Marriage Visitor Visa UK: Full 2025 Guide
The UK Marriage Visitor Visa is a short-term visa route designed for foreign nationals who want to legally marry or register a civil partnership in the UK without intending to stay. It is a route often misunderstood and misused, especially by those unaware of its strict limitations and consequences of non-compliance. Many employers are also […]
EU Family Permit UK Guide
The EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) Family Permit is a UK immigration route that allows certain non-UK family members of eligible EEA or Swiss citizens to travel to and enter the UK. It replaced the former EEA Family Permit following the UK’s departure from the EU and the end of the Brexit transition period. While the […]
Family Reunion Visa UK Guide
The UK Family Reunion Visa provides a vital route for families to reunite after being separated by conflict, persecution or serious harm. It allows eligible family members of a person granted refugee status or humanitarian protection in the UK to join them here, preserving the right to family life recognised under both UK and international […]
Ukraine Extension Scheme
The Ukraine Extension Scheme was a UK government immigration route created to support Ukrainian nationals and their family members already in the UK when the conflict in Ukraine escalated in 2022. The scheme is now closed and has been replaced by the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme (UPE) from 4 February 2025. What this article is […]
Private Life Visa UK Guide
The Private Life visa is a route under the UK Immigration Rules that allows certain individuals already living in the UK to remain here on the basis of their length of residence or other strong personal connections. This route exists to recognise the rights of individuals who have built a life in the UK but […]
Adult Dependent Relative Visa UK
The Adult Dependent Relative (ADR) visa is one of the most restrictive family migration routes under UK immigration law. It is designed for adult family members who, due to age, illness or disability, require long‑term personal care that can only be provided by their relative in the UK. This route is now governed by Appendix […]
Dependent Visa UK Guide
The UK Dependent Visa allows certain family members to accompany or join a primary visa holder in the UK. It is designed to maintain family unity, enabling partners and children of eligible visa holders to live, work, and in some cases study in the UK for the same duration as the main applicant’s visa. In […]
Child Visa UK Guide
Children can join or remain with their parent(s) or qualifying relatives in the UK under several immigration routes, depending on the immigration status of the parent or relative. While the term “Child Visa” is widely used, there is no single visa formally called this in the UK Immigration Rules. Instead, eligibility and requirements are set […]
Parent Visa UK Guide
The UK Parent Visa provides a route for eligible parents to join or remain with their child in the UK. It exists to ensure that the relationship between a parent and their child can be maintained where the child is a British or Irish citizen, or has settled or (in limited circumstances) pre-settled status under […]
Civil Partner Visa UK Guide
The UK Civil Partner Visa allows non-UK nationals who are in a legally recognised civil partnership with a British citizen or a person settled in the UK to join or remain with their partner in the UK. This route is governed by the Immigration Rules under Appendix FM, which set out strict eligibility criteria and […]