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Applying for a UK Visa Outside Your Country of Residence
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All entry clearance applications are made from outside the United Kingdom at the time of application. But what are the rules about what an applicant’s immigration status must be in a country in order to apply...

from there for entry clearance to the UK? Clients regularly ask us this question, feeling dismayed about the cost or impracticality of travelling somewhere for the sole purpose of applying for entry...

More Changes to UK Immigration Rules Announced
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

In the space of two days last week the Home Office published two statements of changes to the Immigration Rules.  The first Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC 1496) was published on 17 July 2023,...

followed by a second Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC 1715) on 19 July 2023. In this post we highlight some of the key changes to the Immigration Rules that applicants should be aware of,...

Home Office Publishes Changes to UK Immigration Rules
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

In its latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC1160), presented to Parliament on 9 March 2023, the Home Office has announced various changes to a number of UK immigration routes, including...

the closure of one immigration route and the opening of another.  In this post we highlight some of the key changes to the Immigration Rules that applicants should be aware of, including: Introduction of the...

Home Office Announces Changes to UK Immigration Rules
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

In its latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC719), published on 18 October 2022, the Home Office has announced various changes to a number of UK immigration routes, as well as the introduction...

of two new immigration routes.  In this post we highlight some of the key changes to the Immigration Rules that applicants should be aware of, including: The introduction of a new immigration route for...

An Introduction to UK Visas and Immigration
By Richmond Chambers -

It is a widely-acknowledged contradiction that UK laws are detailed, complex and archaic, and yet UK visa applicants often seek (initially at least) to navigate the Immigration Rules without legal assistance. Readers...

may have already encountered the detailed requirements and evidential rules associated with visa or citizenship applications but may not know the legal principles which govern these. The purpose of this...

New Immigration Rules on Public Funds & Children
By Geraldine Peterson - Immigration Barrister

On 20 June 2022, a new paragraph (GEN.1.11A) to Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules will take effect, giving further clarity to the use of public funds by those responsible for the care of children, who otherwise,...

because of the nature of their leave to remain in the UK, would have ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF).  The old paragraph GEN.1.11A – a ‘lack of clarity’ in compliance with the duty to...

Changes to the General Grounds for Refusal
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

The Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (HC 813) published on 22 October 2020 signalled a major overhaul of the UK immigration system, with the introduction of the new Points-Based Immigration System in a...

document comprising 510 pages. However, there are additional revisions with wide-reaching effect: Part 9 of the Immigration Rules, containing the grounds for the refusal or cancellation of entry clearance,...

Sole Representative Visa: Skills, Experience and Knowledge
By Richmond Chambers -

As explained in my earlier posts, the amendments to the sole representative visa category revealed four anxieties that the Home Office had, regarding: Majority ownership and control of the parent company by the...

representative and/or their partner; The representative’s skills, experience and knowledge (or lack thereof);  The branch/subsidiary being established solely for the purpose of facilitating the entry and...

Changes to the Business, Investment & Talent Categories
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

On 9 September 2019, the Home Office presented its latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC 2631).  A number of minor amendments are being introduced to the business, investment and talent immigration...

categories.  The changes will take effect on 1 October 2019.  If an application for entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain has been made before 1 October 2019, such applications will be...

Changes to the Entrepreneur Visa Job Creation Requirement
By Stefania Patuto - Immigration Barrister

The Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa category is for individuals who have set up or invested in a business in the UK.  In order to extend their stay or settle in this category, an Entrepreneur needs to meet the Entrepreneur...

visa job creation requirement. The relevant rules for the Entrepreneur visa job creation requirement changed on 06 April 2019 and this article will look at what the current rules require.  As covered...

Law Society Response To Simplifying Immigration Rules Project
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

The Home Office sponsored the Law Commission to review the Immigration Rules.  The consultation was published on 21 January 2019, having started in 2017.  Last month the Law Society responded to the Law Commission...

Consultation: Simplification of the Immigration Rules, in a report dated April 2019, published on 13 May 2019. General Approach to the Immigration Rules In the 26 page response the Law Society agree the...

Plans to simplify ‘labyrinthine’ immigration rulebook
By Richmond Chambers -

Highly prescriptive, too long, and difficult to follow. Those are the conclusions drawn by the Law Commission on the UK’s 1,100 pages of immigration rules. The UK’s legislative overseer has suggested the rulebook...

which governs the entry of people to the UK needs to be overhauled because it has become too complicated. The commission which reviews and recommends changes to legislation has begun consulting on a...
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