In order to protect the human right of ‘family life’, the UK permits the naturalisation of foreign nationals who enter a civil partnership or marry a British national. However, you are only eligible for naturalisation after spending 5 years in the UK and acquiring indefinite leave to remain, also known...
How to Check My Settled Status as an EU, EEA, or Swiss Citizen in the UK?
How to Check My Settled Status as an EU, EEA, or Swiss Citizen in the UK?Recently, following Brexit, the United Kingdom government has developed strategies to control the movement of the European Economic Area (EEA), European Union (EU), and Swiss citizens to and in the country. An immigrant from the EU,...
UK Naturalisation: Have You Made Any Previous UK Immigration Applications in the UK or Abroad?
Aspiring to live, work, and/or study in the UK notwithstanding you’re a non-British national? You can achieve that through UK Naturalisation. The British naturalisation process involves a series of steps, each of which you should be careful to provide all the required details factually. Otherwise, your application can be rejected. The...
Can You Be Deported If You Have a Child in the UK?
Can you be deported if you have a child in the UK? And My Child is British Can I Stay in UK? are among the common questions that our UK family and immigration lawyers get asked regularly. Read this article to find out if you can get a parent visa or leave...
British Citizenship – What Does it Mean to be British?
What Does it Mean to be British? The Question What Does it Mean To be British is a common one in UK immigration law for those who are seeking a path to British Citizenship. Do you live, or are you interested in living in the United Kingdom of Great Britain? Would you...
What is the Good Character Requirement?
What is the Good Character Requirement? The good character requirement transcends the length and breadth of UK immigration and nationality law and can make the difference between the grant or refusal of indefinite leave to remain, extension applications, switching status applications, permanent residence or British nationality applications. Fulfilling this requirement...
British Citizenship for Child born in UK
British Citizenship for Child born in UK This article discusses how one can acquire British Citizenship for child born in UK. This particular immigration can be very confusing, and there are many factors that will need to be taken into account for it to be possible. Luckily, as far as UK immigration...
Applying for a British Passport after Naturalization
Why is there a need to obtain a British passport once a certificate of naturalisation has been issued? Applying for a British passport after naturalisation is a fairly straight forward process which we outline in this article. Once a person has obtained a certificate of naturalisation or registration confirming their status as a British...
Fadi Farhat discusses Hong Kong & BNO status live on Bloomberg Radio
Our legal experts are often invited to share their views and expertise on UK immigration issues by various news networks.Earlier today (July 2nd, 2020 at 7.30 am), our Senior Legal Officer Fadi Farhat went live on Bloomberg Radio to discuss the recent tensions between Hong Kong and China, and the UK Governments proposal to...
UKVCAS Suspends All Appointments for 6 Weeks
The UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service (UKVCAS) has now suspended services due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic where it has announced that it plans to resume activities after six weeks. If you have an immigration application pending for leave to remain, indefinite leave to remain or British citizenship,...
