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UK Visit Visa Refusals: A Guide To Common Issues and Solutions

In This Article 1. Introduction: Understanding UK Visit Visas 2. Purpose of the Visit: Why Clarity Matters for Your Visit Visa 3. Evidential Burden: Proving Your Visit Visa Case 4. The Genuine Visitor Requirement...

New UK Visitor Visa Rules for Paid Engagements

In our previous post, New Rules for UK Visitors: Working on a Visit Visa, we examined four recent changes to the Visitor visa rules introduced by the (former) Government: (1) clarifications regarding remote working...

New Rules for UK Visitors: Working on a Visit Visa

In This Article  Introduction Greater Clarity on Remote Working as a Visitor Intra-Corporate Activities: Direct Client Work Research by Scientists, Researchers and Academics Permitted Activities for Legal Professionals Contact...

UK Visit Visa: How to Prove That You Are a ‘Genuine Visitor’

The UK visit visa route is one of the most frequently sought after categories of visa, with data recently released by the Home Office showing that there were a total of 1,914,778 visitor visas granted in the year...

How to Apply for a UK Electronic Travel Authorisation (UK ETA)

UPDATED POST: UK Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) Application Guide 2024 Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) is a new requirement for non-visa national passengers visiting or transiting through the UK.  You...

UK Visit Visa: What Activities Are Permitted?

In this post, we take a look at what activities visitors to the UK can (and cannot) do when they visit the UK for any of the following purposes:  Tourism, leisure and family;  Business;  Creative; and Sports;    Readers...

Visit Visas and 10 Years Long Residence ILR

The 10 years long residence route to indefinite leave to remain (ILR) provides a route to settlement based on continuous lawful residence in the UK for a period of 10 years. This post provides an update in the case...

UK Visitor Visa (Tourism or Leisure) - Top 10 FAQs

Most visitors to the UK will need to make an application for a UK visit visa from their country of residence, before travelling. In this post we answer some of the questions that are most frequently asked...

A Guide to the UK Tourism, Leisure & Family Visit Visa

The Tourism, Leisure and Family Visit Visa is for individuals who wish to come to the UK for a short-term stay for the purpose of visiting friends and/or family or for a short holiday. The Tourism, Leisure and...

Deception Refusals and UK Visit Visa Applications

In this post, we discuss accusations of deception in visitor visa applications. Paragraph V 3.1 of Appendix V: Visitor provides that when you apply for entry clearance as a visitor, you must not fall for refusal...

European and Swiss Citizen Visitors to the UK

It is important for all visitors to the UK to know which activities are permitted for visitors – and which are not.  Visitors, including EU and Swiss national visitors now that the UK has left the EU, may...

New rules for EU Nationals who wish to visit the UK

With the end of free movement on 31 December 2020, EU/EEA nationals entering the UK as visitors are now governed by the Visit Visa immigration rules applicable to all non-EEA citizens. In this post we look at the...