UK Immigration Law

A mismatch between the earnings you told the Home Office and the earnings you told HMRC once refused settlement applications almost automatically — until…

Three UK routes require an endorsement from a named body before the visa application can be made: Global Talent, Innovator Founder and International Sportsperson.…

Settled status is the launchpad, not the destination: twelve months after receiving it — immediately, if married to a British citizen — EU nationals…

Is the Life in the UK test changing? A refresh has been promised but nothing has changed yet: the test remains 24 questions in…

Administrative review is a paper reconsideration by the Home Office, not an appeal to anyone independent. It costs £80, it currently takes twelve months…

Family visitor and tourist applications run on the same Standard Visitor visa — £135 for six months — but they are judged differently: a…

There is no formal sponsorship certificate for UK visitors — “sponsoring” a visit means putting your own status, finances and accommodation into someone else’s…

Most UK visitor applications succeed — the Home Office granted 2.2 million visitor visas in the year ending March 2026 — but refusal is…

Discretionary leave is granted outside the Immigration Rules, under Home Office policy rather than any rule you can point to. It is far narrower…

Every grant of limited leave can carry conditions, and breaching one is a route to curtailment, refusal of the next application and a re-entry…

Divorce changes immigration status for one group only: partners whose visa depends on the marriage. ILR survives divorce untouched, but a spouse visa holder…

Section 50(9A) of the British Nationality Act 1981 decides who counts as a child’s father — and for decades it refused to see the…