India Young Professionals ballot opens on 20th February 2024 Home Office has announced start of its 2024 ballot for India Young Professionals Scheme visa. The next ballot will open at 2:30pm India Standard Time on 20 February 2024. It will close at 2:30pm India Standard Time on 22 February 2024. To take part go to …
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Dates confirmed FOR new minimum salary spouse family & skilled workers and health and care dependants restriction Today, on 30th January 2024, the Home Secretary announced dates for the rollout of new transformative legal migration measures. The measures to curb net migration were already announced on 4 December 2023 in the plan to cut net …
Visa fee waiver UK visa applications are getting more expensive everyday. Spouse visa application is becoming prohibitively expensive. NHS surcharge makes it even more of a burden.People who are unable to afford visa fees may apply for visa fees waivers. The right to a fee waiver applies only to certain categories of applicants and visas. …
Home office visa fees increase announced According to the Home Office press release on 15 th September 2023: Increases to immigration and nationality fees to pay for vital services and allow more funding to be prioritised for public sector pay rises are set come into effect on 4 October. The changes mean that the cost …
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Health and care visa – call for evidence Health and care skilled worker visa has proven very popular with both UK employers and overseas workers. Lower visa fees with no NHS Surcharge and shortages of care staff in the UK have contributed to this. You may also want to read our other recent blog on …
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What next for care worker skilled visas UK – are care workers to stay on shortage occupation list? Our previous article on Health and Care visa was published in early January 2023. We also have more detailed information about the Health and Care visa and shortage occupation list on our website. However, as UK immigration …
UK Spouse visa refusal rate is high UK Spouse visa refusals are very common. Therefore, if you’ve had a refusal you are one of many applicants who are in similar situation. Spouse visa and other family visas are one of the most popular visa categories to immigrate to the UK. However, spouse/family visas are also …
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In their press release today, 7th August 2023, Home Office announces large increases in fines for employing or renting properties to illegal migrants. The higher fines will start to apply from the next year (2024). The move is designed to deter employers and landlords from helping illegal migrants. That, in turn, is aimed at deterring …
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How to relocate from South Africa to the UK – UK immigration visa routes for South Africans South African citizens who would like to immigrate and settle in the UK have a wide range of UK visa categories to choose from. The most popular UK immigration routes chosen by South Africans & leading to ILR and British Citizenship, are …
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New much stricter criminality good character criteria for British Citizenship Changes to criminality good character criteria for British Citizenship applications announced on 30th July 2023 will come in force on 31st July 2023. This is the most recent update to the UK immigration rules and policies out of many recent changes announced, including upcoming significant …