UK Family Visas
As Immigration Laws are evolving, the requirements to bring family members to the UK will continue to change and the specified evidence to meet the strict policies are also changing.
In short, a UK partner visa enables your husband, wife, or civil partner to apply for leave to enter or leave to remain in the UK on the basis that they are married to a person who is present and settled in the UK. The term is being used both in Immigration Laws and European Laws. A person can hold ILR, Permanent Residency, Settled Status or British nationality to be termed as a person "present and settled" in the UK.
In summary, a person who is granted a UK partner visa is able to live in the UK for 30 months and a biometric residency card is issued. Prior to completing the 30 months visa, an extension is then applied and completion of the 5 years or 60 months allows a person to apply for indefinite leave to remain or settled status following the changes. This will allow a person to live here indefinitely and allow them to a route to become a British national. Depending on your circumstances at the time of applying for British Nationality, the applicable British Nationality Law will apply.
Those intending to marry in the UK, so the visa category "fiancé visa" is another useful read and further details can be found by clicking here. It is vital to understand the conditions of the visas attached, as this fiancé visa category does not permit employment in the UK unless a switch is made to the correct visa route.
Those not considering the marriage route should be able to consider the criteria of the un-married partner route, which considers that a couple living together 2 years continuously prior to the date of application are able to apply under the Partner route. The grant of leave to enter or remain is similar.
In reference to children, those who are under the ages of 18 years and the sponsoring parents are here in the UK, would be entitled to apply for the visa to join them or if the sponsoring parents are applying to settle, an application for a child could also be applied for in the UK.
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Our speciality lies in the field of Immigration, Nationality and EU Law, so it means we always are dealing with this side of the law. We are able to support you in making a correct decision, avoid delays on your case, save money and time, not forgetting the stress of any doubts with your application.
There are many routes available to come to the UK, extend or switch, some of them do not allow extension or even switching. Knowing what is right can be a difficult task and this is why we are here. Simple task of not using the prescribed forms can mean your application is invalid, which means if you have no valid stay, you would have to return back and there is no appeal rights.
Our initial consultations are a chargeable service. We initially discuss the requirements of the application to ensure you meet the requirements and have the documentation required at hand for the submission. It gives you an opportunity to meet us and ask questions.
Each case will be checked thoroughly, everything will be cross referenced so guidelines are met and we will also add our legal document which would outline the Immigration Rules and how the client has satisfied the rules. We use documents that are used by Home Office case workers, so we know exactly what they would look for in your case.
The most important fact is that law constantly changes, policy guidelines and requirements are always changing, so it is best that you always use specialised services to support you. We never compromise our services, our fees remain very competitive but our expertise is at the very highest standard.
We place our clients first, so when you sign the customer care letter and we go through your case file, and we believe that the case would not be successful, we will terminate the agreement and return your documents. We will also provide alternative solutions with no added costs. We also have a cancellation period should you feel you want to withdraw your file.
Please note that all cases cannot be guaranteed as circumstances depends and whether you met guidelines, however the Home Office caseworker can still refuse cases on the balance of probabilities and other factors. Our job would be to prepare your case in the best possible way.
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