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Biometric Appointments: What You Need to Know
By Tabitha Everett - Legal Associate

A ‘biometric’ is a measurement of a biological characteristic that is unique to every individual. Biometrics can be used to identify people, and to allow for automatic recognition when verifying your immigration...

 status. Any application for leave in the UK is automatically an application for a biometric immigration document (BID), and therefore most visa applications require an appointment for you to enrol your...

UK Visa Processing Times and Home Office Delay
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

Home Office decision making is sometimes delayed and many have experienced delay during the Covid-19 Pandemic.  Delays in UK visa and immigration decision making may cause significant prejudice, for example, not...

 being able to commence a course of study, not being able to work or travel when there is a family emergency and may impact on an individual’s health and mental well being.  For a long time there have...

Overseas Criminal Record Certificates for UK Visas
By Paul Richmond - Immigration Barrister

If you are applying for a UK visa from overseas then as part of your immigration application you may be required to provide the Home Office with an overseas criminal record certificate.  Failing to provide...

 an overseas criminal record certificate, or a reasonable explanation for not doing so, may result in your visa application being refused. In this guide we ask: What is the immigration overseas criminal record...

A Guide to Immigration Subject Access Requests
By Lucy Katko - Pupil Barrister

Subject Access Requests (SARs) are an essential tool for individuals and their lawyers, especially when it comes to immigration and nationality law. This post looks at what they are, why they are important,...

 and how to make an Immigration Subject Access Request. What is a Subject Access Request? The legal basis for making a Subject Access Request in the UK is found in the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General...

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 Fees 2021 - Work & Business Immigration Routes
By Paul Richmond - Immigration Barrister

The UK offers a range of immigration routes for overseas nationals seeking to work or conduct business in the UK.  As part of any application for a UK work or business visa, applicants will need to pay a UK visa...

 fee to the UK Home Office.  Each immigration route has its own UK visa application fee and these are regularly reviewed, with the latest update (at the date of this article) having been published on 26...

Immigration Health Surcharge To Increase on 27 October 2020
By Bernard Wood - Immigration Barrister

The Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2020 (SI 2020 No. 1086) will come into force as law on 27 October 2020 after being signed by Kevin Foster, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for...

 Future Borders and Immigration) on 01 October 2020.  The Order implements a further increase in the Immigration Health Surcharge (“IHS”) fee and provides an IHS exemption for certain Tier 2 (General)...

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 - Immigration 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 Richmond Chambers -

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...
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