Exceptional circumstances applications are usually UK family visa applications under the partner and parent routes. When you fail to meet the financial or other requirements under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules, you may still be able to obtain leave to enter or leave to remain based on exceptional circumstances. However, exceptional circumstances do not exempt you from all rules.
Where an applicant makes an exceptional circumstances application under the GEN 3.2 of Appendix FM as a spo
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From the introduction of Appendix FM in July 2012, the requirement for suitability was also introduced. The Suitability requirement works hand in hand with the General Grounds for Refusal provided under part 9 of the immigration rules.
The suitability requirement applies at the stages of Entry Clearance application that are the applications made from outside the UK or application for leave to remain and Indefinite Leave to Remain, the applications made form inside the UK.
Appendix FM, wh
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Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) UK and British citizenship have some common features. For example, both give you the right to live, work, and study in the UK indefinitely without any immigration control, access to the NHS (National Health Service), and public funds. However, there are quite a few differences between the two as well. For example, where you cannot lose your British citizenship once you obtain it (unless you renounce it yourself), you can lose your ILR status if you remain outside
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An overseas domestic worker visa allows foreign workers to come to the UK with their overseas employer, who is coming to the UK as a visitor or diplomat posted to the UK. On this visa, overseas domestic workers can work in the private home of their employer or a diplomat in the UK. If your employer is coming to the UK as a visitor, you must travel with them, their wife, husband, or children. You can stay in their home for up to 6 months only. However, if your employer is a foreign diplomat, you
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Visa refusals can be a nightmare, especially if it matters a lot to you. Usually, visa refusal happens for valid reasons such as missing documents, incorrectly filled out application, inability to prove your eligibility, etc. You must ensure you have covered all aspects of your visa application, such as meeting eligibility requirements, submitting correct documents, paying the visa fee (unless you applied and received a fee waiver), proving your identity, and replying if the UKVI requires more
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If you are a non-UK national, the term “retained right of residence” refers to your ability to continue living in the UK after your relationship with an eligible EU, EEA, or Swiss family member has ended. Your relationship could have ended due to reasons such as your eligible family member has died, has left the UK, or your relationship with them has permanently broken down. To ensure your continued lawful living in the UK, it is essential to understand whether you qualify for retained right of
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A UK spouse visa application falls under the UK family immigration route. This means a non-UK resident partner can apply for a UK family visa as a spouse. The person in the UK you are a spouse of while applying for a UK spouse visa must be
• A British citizen or
• With settled status, for example, indefinite leave to remain or settled status under the EU settlement scheme, or
• With leave as a refugee or humanitarian protection status in the UK.
You can apply for a UK spouse visa
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Global Business Mobility Route UK consists of five different types of UK work visas. These visas are designed for employees of overseas companies to enter or remain temporarily in the UK to undertake specific types of work or assignments in the country. When the Global Business Mobility Route was introduced, it was reformed and expanded on previous UK work and business visas. This route aims to allow overseas organisations to pursue UK-based opportunities by enabling them to deploy certain types
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There has been a significant change in the minimum salary threshold for various UK work visas effective from 22 July 2025. The main route where a marked change in salary threshold has been applied is the UK Skilled Worker visa. Some are for employees of overseas businesses looking to come to the UK to establish their first branch or wholly owned subsidiary here. Some UK work visas include temporary or seasonal workers. Apart from these, there are some other UK work visas as well.
For some w
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The UK skilled worker visa is for foreign individuals looking to work in the UK and for UK-based organizations looking to employ overseas employees. Such companies need to obtain a sponsor license
and then assign a certificate of sponsorship to the sponsoring employees, which is mandatory for foreign workers looking to apply for a skilled worker visa. Some changes were proposed in a white paper released in May 2025. We are going to discuss those changes in this article.
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