Updates

From 26 March 2027 you will need B2 English to apply for settlement. Citizenship stays at B1. What that means if you are studying now.

The government has announced a new, easier route to British citizenship for Irish citizens who are resident in the UK. The changes will take effect from 22 July 2025. An Irish citizen will be able to…

A woman who posed as other people to take the Life in the UK test in their place has been jailed for four years and six months. Josephine Maurice pretended to be 13 different people as she took the…

A woman has been arrested, accused of taking Life in the UK tests on behalf of others. The 61-year-old is alleged to have dressed up in an array of disguises, using wigs to alter her appearance.…

The Justice and Home Affairs Committee of the House of Lords has published a letter to Home Office Minister urging the Government to immediately begin a review of the Life in the UK Test. The letter…

A research team from the University of Essex has conducted research into the Life in the UK Test. They had 270 people, most of them UK citizens, take a test based on the Life in the UK Test. The…

There is one year left before the EU Settlement Scheme application deadline of 30 June 2021. So far there have been over 3.6 million applications to the EU Settlement Scheme and more than 3.3 million…

The UK government has announced a new immigration route that will allow British Nationals Overseas (BNO) citizens in Hong Kong to come to the UK. This will grant them five years limited leave to…

The latest EU Settlement Scheme statistics show that over 900,000 people have applied to the scheme. Two-thirds of EU citizens who applied received settled status. For most this was because they had…

The Home Secretary has proposed a series of reforms to British citizenship. The reforms include proposals to reform the Life in the UK test to give greater prominence to the British values and…

NHS workers, university staff and students in the North West of England will be taking part in a pilot of the new application process for the EU Settlement Scheme. EU citizens working at 12 NHS…

Plans have been outlined to grant UK residents from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway similar rights post-Brexit as those from EU Member States. These developments have come as engagement between the…

22 December 2017 The Government has announced that, as part of the agreement reached with the EU, the rights enjoyed by British and Irish citizens under the Common Travel Area (CTA) will be protected…

19 December 2017 The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, has written to EU nationals resident in the UK to reassure them about their future in the UK after Brexit. This follows information provided recently…

11 December 2017 The Prime Minister, Theresa May, has further clarified the rights of EU citizens after Brexit. Her comments follow the conclusion of the latest round of negotiations with the…

The latest advice from the government, dated 7 November 2017, has set out more details of a new settled status scheme for EU citizens. The government says the new system will be streamlined, low-cost…

The UK government expanded the Registered Traveller service to 15 new countries on 5 October 2017. The Registered Traveller service allows approved members, who have undergone advanced security…

With effect from Autumn 2017, non-EU travellers will no longer be required to fill out a landing card on arrival to the UK. The proposed changes were announced in August and included a short…

The Home Office have announced that they will conduct an independent assessment of the role that EU citizens play in the UK economy and society. The report has been commissioned over a year after the…

The UK government has published a document laying out their proposal for the rights of EU citizens who are long-term residents of the UK after Brexit. The policy paper, The United Kingdom’s exit from…

With effect from 1st June 2017, all customer enquiries to the Visa Office will be handled by a private company called Sitel UK. This means that there will be changes in contact details and how…

Court challenges against the salary thresholds imposed on spouse/partner visas were brought to an end after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the government. This means that the thresholds will…

The Government have announced changes to the Immigration Rules which will take effect from 24 November 2016. The changes affect Tier 2, Tier 4 and spouse visas. This new set of changes is being…

The Government have released a statement confirming the situation for EU nationals living in the UK after the referendum vote. They have confirmed that there has been no immediate change to the…

The Migrants’ Rights Network are running a Q&A event on Friday 15 July for people concerned what happens next for EU nationals living in the UK. In the aftermath of the UK’s vote to leave the EU…

After a long and fraught period of campaigning, the UK has voted to leave the EU. No one knows how this decision will be applied in coming years, but it is clear that a review of the Immigration…

On 23 June 2016 the UK votes on whether it will remain part of the European Union, or if it will leave. This is a huge decision for the country, which will have long-lasting consequences for…

Following the announcement of proposed increases to visa, immigration and nationality application fees, UK Visas and Immigration have announced the confirmed changes. For the most part these…