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How to Complete Form Set O for UK ILR
The Set O form is to be used by individuals wishing to apply for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) who are in the UK one one of a number of specified immigration routes. ILR gives [...]
UK Tier 2 Visa Refusal Reasons
UK Tier 2 Visa Refusal Reasons: Can you Challenge the Home Office's Decision? A refused Tier 2 visa is a huge set back for both the individual applicant and their prospective employer. As a highly [...]
UK Shortage Occupation List
The UK's Shortage Occupation List can be the source of much confusion for employers, particularly when hiring under a sponsorship licence for the first time or recruiting for a different type of role. It's important [...]
How to Complete the Set M Form for ILR
The Set M form is for a partner, parent or child of a person who is already settled in the UK or a British citizen, who wishes to apply for UK indefinite leave to remain [...]
ILR after 5 years UK
ILR after 5 years UK With UK Indefinite Leave to Remain, you are permitted to stay in the UK without immigration restrictions. After 12 months with ILR, you can apply to naturalise as a British [...]
ILR requirements
If you have been in the UK for a qualifying period in an immigration category that leads to settlement, you may be eligible to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR). With ILR status, you [...]
Life in the UK Test for ILR & British Citizenship
Do you need to pass the Life in the UK test? If you're applying for UK Indefinite Leave to Remain The Life in the UK Test is mandatory for individuals applying for UK Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR). [...]
How to Apply for a UK Ancestry Visa
The UK Ancestry visa allows nationals of Commonwealth countries with a grandparent born in the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man to live and work in the UK for a five-year period. The [...]
Resident Labour Market Test: An Employer’s Guide
The Resident Labour Market Test is one of the more challenging requirements of hiring under the Points Based System. While your organisation may already have a tried and tested recruitment policy and process for advertising [...]
Guide to the UK Tier 1 Visa
Tier 1 visas for high value migrants The 5-tier points based system is the main UK immigration route for foreign migrants from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland to work, train or study [...]
Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa Guidance
Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa Guidance to Avoid a Refused Application The UK remains an attractive option for ambitious entrepreneurs looking to start or expand their business opportunities overseas. As one of the world’s major established trading nations, [...]
How to Obtain an Entrepreneur Visa for the UK
To set up business in the UK as a foreign national of a non-EEA country, you will need to apply for a Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa. With 48% of Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa applications refused in [...]
Permitted Paid Engagement Visa & Other UK Visas for Performers
International entertainers and artists are finding it increasingly difficult to secure visas to perform in the UK, but there are ways to improve prospects of making a successful application to the British Home Office. If [...]
Tier 1 – UK Visa for Investors and Entrepreneurs
Tier 1 is one of the immigration routes under the UK’s points-based visa system available to individuals from outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Tier 1 is aimed at ‘high value migrants’ such as investors [...]
Tier 1 Entrepreneur Policy Guidance
Tier 1 Entrepreneur Policy Guidance for Applicants The five-tier points based system introduced in 2008 is the main UK immigration route for foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland to work, [...]
Applying for your Tier 1 Entrepreneur Extension
As a Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa holder, if you wish to remain in the UK after your visa expiry to continue with your approved business enterprise, you will be required to make an application to [...]
Applying for a Permanent Residence Card
EEA nationals may be eligible to apply for a permanent resident card once they have been resident in the UK for a period of 5 continuous years. To apply for permanent residence, applicants must be [...]
Guide to the EEA Regulations 2016
The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, later updated in February 2017, are the prevailing legislation in respect of the immigration rights of EEA nationals coming to and remaining in the UK. The EEA Regulations [...]
Tier 1 Visa UK – Are You Eligible?
The Tier 1 visa route into the UK offers individuals of non-EEA nations to come to Britain for a number of different purposes considered of high value to the UK economy, for example, to set [...]
Tier 1 Investor Visa Guidance
The entry and evidential requirements when applying for a Tier 1 Investor visa can be complex to navigate. The following Tier 1 Investor visa guidance provides a general overview of applying for the investor visa [...]