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Priority Visa Service Resumes For New Family Visa Applications

With effect from 20 February 2023, the Priority Visa Service has now resumed for new Marriage and Family Visa applications submitted from outside the UK. This change means that individuals applying for the following...

How to Appeal an Adult Dependent Relative Visa Refusal

The Adult Dependent Relative visa is a visa category  designed for British people, settled people or those with refugee leave,  humanitarian protection status, or limited leave under Appendix EU to bring family...

A Guide to Making a Windrush Scheme Application

The Windrush scheme was enacted against the backdrop of the Windrush scandal and therefore, to understand why the current scheme exists, who it aims to help and what issues it seeks to resolve, an...

A Guide to UK Visa Premium and Priority Services

UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) offers a ‘Priority Service’ and a ‘Super Priority Service’ for applicants who, for an additional fee, would like to receive a faster decision on their UK visa or settlement...

The Relevance of Chikwamba to Human Rights Appeals

In Alam & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 30, the Court of Appeal had to consider the relevance of the decision of the House of Lords in Chikwamba v Secretary of State for...

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...

Employer's Guide to Appendix A Sponsor Licence Documents

The Home Office has published a list of documents that can be provided in support of Sponsor Licence Applications under the Worker, Temporary Worker or Student routes here. If an organisation wishes to sponsor a...

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...

Previous Breaches of Immigration Law as a ‘Suitability’ Issue

‘Suitability’ refers to grounds upon which the Home Office may (i) refuse to grant or (ii) cancel permission to enter or stay in the UK. The rules on suitability can be very complicated and differ between...

Home Office Evidential Flexibility Policy Explained

Evidential flexibility is the name given to the set of provisions allowing decision-makers to take a more pragmatic approach to gaps in evidence. When evidential requirements are nearly met, decision-makers...

UK Government Announces Measures To Speed Up Immigration Decisions

As many UK visa applicants and those with appeals pending before the Immigration Tribunal continue to face delays in the immigration system, the UK Government has announced two measures that it hopes will speed...

What Is a ‘Fresh Claim’ Under the Immigration Rules?

Take the following scenario. A person makes an application for refugee status or humanitarian protection (a ‘protection claim’), or an immigration application based on their human rights (a ‘human rights claim’)....