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Does 180-day Absence Rule Apply to Spouse ILR applications?

Does 180-day Absence Rule Apply to Spouse ILR applications? For all inpatient and desperate ones, I would like to quickly answer this article’s question. The answer is ‘No’; the 180-day absence rule does not apply to the spouse ILR applications.

Svitlana Shlapak 18th June 202011th August 2021 Avoid Refusals, Spouse of a British Citizen Read more

Partners of British Citizens who Are Unable to Meet the Minimum Income Requirement because of Coronavirus

Partners of British Citizens who Are Unable to Meet the Minimum Income Requirement because of Coronavirus If you are a partner of a British citizen (whether married to them or not), you need to meet a number of immigration requirements

Svitlana Shlapak 12th June 20201st July 2021 Avoid Refusals, Spouse of a British Citizen Read more

Impact of Coronavirus on Your Visa

Impact of Coronavirus on Your Visa: The Home Office Will Extend Your Visa   If you’re in the UK and your leave (visa) expires between 24 January 2020 and 31 May 2020, the Home Office can extend it up to

Svitlana Shlapak 26th March 20207th August 2020 Avoid Refusals, EEA/EU, Relatives, Work in the UK Read more

Discretionary Leave to Remain in the UK for Victims of Modern Slavery (part 2 of 2)

Discretionary Leave to Remain in the UK for Victims of Modern Slavery (part 2 of 2) This article no longer contains the most up-to-date information regarding its topic. For the most current and comprehensive details, please refer to the latest

Svitlana Shlapak 20th February 202020th March 2024 Avoid Refusals, Latest Post, Protection Read more

How Many People Come to the UK Each Year?

How Many People Come to the UK Each Year? My great-grandfather was an accountant and used to say: ‘Numbers are fascinating and don’t lie’. When I found out how many people actually cross the UK border each year, first of

Svitlana Shlapak 13th February 20203rd August 2021 Avoid Refusals, Miscellaneous Read more

Discretionary Leave for Victims of Modern Slavery

Discretionary Leave for Victims of Modern Slavery: This article no longer contains the most up-to-date information regarding its topic. For the most current and comprehensive details, please refer to the latest articles on the subject: A Guide for Victims of

Svitlana Shlapak 6th February 202020th March 2024 Avoid Refusals, Latest Post, Protection Read more

What May Trigger the Refusal of Your British Spouse Visa Application?

What May Trigger the Refusal of Your British Spouse Visa Application? This is the third article regarding this subject. Submitting the correct documents together with your British spouse/partner visa application is one of the key ingredients to success. And one

Svitlana Shlapak 30th January 20203rd August 2021 Avoid Refusals, Spouse of a British Citizen Read more

What May Trigger the Refusal of Your British Spouse Visa Application?

What May Trigger the Refusal of Your British Spouse Visa Application? This is the second article from the trilogy of articles dedicated to identifying major problems which may occur with the documents, submitted in support of British spouse visa application.

Svitlana Shlapak 23rd January 20206th August 2021 Avoid Refusals, Spouse of a British Citizen Read more

What May Trigger the Refusal of Your British Spouse Visa Application? (1 of 3)

UK Spouse Visa Application Refusal  The Home Office decides all UK Visa applications on the ‘balance of probabilities’. In simple terms, it means that for the decision-maker to allow your application, he needs to believe that what you are telling

Svitlana Shlapak 16th January 20206th August 2021 Avoid Refusals, Spouse of a British Citizen Read more

Deprivation of Citizenship

Deprivation of Citizenship Deprivation of citizenship is a legal process of taking citizenship away. The key phrase here is: ‘conducive to publish good’. From 16 June 2006, the Home Office can make a decision to deprive a person of his

Svitlana Shlapak 9th January 20209th August 2021 Avoid Refusals, British Citizenship Read more

How to Claim Asylum in the UK

How to Claim Asylum in the UK What is Asylum? According to Oxford Dictionary definition asylum is ‘protection that a government gives to people who have left their own country, usually because they were in danger for political reasons’. If

Svitlana Shlapak 5th December 20191st July 2021 Avoid Refusals, Protection Read more

Overstaying Your Visa in the UK

Overstaying Your Visa in the UK According to the Cambridge Dictionary, ‘to overstay’ means to stay longer in a place than you are allowed or wanted. Any person with leave to enter or remain in the UK (‘visa’) has various

Svitlana Shlapak 28th November 20199th August 2021 Avoid Refusals, Latest Post Read more

Alternative Evidence of Identity and Nationality for Any Types of Visa Applications

Alternative Evidence of Identity and Nationality for Any Types of Visa Applications Irrespective of what type of visa application you intend to make, first of all, you’ll need to confirm your identity and nationality. The easiest way to do this

Svitlana Shlapak 17th October 20199th August 2021 Avoid Refusals, EEA/EU, Latest Post Read more

Do You Need a Visa to Enter the UK?

General Rules Despite its seeming complexity, the rules are very simple. You don’t need a visa to enter the UK if you are a British citizen. If you are an EU national, you may want to double-check the rules in

Svitlana Shlapak 10th October 201915th August 2022 Avoid Refusals, Latest Post, Study in the UK, Visit the UK, Work in the UK Read more

UK Fiancé Visa

UK Fiancé Visa (2019) This is the final of the trilogy of articles, which I wrote to explain the fiancé visa immigration route. If you read the previous two articles, you already know that there are 3 elements to a

Svitlana Shlapak 15th August 201920th December 2022 Avoid Refusals, British Citizenship, Latest Post, Spouse of a British Citizen Read more
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