Personal Immigration
Business Immigration
About Us
LATEST NEWS:
Client Success: Adult Dependent Relative Appeal Allowed After Initial Refusal Annual Migration Plan: A New Strategy for UK Immigration? UK Visa Processing & Decision Waiting Times 2025 Innovator Founder Visa ILR: Top 8 FAQ's Answered A Second Chance for the UK Investor Visa? Lessons from the Past and a Vision for the Future Proposed Changes to ILR: What UK Businesses Need to Know UK to Tighten Immigration Rules: Highlights from the 2025 White Paper UK ETA Scams: How to Avoid Fake UK ETA Application Websites Client Success: Turning a Global Talent Endorsement Refusal into an Approval Windrush Compensation Scheme: 2025 Guide

Please filter our resources:

LOCATION: Home » Settlement and Citizenship » Page 5

KNOWLEDGE
CENTRE

Applying Begum Principles to Non-National Security Deprivation Appeals
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

In its OPEN Judgment in D5, D6 & D7 v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Deprivation/exclusion – Substantive) SC/176/2020, SC/177/2020 & SC/178/2020, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC),...

 confirmed that the principles laid out in (Begum) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission [2021] UKSC 7  regarding deprivation appeals apply, not only to national security cases, but generally...

Indefinite Leave to Remain ILR: A Complete Guide
By Olivia Waddell - Immigration Barrister

Not quite citizenship, and yet more than just a visa … the status of Indefinite Leave to Remain or ILR has its own specific characteristics. In this post, we take a look at some of the most frequently...

 asked questions from those who have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain status, including how to prove it, the rights that it gives you, and how it can be lost or maintained.  What is ILR? Indefinite Leave...

ILR After 5 Years Residence in the UK
By Stefania Patuto - Immigration Barrister

In This Article 1. Introduction 2. Indefinite Leave to Remain ILR After 5 Years 3. Indefinite Leave to Remain After Less Than 5 Years 4. ILR After 5 Years by Combining Different Immigration Categories 5. ILR...

 180 Day Rule 6. Calculating the 180 Day ILR Rule 7. Excessive Absences and the ILR 180 Day Rule 8. British Citizenship after ILR 9. Contact Our ILR Application Immigration Lawyers 10. Frequently Asked...

Updated UK Returning Resident Visa Rules 2023
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

In September 2022 we published ‘UK Returning Resident Visa – A Practical Guide’ in two parts: part 1 and part 2.  This post examines the recent changes to this category and updates the previous articles.  Prior...

 to 2023 the Immigration Rules for returning residents were amended in 2018. What Are the Rules for Returning Residents? If you held Indefinite Leave to Enter or Remain when you last left...

Update on British Citizenship for Children of EEA Nationals
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Immigration Barrister

In our previous article, we discussed the complexities arising from the case of R (on the application of Roehrig) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 31 (Admin) for children of EEA nationals...

 and their potential claims to British citizenship. This case raised the question of whether the Secretary of State had been correct to treat children born before  2 October 2000 to EU citizens residing in...

10 Years Long Residence ILR Application Guide
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

The 10 years long residence route to indefinite leave to remain (ILR) provides a route to settlement based on continuous lawful residence in the UK for a period of 10 years.  In this post, we look at the requirements...

 for a successful application for ILR on the basis of 10 years long residence. Requirements For 10 Years Long Residence ILR In order to make a successful application for indefinite leave to remain (ILR)...

More Guidance on British Citizenship Deprivation Appeals
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

In its judgment in Chimi (deprivation appeals; scope and evidence) Cameroon [2023] UKUT 00115 (IAC), published on 19 May 2023, the Upper Tribunal again provided guidance on deprivation of British citizenship appeals,...

 particularly their scope and the evidence that the Tribunal can consider. The headnote of the judgment reads: (1) A Tribunal determining an appeal against a decision taken by the respondent under s40(2)...

Applying for a Replacement Naturalisation or Registration Certificate
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

In this post, we explain how to apply for a replacement naturalisation or registration certificate when an original naturalisation or registration certificate is lost, damaged or stolen. What Is a Naturalisation...

 or Registration Certificate? Where there is no automatic claim to British citizenship, naturalisation and registration are the legal processes through which a child or an adult can become a British...

Regaining British Citizenship After Renouncing It
By Isabella Reynard - Immigration Barrister

This post focuses on how to regain your British citizenship after renouncing it. There are a number of reasons why you may decide to renounce your British citizenship, including if you wish to gain a nationality...

 or citizenship of a country that does not permit dual citizenship or multiple nationalities.   Following renunciation of your British citizenship, you will receive a declaration of renunciation. But, how...

ILR in the UK Based on Family Relationships
By Taya Sayekaya - Immigration Barrister

In this post, we provide an overview of the routes to indefinite leave to remain (ILR) or settlement not covered in the first of our  two blog posts: Quickest Ways to Get ILR in the UK and 5 Year Work and Business...

 Routes to Settlement in the UK. This post will consider the 5 year routes to settlement which are based on family relationships, other routes and the 10 year long residence route to settlement in the UK....

UK Visas for Hong Kong BN(O)s and Their Family Members (Webinar)
By Richmond Chambers -

In this webinar, first broadcast on 19 April 2023, Zarina Rahman and Stefania Patuto looked in detail at the Hong Kong BN(O) Visa route for BN(O) Status Holders and their family members. Webinar: UK Visas for Hong...

 Kong BN(O)s and Their Family Members Topics discussed included: Who is eligible to apply for a Hong Kong BN(O) visa? What are the requirements and criteria a Hong Kong BN(O) visa? How to apply for a Hong...

Naturalisation as a British Citizen When Married to a British Citizen
By Isabella Reynard - Immigration Barrister

If you are at least 18 years old and hold indefinite leave to remain or a right of permanent residence in the UK, you may be able to apply to naturalise as a British citizen. The requirements for naturalisation...

 as a British citizen will differ depending upon whether or not you are married to a British citizen. This post will only set out the requirements for those married to a British citizen at the time of...
More

DOWNLOAD OUR
BROCHURE

Expert advice & representation from immigration barristers that you can rely on.

Google+ - Five Stars

Read the 600+ five out of five star Google reviews of our immigration barristers.

More
AWARDS