There are various categories under the UK Immigration Rules. If you want to remain in the UK you need to meet eligibility requirements for one of the many visa categories. However, there might be situations in which you fail to meet one or more requirement. In such a scenario it is not possible for the UK Home Office to allow you to remain in the UK.
Here come the exceptional and compassionate circumstances where the Home Office finds that not allowing you to remain in the UK would breach your
By visaandmigration.com - 2 months ago
Latest updates were announced by the Home Office on 14 March 2024 about changes in immigration rules including significant changes in salary requirements for UK skilled worker visas. The new rules have come into effect from 4 April 2024. UK skilled worker visa replaced.
Tier 2 worker visa and this allows overseas workers to come and work in the UK for a UK-based business or organization. A UK company with a sponsor license offers jobs to foreign workers for key roles in their company. For this,
By visaandmigration.com - 2 months ago
If you have been a victim of domestic abuse from your partner who is a British citizen or is a settled person in the UK, you can apply for ILR (indefinite leave to remain). You may be granted ILR because your relationship with your partner ended due to domestic violence. If granted ILR you can live in the UK as long as you wish without any time restriction. ILR or settled status also allows you to work and study in the UK and can also lead to British citizenship.
By visaandmigration.com - 3 months ago
UK domestic worker visa allows migrant workers to work in private households in the UK. If you have worked as a domestic worker in a private household outside the UK and your employer wants you to visit the UK and continue working as their domestic worker for a period of up to 6 months when they come to the UK, you can apply for UK domestic worker visa with your employer.
You can apply for a visa to visit the UK with your employer if you live outside the UK, working as a domestic worker in a
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If your spouse or civil partner is a British citizen you may be able to apply for British citizenship by marriage. You must have lived in the UK for at least 3 years as a spouse/civil partner of a UK national before you apply for British citizenship. This way of acquiring British citizenship is called ‘naturalization’.
You need to meet the following to be able to apply for British citizenship by marriage under section 6 (2) of the British Nationality Act:
You must be 18 or o
By visaandmigration.com - 3 months ago
Sponsor License revocation is bad news for any UK-based organization that has hired foreign workers and wishes to continue hiring foreign workers in the future also. If you get a notice from the Home Office that your sponsor license may be revoked, you need to understand what is going to be the consequences of it and the possible solutions there are for your company.
Once your sponsor license is revoked you cannot employ foreign worker
...By visaandmigration.com - 4 months ago
Illegal Migration Act 2023 became law on 20 July 2023 in the UK. However, only a few provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 have come into force as of now. The new law aims to ‘prevent and deter unlawful migration, particularly the migration by unsafe and illegal routes, by removing certain persons from the UK who enter or arrive in the UK by breaching immigration control’.
The new provisions have been introduced with the following objectives:
By visaandmigration.com - 5 months ago
UK Ancestry Visa allows the following nationals to live, work and study in the UK if one of their grandparents was born in the UK, Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man.
UK ancestry visa allows all the above citizens to live in the UK because of their ancestral connection to the UK.
Before you think of applying for a UK ancestry visa, you shoul
By visaandmigration.com - 5 months ago
Self-sponsorship route is for entrepreneurs/business owners to stay and work in the UK to establish and manage their own business. Self-sponsorship route requires a Skilled Worker visa combined with having a sponsor license for a UK-based business you own. Self-sponsorship is mainly a route for those who want to work in the UK for their own business. So, the route allows you to start, grow, or manage your own business in the UK.
If you meet all of th
...By visaandmigration.com - 5 months ago
If the UK Home Office refuses your British Citizenship application, you will receive a letter from them in which you will be informed exactly why your application was refused in detail. Your indefinite leave to remain (ILR) status does not get impacted even after your application for British citizenship is rejected. However, if your application is refused, you lose money, time, and above all your chance to become a British citizen which gives you crucial rights such as voting. You can read this
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