Nobody wants a visa refusal. But for various reasons, a refusals outcome is handed to numerous applicants every year inside and outside the UK. The reasons can be that the applicant has not submitted all required documents, not submitting correct documents, submitting false documents, oversight of application form or documents by ECO etc. So, what are the options available to applicants when their visa application is refused? !--more-- Well, each applicant has three choices generally in such a s
...By visaandmigration.com - 4 months ago
A child born in the UK may be a UK citizen automatically or they may have to be registered as a British citizen depending on when they were born and what was the immigration status of their parent in the UK.
A child born in the UK on or after 1 January 1983 will be a British citizen automatically if one of their parents was either a British citizen or had ‘settled’ (i.e. indefinite leave to remain or EU set
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The UK Government has put in place requirements for UK employers/businesses to obtain a sponsorship licence if they intend to hire a foreign worker from outside or inside the UK. There is no need to have a company in operation for a certain length of time to apply for a sponsor licence.
A business intending to apply for a sponsor licence must meet the following requirements –
By visaandmigration.com - 4 months ago
The global business mobility visa allows foreign companies to establish their presence in the UK and/or transfer their staff to the UK. This is a special category for which UK-based companies first need to acquire a global business mobility sponsorship license, after which they can issue a certificate of sponsorship to foreign workers. This route was opened in April 2022. There are 5 sub categories under this visa route.
This has replaced the old intra-company
...By visaandmigration.com - 5 months ago
After Brexit in 2019 Appendix EU Family permit was incorporated. The appendix is a consolidated version of Immigration rules. The appendix EU applies to EU nationals and non- EEA nationals who wish to travel to the UK to join their EEA national family members in the UK after March 2019. Applicants apply for EUSS Family Permit to join their EU family member in the UK. You can come to the UK for only 6 months.
The family members of relevan
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The graduate visa route came into existence in July 2021. If you went to the UK on a student visa you may be progressed to a graduate visa for 2 years after you complete the study. UK graduate
visa holders who hold a PhD or another doctoral qualification will have permission to stay in the UK for three years.
Under this visa category international students can stay and work in the UK for 2 or 3 years without being sponsored by a UK-based employer provided they have completed a qualifying cou
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UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) are developing a system where physical documents such as biometric residence permits (BRP), biometric residence cards (BRC), passport visa vignette stickers, and ink stamps confirming indefinite leave to enter or remain, will be replaced with an online record of your immigration status. This is known as an eVisa which is an online record of an individual’s immigration status. The UK Home Office wants to transit from physical documents to digital documents by the en
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Under Appendix FM of the immigration rules, it is mandatory to meet the minimum income threshold requirement for a UK partner visa. Unless you are in receipt of public funds such as PIP, DLA, Carers Allowance, etc. For applicants applying for a UK partner visa after 11 April 2024 the minimum income threshold has been increased to £29,000 gross per annum from the early income requirement of £18,600 gross per annum.
Now the question is which income sources you can use for a UK partner visa. You c
By visaandmigration.com - 6 months ago
Indefinite leave to enter allows one to live in the UK permanently without any restrictions. A child who is born outside the UK but has both parents having permanently settled status in the UK can apply for ILE to join their parents in the UK. If only one parent has the sole responsibility for their child, then also, they can apply for ILE for the child.
If you are a British citizen and the child was born outside the UK before you became British then you can still apply for the child to receive
By visaandmigration.com - 6 months ago
Any business in the UK intending to hire a foreign worker needs to apply for a sponsorship licence. Once the sponsor licence is granted the company needs to issue a certificate of sponsorship to the migrant applicants allowing them to apply for a skilled worker visa. Sponsoring skilled workers has different types of costs associated with it.
There is a tiered system for sponsorship license application fees. A company small in size and type has to pay les
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