Areas of Practise — Vistas | UK Online Immigration Services

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Student Visa 
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Graduate Visa
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Short Term Student Visa
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Skilled Worker Visa
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Spouse/ Unmarried Partner Visas
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Fiancé Visa
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Naturalisation
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Temporary Worker Visa
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Document Checking
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Indefinite Leave to Remain
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British Citizenship and Passports
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Standard Visitor Visa
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Sponsorship License
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Indefinite Leave to Remain
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Long residence ILR
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UK Ancestry Visa
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Pre-arrival and Post-arrival services such as Accommodation in the UK

Sponsorship License application, renewals and Certificates of Sponsorship

To hire foreign nationals/migrants, a U.K. business must hold a Sponsor License. The purpose of this license is to verify that the business is trading and has a genuine need to sponsor a worker. The documentation for this application will vary depending on circumstances. Once issued a Sponsor License is valid for 4 years and must be renewed. For a small organisation the Home Office currently charges £536, and £1,476 for a large organisation. It takes around 8 weeks for Home Office to process the application. Once a company recives their Sponsor License, they can issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for a foreign worker which allows them to apply for a Skilled Worker Visa.

Whether a person visiting the U.K. must apply for a visa depends on if they’re a visa national. If you are a visa national you must apply for visa before visiting the U.K. You can find the list of countries that require a visa here. The Standard Visitor Visa is valid for 6 months if the visa is approved. You can apply for this visa 3 months before your intended travel date. To be eligible for this visa you may need to prove several things, such as, you will leave at the end of your visit, you can support yourself during your visit, your ties to your home country.

Visitor/Tourist Visas

To apply for a Spouse Visa, an applicant must be married or in a civil partnership with a British Citizen, UK Settled person or UK Refugee.

To applied for the unmarried Partner visa, the applicant must be in a genuine relationship with a British Citizen or UK settled person.

Both of these visas are a path to Indefinite Leave to Remain.

Get in touch with our Immigration Consultants to to receive professional advice.

Spouse and Unmarried Partner Visa

Indefinite Leave to Remain and British Citizenship

Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) is a status that allows non UK Nationals Permanent Settlement in the UK.

The main difference between Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) and British Citizenship, whilst they both allow an unlimited stay in the U.K., British Citizenship introduces more benefits. This includes voting rights and a British Passport. In the majority of cases, an applicant must hold ILR status for a minimum of 1 year before they could apply to become a British citizen.

You can apply for ILR once you have lived in the UK for 5 years on qualifying visas.

You may also be able to combine previous visas to gain Long Residence ILR, after having lived in the UK for 10 years. This can be a complicated process, and its best to receive professional advice from an accredited Immigration Consultant.