Specialist UK visa Immigration Lawyers in Tooting, London Are you looking for immigration lawyers in Tooting, London? As experienced immigration lawyers, we provide immigration services nationwide including Tooting, London. As part of our immigration advice services in Wimbledon, we can help you with your family visas, work visas, visitor visas, ILR applications, and British citizenship applications. You can click here to find out all our legal services for UK visas & applications. Deluxe Law Chambers solely specialises in UK visas & immigration and t ..read more

Why does my BRP card expire on 31 December 2024? If you have been granted permission to enter or remain in the UK or even ILR,  you may have noticed that your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) expiry date is 31 December 2024.  If your BRP Card expires on 31 December 2024, you don’t need to make an application for a BRP renewal. You may be thinking why the visa expiry date is different than the BRP card expiry date? Your BRP card will expire on 31 December 2024 because the Home Office is moving from physical BRP cards to digital immigration status. The Home Office has confirmed ..read more

ILR 10 year route Guidance 2024 This ILR 10 year route guidance 2024 will tell you how to apply for Indefinite leave to remain (ILR) based on long residence in the UK. 10 Years Long Residence ILR Application Guide Our team of immigration lawyers is here to ensure you submit an error-free indefinite leave to remain application under 10 year long residence. Requirements for ILR 10 Years Route You must meet all the requirements of Part 7, paragraph 276B to be granted indefinite leave to remain, including that you have completed at least 10 years continuous lawful residence in the UK. Definition o ..read more

The Home Office has backed down from its plan to raise the family visa earning criteria from £18,600 to £38,700 On 21 December 2023, it has been announced that the ministers have backed down from plans to raise the earnings threshold required for Britons to bring family members to live in the UK to £38,700. Instead, the government has stated that the threshold will be raised to £29,000 in the spring. The hike from £18,600 to £38,700 was announced by Home Secretary James Cleverly as part of a package of steps to reduce lawful migration. However, the idea drew criticism because it threatened to ..read more

New Salary Threshold Raises To £38,700 From £26,200 On 4 December 2023, the UK Government announced a new salary threshold raise to £38,700 from £26,200. The Home Secretary Cleverly made a statement about the UK Government’s plan to reduce net migration through the following five-point plan which is due to come into force in Spring 2024. Dependents on health care worker visa The government will tighten the Health and Care visa, which has seen a significant number of visas granted to care workers and their dependents, by preventing overseas care workers from bringing their dependents to the UK ..read more

Supplementary and secondary employment on a skilled worker visa Welcome to our immigration blog. This blog will explain supplementary and secondary employment in the skilled worker visa route. What is supplementary employment? In addition to the job specified on the certificate of sponsorship (CoS), a Skilled Worker’s conditions allow them to do extra work if it is: in either a job in the Appendix Shortage Occupation List or a job in the same occupation code as the job for which the CoS was assigned no more than 20 hours a week outside the working hours covered by the CoS If the Skilled Worke ..read more

Changing jobs on a skilled worker visa If you change your job on a skilled worker visa, you must re-apply for a skilled worker visa with a new certificate of sponsorship. This is generally known as a change of employment application under the skilled worker visa route. When does an applicant need to make a change of employment application under a skilled worker visa? A person must make a change of employment application if they: change employer remain with the same employer and change their core duties which means their new job is in a different occupation code than the one stated on their or ..read more

What is an adequate maintenance spouse visa? Paragraph 6 of the Immigration Rules sets out the definition of adequate and adequately that must be applied in all cases in relation to a maintenance and accommodation requirement. ‘Adequate’ and ‘adequately’ in relation to a maintenance and accommodation requirement shall mean that, after income tax, National Insurance contributions and housing costs have been deducted, there must be available to the family the level of income that would be available to them if the family was in receipt of Income Support. adequate maintenance requirement for spous ..read more

How to apply for a UK spouse visa? Detailed guidance This article will explain how to apply for a UK spouse visa successfully. Spouses and partners of British citizens or people settled in the UK can apply for a UK spouse visa to join or remain with their partners in the UK. These applications are dealt with by the Home Office under the immigration rules of Appendix FM. The immigration rules of Appendix FM are not very clear and straightforward to understand. Therefore, through this post, we aim to bring some clarity to the requirements, and cost of a UK spouse visa application. How to make a ..read more

Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) increasing from 16 january 2024 Immigration health surcharge will increase from 16 January 2024 to £1,035 per year for adults. On 16 January 2024 or later, the immigration health surcharge will increase from £470 per year to £776 per year for children, students, their dependants and youth mobility workers. The charge will increase from £624 per year to a whopping £1,035 per year for everyone else. The Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2023 According to the immigration health charge amendment order 2023, the immigration health surcharge known as NH ..read more