UKVCAS Super Priority Service FAQs
Following the suspension of certain fast-tracked visa processing services due to the humanitarian crisis caused by the invasion of Ukraine, the Home Office has now resumed Priority Visa (PV) and Super Priority Visa (SPV) services for certain visa routes, including work, visitor, family and student applications. Priority service update Priority processing is now open […]
UK Entry Clearance Guide
If you’re a foreign national looking to come to the UK, the following guide will help you to understand the rules and requirements relating to entry clearance, from what this actually means to the rules on transiting though the UK. What is entry clearance? Under UK Immigration Rules, you will need to apply for entry clearance […]
UKVCAS (What Applicants Need to Know!)
What is UKVCAS and what does it mean if you’re making a Home Office application? UKVCAS stands for ‘UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services’. It’s the system for processing immigration applications made from within the UK for further leave to remain, including all extension applications, and any switching between visas, as well as applications for […]
Remaining in the UK Following Relationship Breakdown
The breakdown of a relationship between a couple with international backgrounds can lead to complex immigration issues, especially when one partner relies on the other’s immigration status to remain in the UK. There is no automatic right to remain for spouse visa holders, unmarried partner visa holders or civil partnership visa holders. Civil partnership dissolution, divorce or […]
Curtailment Letter (Work Visa Cancelled?)
A curtailment letter is issued by the Home Office to an individual, to notify them that their permission to remain in the UK has been withdrawn. For visa holders, receiving a curtailment letter will be hugely concerning if you intend to remain in the UK. For employers, if a sponsored worker receives a curtailment letter, […]
UK Vignette Visa Guide
If you have been granted a UK visa for a period of more than six months, you would usually be issued a vignette visa. The vignette is not the actual visa; it allows you to travel to and enter the country, after which you must collect your Biometric Residence Permit as proof of your leave […]
Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules 2020
Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules 2020 – HC 813 In its Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules HC 813, the UK Government has set out the legal framework for the country’s new immigration system. The document, at 514 pages, is far-reaching in its reform of the routes and regulations which allow individuals to […]
Applying for a UK Visa from Hong Kong
If you’re a Hong Kong citizen and want to apply for a visa to visit the UK, the following guide looks at the different types of UK visa, when these are needed and the application process for obtaining a visa. UK visa Hong Kong for BNO citizens For a citizen who holds a British […]
Start Work Before Tier 2 Application Decided?
Can an individual start work before the Tier 2 visa is granted? While delayed UK visa processing is causing wide-spread disruption to employers, it may in some cases be possible for Tier 2 visa applicants to start working for their sponsor before their visa is decided. Guidance published on 9 April now allows for sponsored […]
Disclosing Spent Convictions
A private members bill has been put to Parliament in July 2019 which would reform the law on disclosing spent convictions and rehabilitation periods under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If the proposals go ahead, fewer convictions will have to be revealed to employers, educational institutions, insurers and housing providers and in theory there will […]