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Same-day Premium service for UK visas - the benefits

It is useful if you need to travel abroad and cannot be without your passport. But the main benefit in our opinion is, although more expensive, it allows the applicant to know result right on the day, including if there are any problems, rather than waiting for 3-4 months postal service and then possibly being told there is a problem or even that application has been refused. We at 1st 4Immigration are authorised by The UK Border Agency to submit clients' visa applications using this service in Croydon, south London. The slots (appointments) we use are separate from the ones offerred to the general public, our cases are submitted to a separate Team who deals with cases from representatives. We can submit the following visa applications every week but need to give the Home Office details of an individual client in advance. Same-day service is available for applications: - Indefinite Leave to Remain for those holding Tier 1 General, Tier 2 General, Work Permit, Spouse/P

Fast Same-day UK passport renewal for Easter!

No appointments required!  Multi Travel Visas  can submit applications on next working day after receiving your documents, to the Passport Office in London, with authorisation from you as per the government requirements. For an extra charge we can submit on the same if we receive your documents, see below. No need to wait for an appointment, which can be a few days or week away and no need to travel to a passport office. We offer practical help when you need a new passport very quickly. For example, if you are living/working abroad (you can courier documents to our London office) and we can submit them promptly for same-day service, this includes if your passport has run out of pages. Or you don't have time to travel to a Passport Office yourself we can apply on your behalf (you don't have to come to London). Plus we check the documents, help complete the form and advise on requirements. FEES: Official fees of Passport Office (we pass them on to the government): To re

Fast Schengen visa and appointments for Easter!

Multi Travel Visas Ltd has been accredited for years with various Embassies in London. FRENCH SCHENGEN VISA takes 4 working days from the date of the biometric appointment for most nationals (personal attendance required for the biometrics). We use separate appointments for agencies and can provide one much sooner. PORTUGUESE SCHENGEN VISA takes 1 week from a Tuesday. No biometrics, no personal attendance needed. FAST CHINESE VISAS: we can submit applications any day without appointments. processing time 3 or 4 working days. RUSSIAN VISAS and INVITATIONS: work, business and tourism on next-day service or 1-week service. SAUDI ARABIAN visas in 3-4 working days. INDIAN VISAS: Same-day business visas are available without appointments. 1 week service is also available as standard for both business and tourist visas. SAME-DAY UK PASSPORT RENEWAL: We can assist with renewing a UK passport using same-day or 1 week service at the Passport Office in London. We submit applications

I'd like to apply for an ILR but I'm short of just a few days/weeks/months before 'my' 5 years. What to do?

Very common situation! There are 2 things to consider: 1) You can apply within 28 days before 'your' 5 years, so that's almost a month already added. 2) Look at the date when your Entry Clearance (usually a yellow visa issued outside the UK) was issued. Then at the date when you entered the UK (usually an airport stamp) on the Entry Clearance. If that difference is no more than 3 months then you can start counting 'your' 5 years from the date when visa was issued ( NOT from the date of entry). If that difference is more than 3 months then you have to start counting 'your' 5 years from the date of entry. Remember, you still have 2 days as per point 1). However, if you are still short of days or weeks then you have t get an extension - to take you to 'your' 5 years, to make up the difference.  If you are on a Tier 1 General visa then you need another Tier 1 General extension.  If you are on a Tier 2 visa or a Work Permit then yo

Accredited Continuing Professional Development - for immigration advisers and solicitors

1st 4Immigration is an accredited CPD distance learning provider, o ur online training courses are accepted by the OISC and SRA, CPD provider ref number EJE/14IM. Course: What’s Next after Post-Study Work and Tier 4 Visas? 4.5 hours CPD credit. Download from our website, study in your own time on any computer, iPad or iPhone, complete the test and we will award your CPD hours and send you a certificate. Visit website now: http://www.1st4immigration.com/immigration-training-courses.php The course is offered by our company, 1 st 4Immigration Ltd, which is a practising immigration company, registered by The OISC at a highly respectable Level 2, based at the Royal Mint in Central London. We are also accredited by the UK Border Agency in Croydon and submit applications using Premium service for accredited representatives. We provide biometric appointments every week (ILR, Tier 1, Spouse/Partner etc) and we have permanent slots to submit Settlement (ILR) applicat

