The spouse visa rules are extremely complex – there are over 200 pages of Home Office guidance on how to meet the requirements. If you’ve already read our basic guide to the requirements but still have questions, you may be able to get advice from our lawyers. This will be particularly relevant for people who…
The 25th Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement (ATCR) starts in Geneva today.
Leaked excerpts from the draft landmark review, conducted by her Majesty’s Inspector of Prisons, Wendy Williams, have been seen by Channel 4 News and the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants. The draft report finds the Home Office not fit for purpose, citing dysfunction at all levels. The review lays bare a Home…
Download PDF For more information please contact: Chai Patel, Legal Policy Director, JCWI: chai.patel@jcwi.org.uk on 07540 425 377; or Zoe Gardner, Policy Advisor, 0207 553 7469 For press please call Sarah Marcus, 07739 39 62 80. “I am delighted that Wendy will be overseeing the lessons learned review, which is vital to ensuring this never happens…
Our stark warning to the Department of Health on the consequences of up-front charging for NHS care. Full response at the link here JCWI Warning to Department of Health and Social Care. Summary As with the recent furore about Windrush, these charging regulations will have a number of clear and foreseeable consequences. You have already been…
The Home Secretary Sajid Javid has asked the Migration Advisory Committee to review and advise on salary thresholds for the future immigration system.
You don’t have to meet the income requirement if you’re on certain benefits. These are: Disability Living Allowance Severe Disablement Allowance Industrial Injury Disablement Benefit Attendance Allowance Carer’s Allowance Personal Independence Payment Armed Forces Independence Payment or Guaranteed Income Payment under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme; Constant Attendance Allowance, Mobility Supplement or War Disablement Pension…
The sponsor will have to meet the Minimum Income Requirement of at least £18,600. This rises to £22,400 if you’re sponsoring your partner and a child who is a non-EEA national, and rises by £2,400 for each additional child. So if you’re sponsoring your non-EEA partner and their 3 non-EEA national children, you must prove an annual…
For 2019/20, the application fee for a spouse visa is £1523 if you’re applying from outside the UK, and £1033 if you’re applying from within the UK. On top of this, you’ll have to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge, which is £1200 from outside the UK and £1000 from within the UK. There are other…