent of a Child Visa Application Guide

If you are a parent of a child that lives in the UK, but you live outside of the UK and wish to move to the UK, there is an immigration route available to you.  The Parent of a Child Visa route in...

A Guide to Adult Dependent Relative Visas

The Immigration Rules changed in July 2012 and restricted applications under the Adult Dependent Relative visa category. Applications for Adult Dependent Relative visas are only now granted in very limited circumstances....

Adult Dependent Relative Visa Refusal Withdrawn

Earlier this year Alex Papasotiriou and Alexandra Pease, working together with Thomas Hill, one of our dedicated Legal Associates, achieved a successful result on behalf of our clients.  Our clients were refused...

Indefinite Leave to Remain as a Bereaved Partner

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...

How to get married in the UK

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...

The UK Family Visa Accommodation Requirement

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...

Understanding Sole Responsibility in Immigration Law

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...