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Can My Non-British Parents Live In The UK?

March 30, 2023
In relation to bringing non-British parents to live in the UK, British citizens are at a disadvantage compared to EU citizens living in the UK today.
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Government Increases Checks on Companies Employing Migrant Workers

March 21, 2023
The Government grants Sponsorship licences to employers enabling them to recruit from overseas, if they are otherwise struggling to find staff. There has since been an increase in enforcement activity to ensure employers are not employing migrant workers illegally.
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Priority Service returns for family visas

March 3, 2023
On 20 February 2023, the UK Home Office reintroduced the Priority Service for people applying to enter the UK to live with family members. Find out more about the return of this service and reduced waiting times for visas.
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Long Residence: A route to settling permanently in the UK

February 8, 2023
The Long Residence route to ‘settlement’ in the UK is a way of using different types of permission to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain. Find out more about this application and discover Michael's story.
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When You Have The Right To Work, But Cannot Prove It

January 30, 2023
Most people with the right to work are already proving this right by accessing their online account and providing a ‘share code’ to their employer. All very simple until it fails to work of course. 
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Children and young adults: Shorter routes to Indefinite Leave to Remain

January 3, 2023
Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) is a permanent status in the UK and the gateway to British Citizenship. Find out the shorter routes to ILR by reading this first hand account.
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From abandoned child to settled adult

December 22, 2022
Discover how immigration legal services helped one young man to make his life in the UK.
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Longer delays at Home Office

December 16, 2022
Foreign nationals who apply to come and live permanently in the UK with their British partner, are now facing longer delays and having to wait six months to get a decision from the UK government.
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Good Character and British Citizenship

November 7, 2022
The most common reason for the refusal of British citizenship is a failure to meet the ‘good character’ requirement. Find out more.
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A rare moment of common sense from the Home Office: children and young people and the private life route

October 31, 2022
The private life route is for a person wishing to stay in the UK because they have spent a significant period living here. Find out more in this article.
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