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Client Success: Spouse Visa Extended With Minimal UK Residence
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Navigating the UK’s spouse visa requirements can often present unique challenges, especially for clients with complex personal or professional circumstances. Immigration Barrister Dr. Catherine Taroni recently...

 assisted a client in securing an extension of their spouse visa, despite having spent minimal time residing in the UK due to overseas work commitments. This case exemplifies the flexibility within the...

Partner Visa Extension & ILR Application Top Tips
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

In This Article 1. Planning Ahead for Partner Visa Applications 2. Key Dates and Timing for Partner Visa Renewals 3. Making a Valid Partner Visa Application 4. Providing Updated Evidence for Partner Visa Applications 5....

 Maintaining Evidence for Partner Visa Suitability Requirements 6. Continued Genuine and Subsisting Relationship & Future Intentions 7. Evidence of Cohabitation 8. Recording Absences from the UK...

Client Success: Spouse Visa Approval for a Smooth UK Move
By Richmond Chambers -

At Richmond Chambers, we are proud to help clients navigate complex immigration processes and achieve successful outcomes, no matter how challenging the circumstances may seem. Recently, Dr. Catherine Taroni,...

 Immigration Barrister at Richmond Chambers, assisted one of our clients to coordinate a Spouse Visa application with a move from the USA, This involved navigating challenges such as timelines for notice...

How to Get Married in the UK: Choosing the Right Visa for Marriage
By Gillian McCall - Barrister Partner

In This Article 1. Getting Married in the UK: Avoiding Visa Delays and Mistakes 2. Getting Married in the UK as a Visitor 3. Fiance Visa: The First Step to Marrying and Settling in the UK 4. Unmarried Partner...

 Visa: A Route to Settlement for Long-Term Relationships 5. Spouse Visa: A Cost-Effective Option for Couples Already Married 6. Partners of Points Based System Migrants and European Nationals 7. Related...

Appendix FM Financial Requirement: Less Than 6 Months’ Payslips?
By Richmond Chambers -

It is a common misconception that an application by a spouse, civil partner, unmarried partner or fiancé under Appendix FM, which relies on the UK-based Sponsor’s income from employment (or the...

 partner’s income from employment where he/she is in the United Kingdom with lawful leave to work and is applying for further leave to remain), can only be made if the Sponsor can produce wage slips covering a full 6...

Spouse & Partner Visa Financial Requirement: Sponsor Not Working
By Richmond Chambers -

If your Sponsor is not working, or no longer working, perhaps because he or she is retired, it may initially appear difficult to meet the financial requirement for a UK spouse visa or UK partner visa set out in...

 Appendix FM (this is the requirement to show an income of at least £29,000 per year).  In this post, we look at some of the ways in which it may still be possible to satisfy the spouse and partner visa...

Meeting the Financial Requirement for a UK Spouse Visa as a Returning Spouse - Part 2
By Olivia Waddell - Immigration Barrister

This post follows our previous post about meeting the financial requirement for a spouse visa for couples returning from overseas to live in the UK. In this follow-up post, we take a more detailed look at how the...

 requirement can be met through the Sponsor’s employment or self-employment. The rules are both forward-looking and backward-looking.  Meeting the Financial Requirement for a UK Spouse Visa as a Returning...

Spouse Visa Financial Requirement for Spouses Returning to the UK - Part 1
By Olivia Waddell - Immigration Barrister

For a British or settled individual who is relocating to the UK with their non-British or settled partner after spending time overseas, the financial requirement for a spouse visa can be trickier than for couples...

 where the sponsor is already in the UK. In this post, we take a look at the specific rules concerning the financial requirement for couples preparing to return to the UK together.  In a subsequent post we...

Combining Sources of Income to Meet the Partner & Family Visa Financial Requirement
By Richmond Chambers -

Under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules, family members applying for entry clearance or leave to remain must provide evidence of an annual income of at least £29,000, which is known as the minimum income requirement....

 There is no longer a separate child element to the minimum income requirement. We have published previous articles on the meaning of partner and how to meet the financial requirement when your...

Property Rental Income and the Partner Visa Financial Requirement
By Gillian McCall - Barrister Partner

Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules applies to family members of British or Irish citizens, persons who are settled in the UK, persons with pre-settled status, persons with a Turkish Businessperson or Turkish...

 Worker visa and persons with refugee status or humanitarian protection such as unmarried partners, fiance(e)’s, spouses or children coming to the UK. Most people in this category will need to meet a...

Self-Employment Income and the Partner Visa Financial Requirement
By Bernard Wood - Immigration Barrister

There are a number of ways in which the financial requirement of Appendix FM can be met when making an application for entry clearance or leave to remain as a partner.  This post will focus on how the financial...

 requirement may be met by relying on income from self-employment and outline some of the relevant factors to consider.  The Immigration Rules set out the general financial requirement of a gross annual...

Spouse & Partner Visa Financial Requirement: Company Director
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

When applying for entry clearance or leave to remain as a spouse, civil partner, unmarried partner, fiance or proposed civil partner, an applicant has to show how they meet the partner visa financial requirement...

 of Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules.  There are many ways in which the Appendix FM financial requirement can be met, one of which is through earnings from being a director or an employee of a specified...
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