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UK Visa and Immigration Application Services to Resume
By Paul Richmond - Immigration Barrister

Somewhat paradoxically, as the UK gets ready to impose a 14-day quarantine period on most travellers arriving in the UK from 8 June 2020 (see our earlier posts here and here), the Home Office and its partners...

 have announced that they are starting to resume UK visa and immigration application services again. Applications for leave to remain, settlement and citizenship in the UK Some UK Visa and Citizenship...

UK Visa Fees for Entry Clearance Applications
By Paul Richmond - Immigration Barrister

Entry clearance is a procedure used by Entry Clearance Officers (ECOs) at British overseas missions to check, before a person arrives in the UK, if an applicant qualifies under the Immigration Rules for entry to...

 the UK.  In most cases a mandatory visa application fee is payable. UK Visa Application Fees UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) maintains a comprehensive list of the visa application fees that it charges for...

Impact of COVID-19 on the Immigration System
By Zarina Rahman - Immigration Barrister

As the COVID-19 pandemic develops it is having a wide impact on all aspects of our society, economy and how we live our lives. It has significant knock-on effects for the immigration system and policy makers will...

 need to show humanity when deciding what immigration control measures should be put in place, in the midst of a public health emergency.  There is not yet any overarching Home Office guidance or policy in...

UK visa processing times: FAQ
By Bernard Wood - Pupil Barrister

In this post we address some of the common questions relating to Home Office UK visa processing times and some of the factors to consider when timing an immigration application.  What are UK visa processing...

 times? UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) is responsible for processing immigration applications. UKVI publishes standard processing times for applications on its website in accordance with their customer...

A Guide to UK Visa and Citizenship Appointments
By Caspar Latham - Legal Associate

What is UKVCAS? UKVCAS stands for ‘UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services’. It is the system for processing immigration applications made from within the UK for leave to remain, including all extension...

 applications, and any switching between visas, as well as applications for both settlement and citizenship. What are “core service points”? There are three different types of UKVCAS centres, or...

Applying for further leave with no valid passport
By Geraldine Peterson - Immigration Barrister

There are a number of reasons why an applicant cannot provide a valid passport when making an application to the Home Office for further leave to remain in the UK.  Examples of this might be that an applicant...

 has come into the UK clandestinely without ever having had a passport or was trafficked, and was subsequently recognised as a refugee.  In such cases obtaining a passport from the authorities in the home...

Home Office Guidance on Coronavirus
By Zoe Bantleman - Immigration Barrister

The Home Office has published Guidance on the Coronavirus on 17 February 2020 for those unable to return to China from the UK, due to circumstances outside of their control.  If you are in the UK, and your immigration...

 status is affected by the coronavirus outbreak the guidance states that “most people” will receive an “automatic extension of their visa until 31 March 2020”. Coronavirus Guidance for Chinese...

Why does my BRP expire on 31/12/2024?
By Paul Richmond - Immigration Barrister

If you have been granted indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the past few years, you will probably have been issued with a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) with an expiry date of 31 December 2024. From 1 January...

 2020, applicants who are granted five years limited leave to remain have also started to receive BRP’s endorsed with an expiry date of 31 December 2024.  If this applies to you, you may be concerned that...

UK Visa Application Fees for 2019/2020
By Caspar Latham - Legal Associate

UK Visa Application fees can be both expensive and confusing for someone going through the applications process. The UK has one of the highest visa fee rates in the world and many applicants are at risk of losing...

 their money because of small mistakes in their application. The Home Office makes a sizeable profit on these fees. The charge for an application for indefinite leave to remain is £2389 with the cost of...

What is a Biometric Residence Permit?
By Wendy Barnes - Legal Associate

A Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) is an 86mm x 54mm polycarbonate card containing a chip to make it more secure against forgery and abuse.  A Biometric Residence Permit is proof of a right to reside, work...

 or study in the UK.  A Biometric Residence Permit can also be used as a form of identity, for example to open a UK bank account.  Information held on a Biometric Residence Permit A Biometric Residence...

Travel outside the UK while waiting for an immigration decision
By Paul Richmond - Immigration Barrister

Recent changes to the immigration application process through UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services (UKVCAS) enables applicants to keep their passport while they wait for a decision on their...

 immigration application.  In this post, we look at the impact of travel outside the UK while waiting for a decision on a pending immigration application. Travel outside the UK while waiting for an immigration decision...

Home Office Exercise of Discretion and Technical Errors
By Zoe Bantleman - Immigration Barrister

Is the Secretary of State under an obligation to consider whether to exercise his discretion outside of the Immigration Rules to grant leave to remain? Yes. Since R (Behary & Ullah) v SSHD [2016] EWCA Civ 702,...

 it has been good law that “There is an obligation to consider such a grant [outside of the Rules] when expressly asked to do so and, if but briefly, deal with any material relied upon by an applicant...
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