by Shwan Sharif | Oct 27, 2026 | News
Securing a standard UK visitor visa is notoriously difficult. Typically, an applicant must satisfy the Home Office that: They possess sufficient funds to maintain and accommodate themselves throughout their stay; and They are a genuine visitor who will leave the UK at...
by Shwan Sharif | Feb 21, 2025 | News
Changes to Appendix V: Visitor By : Tiffany Carpenter The government’s Statement of Changes HC 217 on September 2024 announced a variety of changes across the Immigration Rules. This article focuses specifically on the resulting changes made to Immigration Rules...
by Shwan Sharif | Apr 28, 2023 | Caselaw
An Overview of a Human Rights Appeal Case in the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber – IA/0042/2021 On 5th July 2022, the appellant appealed a decision of the Judge of the First-tier Tribunal Ghandi (“the judge”) who dismissed her appeal against the decision...
by Shwan Sharif | Mar 31, 2023 | News
New decision-waiting times have been published by Home Office In March 2023, the Home Office published new decision-waiting times. Type of visa A decision will usually be made within… Student visa (applying from outside the UK) 3 weeks (if applying from outside the...
by Shwan Sharif | Mar 10, 2023 | News
Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) The UK government is introducing a new scheme known as the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), which will allow those who do not currently require visas to travel to the UK, permission to travel to the UK: for up to six months...