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Out-of-Country Applications Often individuals applying for UK visas that involve them relocating, such as through the Skilled Worker visa would like the option to go to the UK in advance of their work start date to organise their new lives. Understandably this is a reasonable request, especially with everything that needs to be prepared including […]

What is the Shortage Occupation List (SOL)? The SOL is a list of roles deemed to be in shortage in the UK and where immigration has been assessed as a suitable measure to help tackle those shortages. The current SOL comprises 37 UK-wide roles, one role for Scotland alone and 15 health and education roles […]

Additions have been made to the list of public funds that cannot be accessed by a person with the ‘no recourse to public funds’ restriction on their grant of leave or visa. The ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF) condition can be applied to a person’s permission to enter and permission to stay (also known […]

On Friday the 15th of September the Home Office announced new immigration fees to come into effect on the 4th of October 2023. This is the first major increase for most categories of visas since before the Pandemic. The fees for a Skilled Worker visa, certificate of sponsorship, settlement (indefinite leave to remain), and priority […]

Skilled workers Prison officers are being made eligible for this route and will be added to the list of Skilled Occupations. Seasonal Workers The seasonal worker route has been amended to clarify the minimum 32-hour pay-per-week requirement for those working in horticulture and seasonal poultry workers. Youth mobility scheme enhancements For Australia and Canada, the […]

To assess a Secure English Language Test (SELT), applicants must provide a reference number on their application form. This number is used to verify the SELT using an online portal. The applicant must score at least the minimum level required for the route in each relevant component of the test, which must be taken in […]

Please be advised that there will be a significant increase in visa fees commencing this October. According to our sources, it is anticipated that an official announcement regarding a 15% rise in prices for Visits and Skilled Worker visas will be made on 13th of September 2023. These changes are expected to take effect on […]

We are delighted to announce that our team has recently expanded with the addition of several new members. Specifically, over the summer months, we welcomed a summer intern, two legal assistants, and a new business administrator.

Who We Are UK Visas is a long-established and highly reputable immigration firm based in Horsham, West Sussex, with direct rail links to Croydon and London Bridge. We are a small, busy practice, with several hundred corporate clients of varying sizes and a large number of individual clients, many of whom we have worked with […]

The discovery that almost 100 care homes in the UK are unoccupied, sitting vacant, or repurposed, whilst 37,000 elderly people have a need for residential care is a shocking revelation recently made recently by the Liberal Democrats.