Hello,

Can I travel with my existing ILR while my Naturalisation application is in process? I ask as I know it is not possible to travel to outside UK while you have a visa application in process with the Home Office. However what is the rule with naturalisation?

Many thanks.

All, Can you please refer to me a post where the list of documents necessary for Spouse visa is listed? I have gathered the below so far. Is it sufficient? 1- Payslips and corresponding bank statements for the past 6 months confirming my salary 2- Her IELTS Life Skills A1 Pass Certificate (taken 6 m...

All,
I would be highly grateful if you could comment on whether the above list of documents are sufficient, or whether in your opinion I would need additional documents?
Appreciate your support.

Hello, I am currently on ILR and am about to get married in April & would like to bring my wife to the UK to live with me. We have been in a long-distance relationship but have travelled with each 5 times in the past 2 years. We are looking at preparation of necessary documents. Can you please c...

Thank you CR001 for your assistance. Yes, we have been long-distance so far, I plan to marry her in summer and then apply for spouse visa. I will naturalize next autumn.

Hello, I have recently received ILR in the UK through Tier-2 General. I have 2 questions regarding the spouse visa. I appreciate your help. 1- I would like to bring my future partner to the UK to live with each other. I want to ask if she can do the IELTS test now, and use it in summer for her visa ...

Question B: what is your pay each month after income tax and other deductions? Is this figure which is shown on my payslips after all tax & pension deductions? I have just applied for ILR through SET(O) online form as well and I was not asked this question! All that the form asked me to fill in...

Thank you very much for your reply Zimba. Does that mean it should be fine to submit SET O online application and upload all other documents except LIUK result and scan the result to be uploaded by UKVCAS caseworker during my appointment? Also, is it okay to have a 2 weeks gap between online applic...

It is unclear what visa you hold exactly. What is your full immigration history and visas you have applied for? I have a spouse visa and im going to be 5 years now this coming December 28 2019. My wife just turn to a British citizen last year. Another question is i will apply my ILR is there a docu...

I think you can combine the time in Tier-1 General & Tier-2 General to meet the 5 years requirement. However, note that there has been many rejections for Tier-1 General recently if the home office sees a discrepancy between the income declared in Tier-1 General visa and the income declared to H...

Hello, I am about to apply for ILR via Tier-2 General route. My question is in regard to the payslip & bank statement. Payslip: I can download it as a PDF file from our internal portal. It has the logo of the employer. Do I need to get this printed & stamped by HR, and then scan or can I jus...

I also have the same question - has anyone been able to see priority appt. availability yet? The earliest I can apply for ILR is October 17th, and I was also planning on doing the Super priority service. Hi, Did you try today? Are you able to chose super priority. I did try again today, but extreme...

Hello, I am asking this question for a friend of mine who has just applied for a new Tier-2 visa for change of employment in the UK. He has had a couple of visa refusal cases for the UK and Germany in the past, prior to obtaining his current Tier-2 visa. He has declared these in his application form...

PhD student is still a student and subject to student visa conditions. It is not working. The PhD bursary is not subject to tax or national insurance. You have made the correct decision not to include it as part of the work history.

Note that point 7.33 of Government statement of changes to immigration rules, effective from 1 October 2019, now states that: "applicants are no longer required to provide original documents as proof of passing the ‘Life in the UK’ test but need instead only to provide the unique reference numb...

Additionally, PhD level occupations are now exempted (excluded) from the restricted COS cap.

The 180 days absences limit for Tier-2 ILR will also not apply to PhD-level workers as per table-1 of Appendix J provided that the absence has been directly related to their research activity.

The UK Government has today announced that the list of the "Shortage Occupation Lists" has massively expanded. Find more detail on the Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 2631 and government announcements below. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expansion-of-the-shortage-of-...

Just to update everyone: The salary for this SOC will be reduced from £40,0000 to £33,000 from 1 October 2019 based on statement of changes in immigration rules published today: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-2631-9-september-2019 https://...

Just to update you: The salary for this SOC will be reduced from £40,0000 to £33,000 from 1 October 2019 based on statement of changes in immigration rules published today: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-2631-9-september-2019 https://www.g...

As Zimba has correctly advised you, your UK-born baby will be directly entitled to British Citizenship once one of the parents receive ILR. You do not need to apply for any visa unless you and your baby want to travel abroad before you apply for your ILR. Only in order to travel to outside UK, you n...

As far as I remember it is the same door that it is shown in CR001's response. Rather than "Engineering Energy", it has a different sign now.

I have done my test there. Don't worry about the google maps, I thinks it's just too old as the entrance was looking a bit different. You will find it. Just go a bit earlier to be sure, they will the test sooner if you are already there. I had to wait in a queue!

Thank you for the prompt response. So this means if a certificate of sponsorship is issued for say 35 hours a week work, then the salary must be at least 35/39th of what is mentioned in Appendix J for that SOC. Correct?

Hello, I have a question regarding the salaries mentioned in the appendix J for SOC codes for Tier-2 visas. Is these salaries for a particular working hours per week? If so, what if someone works less or more hours? Do they still have to earn the same limit or does it change with working hours? Is t...

Hello, I am asking this question for a friend. His girlfriend had arrived in the UK on a marriage visitor visa, valid for 180 days out of which she is permitted to remain in UK for 90 days. Now, based on this visa she in the UK and have already marries her partner who is working here on a PBS Tier-2...