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UK Private Medical Treatment Visit Visa Application Guide

The Private Medical Treatment Visa is for individuals who wish to receive private medical treatment, act as an organ donor or be assessed as a potential organ donor to an identified recipient in the UK.  In this...

Can I Visit the UK While My Partner Visa Is Being Processed?

The crisis in Ukraine has led to enormous delays in Home Office visa processing and decision waiting times. Applications from outside the UK to settle in the UK as the spouse, partner or family member of a British...

High Court Considers Cart JR Ouster Clause

Oceana, R (On the Application Of) v Upper Tribunal (Immigration And Asylum Chamber) (Rev1) [2023] EWHC 791 (Admin) is a High Court judgment on a preliminary issue as to jurisdiction in a claim for...

Adequate Maintenance Requirement - Appendix FM

In July 2012, the Immigration Rules were changed to implement new requirements for non-EEA nationals applying to enter or remain in the UK under the family migration route. Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules was...

Future of Digital Technology Global Talent Visa Confirmed

It was announced earlier this year, on 31 January 2023, that Tech Nation would cease operations on 31 March 2022 following the Government’s decision to award the Digital Growth Grant of £12.09m to...

Skilled Worker Salary Rate Transitional Arrangements

Changes to the Immigration Rules regarding salary can make extension and settlement applications nerve-wracking for Skilled Workers and sponsor licence holders.  For those originally granted as either Tier...

What is Asylum in the UK?

Asylum and asylum seekers have been near-constant features of the news cycle in the UK for several years now. With the recent introduction of the Nationality and Borders Act, the Rwanda policy and the government’s...

Remote & Hybrid Working for Skilled Workers

If you are currently sponsored as a Skilled Worker  you may wish to work from home or be considering if this is possible with your permission to be in the UK.  Alternatively, your employer who holds a sponsor...

High Court: Automatic Loss of Rights under the EUSS is Unlawful

The Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements (IMA) recently won its Judicial Review challenge against the government, in which it argued that the UK was unlawfully implementing...

What Is the New Illegal Migration Bill 2023?

On 08 March 2023, the government proposed the new Illegal Migration Bill in an attempt to stop people coming to the UK ‘unlawfully’ by ‘unsafe and illegal routes’ such as on small boats crossing the channel....

List of Innovator Founder Visa Endorsing Bodies Announced

The UK government has established the Innovator Founder visa route to attract start-up entrepreneurs and experienced businesspersons to the country.   To be eligible for an Innovator Founder visa, applicants do...

Upper Tribunal Considers Discretion to Defer Biometric Enrolment

In R (on the application of MRS and FS) v Entry Clearance Officer (Biometrics, Entry Clearance, Article 8) [2023] UKUT 00085 (IAC), in the context of judicial review proceedings, the Upper Tribunal...