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Spouse or Fiance Entry Clearance | Extensions
EU Permits
Indefinite Leave to Remain - ILR | Settlement
Long Residency Rule Applications
Tribunal appeals
High Court Judicial Reviews
British Citizenship Applications
Family : Human Rights- Leave to remain applications
Victims of Domestic violence ILR
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Spouse Applications
Reuniting with your spouse to start a new life in the UK should be an exciting experience, not a stressful one. However, if your spouse is from a country subjected to UK immigration control then you need to go through the hurdle of a complex Spouse entry clearance visa. Spouse entry clearance visas should be made diligently as there are pitfalls which many applicant's fall into.
Call for a free telephone consultation to obtain right advice right from the initial stage of the application.
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Family Leave to Remain - Human Rights: Children, Parents & Partners
If you are a parent of a British citizen child, or a partner living with a British citizen or a child of a British citizen parent and if you have not regularised your stay in the UK, call us to book a free initial consultation to advise and assist you. We specialise in Human Rights applications especially Article 8 applications which provide rights to children, partners and other family members. We specialise in advising and representations on FLR(FP) application - 10 year route leading to settlement.
Marriage | Fiancé visas
If you wish your spouse to visit you in the UK and get married while he/she is visiting you, then the Marriage visitor or Fiance visa is the answer. Please call us before you make a decision on this type of visa. We would advise you right from the initial stages of the best course of action.
EU Permits - Pre-settlement and Settlement Status
If you are an EU citizen currently living in the UK then you must make an application for either Pre-settlement status or settlement status. If you have been exercising treaty rights and not yet completed 5 years residency in the UK then you have to make an application for pre-settlement status. This applies for EU family members and dependants too. However, if you have resided and exercised EU rights in the UK for the past year then you could apply for Settled status which had replaced previous permanent residency.
Indefinite Leave to Remain - ILR
There are numerous eligibility criteria for Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK. It could be through a Limited Leave 5-year route as a Spouse, workers rights having completed Tier 2, Human Rights 10-year route, 10 /20 year-long residency route, 5 years refugee status or 5-year Tier 1 route - this is a non-exhaustive list.
Call us for a free consultation to discuss your application.
Long Residency Rule applications
You can apply to settle in the UK if you’ve been in the UK legally for 10 continuous years or 20 years without legitimate immigration status.
The 10-year route - this is governed by Immigration rules which allows people who have legitimately and continuously lived in the UK for 10 years.
The 20-year route - people who have lived in the UK for more than 20 years without a legitimate immigration status. However, the Home Office decision will rest the decision strictly on a discretionary basis.
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Successful spouse visas
Spouse visas - 100% success rate
Secret for maintaining a high success rate for spouse visas is owed to my ‘4-stage process'
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Applications for Parents with British children
FLR(FP) applications are Human Rights based applications for parents with children who are British citizens living in the UK to regularise their immigration status to limited leave to remain leading to ILR. The parent either should have sole parental responsibility of the children or have contact with the children.
Applications for Parents with British children or British partners
FLR(FP) applications for partners of British citizens who are without a valid immigration status could apply to regularise their status if they had lived with each other for a minimum period of 2 years in a subsisting and genuine relationship.
British Citizenship applications Adult/Children
You do not become a British Citizen automatically unless your parents or one of the parents were British or had Settled status at the time of your birth.
However, you are able to apply to become a British Citizenship through the process of Naturalisation. You may be able to apply by Naturalisation depending on your situation.
for the above, you need to have one of the following -
- Indefinite Leave to Remain
- Settled status under the EU settlement Scheme
- Permanent Residency
You also need to also established that you have resided and lived in the UK for the past 5 consecutive years or 3 years if you arrived in the UK as a spouse of a British Citizen.
Victims of Domestic Violence (DV)- Indefinite Leave to Remain applications
If you are on a Spouse visa and have faced Domestic Abuse, you need specialised advice and assistance to regularise your immigration status in the UK.
Domestic Violence is the only exemption that the Home Office would consider to grant indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK if the marriage breakdown before the end of the 5-year Limited Leave in the UK.
We have specialised experience in dealing with DV applications.
Tribunal Appeals against Home Office refusal decisions
You might be able to appeal to the First-tier Tribunal if the Home Office has,
- Refused your human rights claim
- Refusals of Spouse visas, Family and Private life applications
- Refusal of EU applications
non-exhaustive list
Applicants also can escalate appeals to the Upper Tribunals and even Judicial Review at High Court.
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