Home Office Visa and Nationality Fee Increase from 6th April 2017

For those people who have been following UK immigration, this should not come as a surprise but the government has just this week announced it will carry on with its annual tradition of increasing application fee – Well! this year they don’t intend to disappoint and the new fees which were announced, or rather published on their website, on Monday the 3rd April 2017 will kick in on 6th April 2017. Continue Reading →

A Glimmer of Hope on the Income Threshold Requirement – MM (Lebanon) v SSHD 2017

R (on the application of MM (Lebanon)) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] UKSC 10

The long winded battle to challenge the Home Office’s UK Immigration Rules with regards to income requirements for settlement visas, initiated in June 2012, has finally found its final destination – the Supreme Court – in February 2017. The long awaited judgment is somewhat disappointing but does give a glimmer of hope in certain circumstances. Continue Reading →

Using Cash Savings to Meet Income Threshold for UK Spouse Visa

I have been getting a lot of enquirers lately about relying on cash savings for spouse/child or family dependent visas.

Basic UK Spouse Visa Income Threshold:

Under the current Immigration Rules, in order to qualify for any family settlement visa (spouse, fiance, family dependent etc.) you must meet the financial requirements – by earning above what is referred to as the Income Threshold. Normally, you can do this in two ways: Continue Reading →

New Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016

If you have been keeping up to date with my previous posts about the government introducing a significant amount of changes to Immigration procedures and rules under national law, you will probably not be surprised to learn that recently the government has chosen to implement changes that affect EEA nationals and families under the New Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, which was laid in parliament on the 3rd of November 2016.

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