Driving Offences – new criminality rules from 13 December 2012

The new criminality rules for ILR and British Citizenship affected those with driving offences. When it comes to criminality, out of all convictions by far most common are driving offences. Drink-driving offences, driving without insurance, driving while disqualified and driving whilst using a mobile phone are not minor offences but they usually result in a non-custodial sentence, such as fine. Non-custodial sentence means there was no imprisonment but a punishment such as fine, points on licence etc. 1)     Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) – Permanent Residency: Before 13 Dec 2012: all convictions, including driving offences, had to become ‘spent’ before you could apply for an ILR. With most driving offences it was 5 years. From 13 Dec 2012: If you had such an offence then you can only apply for an ILR when 2 years have passed since the date of conviction (in many cases it means waiting less than 5 years under the old rules). This includes fines. It does not include spee

New Testimonial on EEA Family Permit application from Australia

"1st 4Immigration was a huge help to us and really made the application a lot easier". This came from Connal, an Australian national. He applied for an EEA Family Permit in Australia with our help from the UK with checking all the documents, forms and drafting letters. Our client applied on the basis of being married to an Italian citizen, they were both living in Melbourne. Our initial advice was that Connal did not need a visa to come to the UK. As a spouse of an EU citizen he would gain his rights automatically from the European law, without having to apply for a ‘visa stamp’. Australian nationals are known as non-visa nationals, ie they do not need a visitor visa to come in the UK, so this is sufficient for an airline to let one on a plane. Once in the UK, border control officers know the European immigration law and would allow a spouse of an EU citizen in (providing they are travelling together or EU spouse is already in the UK). However, in this case our c

It's time! 2013 is when Bulgarian/Romanian nationals can start applying for British Citizenship

This is for those who are looking to apply using European regulations. Those who had UK visas issued before 2007 under the Immigration Rules should read below. Citizenship rules are the same, in general, for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals as for other European nationals. However, 2013 is the first year they can apply because Bulgaria and Romania joined EU on 1 st January 2007. This is if they want to use their rights under European law.   So, one of the conditions is to have a status of a permanent resident, which Bulgarian/Romanian nationals can achieve after 5 years of exercising European Treaty rights in the UK, such as working, being self-employed, studying, being self-sufficient etc. Bulgarian/Romanian nationals do not have to apply for permanent residency (unless they want to, voluntarily). They ‘achieve’ this status automatically after 5 years of exercising Treaty rights in the UK. So, the first time Bulgarian/Romanian nationals could qualify for permanent residency  

New absences limit for ILR – as good as it sounds?

Yes and No.   Yes, because a new limit is more generous than the old one: new limit is 180 days outside the UK in EACH year. Old limit was 180 days in the wole 5 years. No, or rather ‘not always’ or ‘not for all’ or ‘not necessarily’. This new limit on absences came in force on 13 December 2012 and perhaps, like with all new rules, the UKBA will soon find they had not covered all situations. Business absences: OK if within the limit of 6 months in each year, some applicants need a letter from employer(s), though we advise all our clients to provide such letters. Holidays: OK if within the limit and it is clear that the main residency remained the UK, including between the jobs. The rules don’t say how to evidence that the main home remained in the UK (such as when travelling between 2 jobs, or having left one job and before starting/looking for another one), so we advise each client individually based on our vast experience of applications under the old rules when the

Another successful case for UK Spouse Visa from abroad, with exemption from the Financial Requirement (£18,600)

“Huge thank you for all your help and patience". This testimonial came from Tracey who we helped secure a visa for her husband, they applied in Nicaragua. In this case we claimed exemption from the Financial Requirement (£18,600) because the Sponsor, a British spouse, was in receipt of Disability Living Allowance. Receiving disability-related benefits makes a Sponsor exempt, she/he only needs to meet the old requirement of ‘adequate maintenance’. In this case Sponsor’s income, including DLA, was sufficient to meet the Maintenance rule, and accommodation was provided by Sponsor’s father. For an advice or to make your application as successful please contact us: info@1st4immigration.com or visit www.1st4immigration.com