The requirement to show that there is ‘adequate accommodation’ available for the applicant partner and any family members (including those not included in the...
For partners and children applying under Appendix FM where the sponsoring partner is receiving one or more specified benefits, there is no minimum income requirement for...
This Practice Note looks at the two sets of ‘Exceptional circumstances’ provisions found in para GEN.3.1‒3.3 of the Immigration Rules, which are two of the...
If an applicant partner is applying for leave to remain and cannot meet all the requirements of Appendix FM, Family life as a partner, consideration will be given to...
The suitability requirements in Appendix FM mirror, to a certain extent, the general grounds for refusal which are set out in the Immigration Rules, Part 9, paras 320...
This Practice Note sets out tables of eligibility, based on the Immigration Rules, for applications for indefinite leave to enter (ILE) or indefinite leave...
A child may be eligible to apply for indefinite leave to enter or remain under Part 8 or Appendix FM where: • both parents have settled status in the UK, or one parent...
This Practice Note sets out tables of eligibility requirements for applications for entry clearance under Appendix FM and Part 8 of the Immigration Rules as the child of...
This Practice Note outlines the procedural requirements for an application for entry clearance or leave to remain as the child of a parent applying for or already granted...
From 9 July 2012, the Immigration Rules relating to applications for settlement from various family members of settled persons (partners, parents, children of those with...
One of the key changes introduced by Appendix FM was the introduction of new financial requirements. For the majority of new applicants, the previous...
This Practice Note looks at the general principles as to whose and what income can be relied on in order to meet the minimum income threshold under the five-year route...
This Practice Note sets out a table of the specified evidence that is required in order for a person's employment income to be relied upon towards meeting the minimum...
Relying on employment income may be the most common way of meeting the minimum income threshold under the five-year route to settlement, but it is not necessarily the...
This Practice Note looks at the requirements for meeting the minimum income threshold under the five-year route to settlement when relying in whole or in part on income...
This Practice Note looks at the requirements for meeting the minimum income threshold under the five-year route for settlement when relying in whole or in part on income...
This Practice Note looks at the requirements for meeting the minimum income threshold under the five-year route for settlement under Appendix FM, when relying in whole or...
This Practice Note looks at several key practical issues in relation to the minimum income threshold under Appendix FM: how to establish what the minimum...
The spreadsheet below may be used for calculating remittances made to cover the living expenses of a child. It may be used in preparing an application for a child under...
The following two alternative requirements apply to a number of applications under the Immigration Rules that involve children: • sole responsibility, and • serious and...
This Practice Note outlines the legal framework underpinning the duty of UK immigration decision-makers, including the Home Office, tribunals and courts, to safeguard and...
This Practice Note discusses the policies followed by Home Office decision-makers in order to comply with the duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of...
Under section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009, the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) has a duty to safeguard and promote the...