UK Immigration Law

Extended family members are the group free movement treated least generously and Brexit treated worst of all. Their residence was never automatic: it had…

Partners and parents reach settlement on one of two clocks: the five-year route for those meeting every requirement — income, English, relationship evidence —…

Certification under section 94 is the provision that removes an appeal rather than decides one. If the Secretary of State certifies a protection or…

A non-EU family member of an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen needs entry clearance to come to the UK — there is no visa-free…

Some children are born British, some become British automatically when a parent settles — and many more can be registered: by entitlement when a…

Naturalisation has hard arithmetic: no more than 450 days outside the UK in the five qualifying years — 270 on the three-year spouse route…

The 180-day rule decides more ILR applications than any other single provision: no more than 180 days outside the UK in any rolling 12-month…

An invitation letter is the UK host’s half of a visitor application: never mandatory, frequently decisive. It needs no notary and no apostille —…

Ten years of continuous lawful residence in the UK — on almost any combination of visas — earns indefinite leave to remain under Appendix…

A non-EEA national whose marriage to an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen ends can keep their status in their own right rather than losing…

Article 8 gives everyone a right to respect for private and family life. It does not give anyone a right to live in the…

Insurmountable obstacles is the test at the heart of EX.1(b) Appendix FM: very significant difficulties in continuing family life with your partner outside the…