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Client Success: ILR Achieved via the Global Talent Visa Arts & Culture Route

At Richmond Chambers, we take pride in guiding talented individuals through complex immigration processes. Recently, Immigration Barrister Taya Sayekaya successfully assisted our client in obtaining Indefinite...

Tier 1 Entrepreneur ILR: Genuine Entrepreneur Requirement

In This Article 1. Tier 1 Entrepreneur Settlement: Key Deadlines and Genuine Requirement Overview 2. Understanding the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Genuine Entrepreneur Requirement 3. Demonstrating Genuine Business Activity:...

Are You Suitable for Family Settlement (ILR) in the UK? (Part 1)

In This Article 1. Understanding Settlement Requirements 2. Suitability for Settlement on the 5-Year Family Route 3. ‘Must Refuse’ Cases 4. ‘Should Normally Refuse’ Cases 5. ‘May Refuse’ Cases 6....

Client Success: Unmarried Partner Visa Secured for Long-Distance Couple

At Richmond Chambers, we understand how challenging long-distance relationships can be, particularly when faced with the complexities of UK immigration rules. Recently, Stefania Patuto, Immigration Barrister...

Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR): Which UK Visas Lead to Settlement?

This post explains which visas are routes to settlement in the UK, the length of time you need to spend on each visa before you qualify for settlement, and whether you can combine this with time spent on other visas....

Supreme Court Weighs in on Long Residence, Validity and Section 3C

In R (on the application of Afzal) & R (on the application of Iyieke) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] UKSC 46 the Supreme Court considered matters arising from two applications for indefinite...

The Quickest Ways to Get ILR in the UK

In this first or two posts, we provide an overview of the quickest ways to obtain indefinite leave to remain (ILR) status in the UK. Other routes, such as the 5, 10, 20 year routes to settlement and how dependants...

New Immigration Rules for Refugee Settlement

Individuals who are in the UK on a protection route – i.e., those who have been granted refugee status or humanitarian protection, and their dependants – have their own specific route to settlement (also...

Settlement and naturalisation applications after 28 October 2013

Since 2005, applicants seeking to obtain British citizenship have had to satisfy the Knowledge of Language and Life requirement. This requirement was then extended in 2007 to those who were applying for settlement...