Blog: Personal Immigration

What changed from February 2025? Prior to 10 February 2025, the Good Character Guidance provided that an application for British citizenship would normally be refused where the applicant had entered…

Most fees are increasing between 6% – 7%. One application fee that will be reduced is the fee for British Citizenship applications for children that has decreased from £1241 to…

Youth Mobility Scheme Ballot opens for two days for Hong Kong SAR passport holders and Taiwan nationals On 10 February 2026 at 00:01am (Hong Kong/Taipei time) the first ballot of…

On 20 November 2025, the Government published their statement and consultation on proposed changes to settlement in the UK. The statement expands on the

On 14 October 2025 the UK Government published changes to the Immigration Rules including to the English language requirements that people in economic migration routes need…

What is an eVisa? An eVisa is an online record of immigration status and the conditions of permission to enter or stay in the UK. It replaces physical documents like…

Home Office fees rising again from 9 April 2025 The Home Office are increasing application fees for certain immigration applications from 9 April 2025. Why are the fees increasing? The Government…

On 31 January 2025, the Home Office changed the definition of an unmarried partner in Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules to a less rigid test. The idea was to…

Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) for travel to the UK: who needs to apply and when? From 5 March 2025, EU nationals who are planning to visit the UK who do not…

Biometric Residence Permits all expire on 31st December 2024. This does not mean that your permission to enter or stay in the UK will end on 31.12.2024 but that digital…