UK Visas and British Citizenship

“1st 4Immigration has truly delivered a very professional and effective service throughout and certainly exceeded my expectations. The team has shown great knowledge and care to their clients. A huge thank you for all your help!” Sarah, national of the Philippines. Sarah has spent 10 years in the UK combined of Student visas, Tier 4 Student visas, then Post-Study Work and then Tier 2 General. After we had 10 years of legal residency in the UK we could submit a SET(LR) application which was approved after approx 6 months, which tends to be a common processing time for such applications. For an individual advice or to make an application please contact us:  info@1st4immigration.com  or visit   www.1st4immigration.com   If you are an Immigration Adviser or a Solicitor please visit our immigration Training and CPD website:   www.1st4immigration.com/training

“1st4immigration provided exemplary service from day 1, answering my myriad questions in a rapid and thorough manner via their initial consultation option.  I was so impressed with their response that I opted to hire them for assistance with my full visa application, and found the entire team to be incisive, supportive, patient, and of the utmost professionalism throughout the entire process.  I sincerely recommend their services to those seeking visa advice.” Kelly, an American citizen in a durable relationship with a French citizen. Kelly arrived in the UK from France about a year before making this application. She had a Tier 2 Intra-Company Transfer Entry Clearance issued in France where the couple resided together since 2010. Kelly applied for a Tier 2 visa, as opposed to an EEA Family Permit, on insistence of her employer. A year after arrival in the UK Kelly approached us about applying for an EEA Residence Card, so she could have a freedom of working in the UK for any

“1st 4Immgration has offered a great immigration service towards my application. I found their immigration service was very professional, responsive and quick throughout the whole application process. One of the thing that stood out for me was their attention of details assessing the each and every documents. It was thorough process yet it was very satisfying and delightful when the application was eventually approved . I would highly recommend them to many others.” This came from Mr K, a Malaysian national switching from a Post-Study Work visa, who had already set up his limited company and was working as a contractor (as an engineer) and provided £50,000 in funds. This case beat the records on processing times and was approved within approx 3 weeks! No interview and no request for additional documents.    For an individual advice or to make an application please contact us:   info@1st4immigration.com   or visit   www.1st4immigration.com   If you are an Immigration Advise

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 months with 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 Visas & Immigration (UKVI, former Border Agency) to submit clients' visa applications using this service in Croydon, south London. Same-day service is available for applications: - Indefinite Leave to Remain for those holding Tier 1 General, Tier 2 General, Work Permit, Ancestral visas - SET (O) form. - Indefinite Leave to Remain for those holding a Spouse/Partner visa - SET (M) form. - Tier 1 General extensions. - Tier 2 General and Intra-Company Transfer. - Tier 4 Student. - Switching to a Spouse/Partner visa. Including switching from Tier 2, P

Multi Travel Visas Ltd can assist with renewing a UK passport using same-day or 1 week service at the Passport Office in London, with the authorisation from you as per the government requirements. We can submit applications on next working day after receiving your documents, there is no need to wait for an appointment. Our service fee £152 plus official Passport Office fees. For a higher fee we may be able to submit on the same day if we receive your documents before 12pm (Midday) and they are in order.  We can also help if for some reason you are unable to apply yourself. If 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). 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 if you need to renew not only yours but also/or your child's passport urgently.

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.  We use separate appointments for agencies and can provide one much sooner than in the public system, at the moment appointments are available as soon as in the next few days. PORTUGUESE SCHENGEN VISA takes 1 week from the nearest available Wednesday. No biometrics, no personal attendance needed. GERMAN SCHENGEN VISA takes 5 working days from the date of appointment, usually in the next few days. No biometrics, no personal attendance needed. FAST CHINESE, RUSSIAN VISAS and INVITATIONS, SAUDI ARABIAN and INDIAN VISAS.   Contact us now: 0871 472 1468. Email info@multitravelvisas.co.uk , we reply on the same day! Web-site: www.multitravelvisas.co.uk   with the visa requirements and clients' feedbacks. Calls to 0871 number cost £0.10 per minute, emails are free. Our office is based in the 

"A massive thank you to Lucy and Natalia for their diligence and professionalism in handling our case. We sent 1st 4 Immigration our documents less than a month ago and just found out my wife's spouse visa was approved. We booked her flight and we will be together in a few days time. Their help was invaluable. We couldn't be happier!" This came from James, a British citizen whose wife was applying in Japan. James, who is self-employed as a sole trader in the UK, was able to meet the Financial Requirement of £18,600 once his tax return was submitted for the tax year 2012-13. HMRC Tax Calculation (SA302 form) was showing profit of self-employment of just over £19,000. With self-employed people the £18,600 threshold is based on profit from self-employment, not turnover, ie not what the business received from the customers. It is based on the profit, which is the difference between turnover and expenses, before taxes. Furthermore, it is based on the last full fi

The main Tier 2 minimum salary £20,300 goes up to £20,500. Worth reminding that the offered salary still has to be as on the Code of Practice, the £20,500 is just the minimum under Tier 2, so if the chosen SOC code requires more then the sponsored worker has to be offered more, or his/her hours have to be reduced (but not reduced too much for the annual salary to fall below £20,500). Salaries under Tier 2 Intra-Company Transfer (ITC) are also being updated, with the salary under Tier 2 ICT Long Term going up to £41,000. COS assigned before 6 April 2014 but when application is submitted on or after 6 April 2014: if you have been assigned a COS, then you can still submit a Tier 2 application based on that COS, in which case the old salary thresholds will apply (but Maintenance rules will apply as on the date of application). Maintenance rules change from 1 July 2014, such as the main ‘£900 held for 90 days’ rule changing to ‘£945 held for 90 days’ under Tier 2. Maintenance rule

New Rules come in force on 6 April 2014. There will be no more endless extensions in Tier 1 General category. Last extension will be on 5 April 2015 and last ILR application (permanent residency) on 5 April 2018. If you don’t qualify by 5 April 2018 you won’t be able to settle in the UK! The main problem tends to be absences from the UK, mainly because of working abroad. At the point of qualifying for an ILR the main Tier 1 General applicant must have maximum 180 days outside the UK in each of his/her 5 years which led to an ILR. If your visa expires in 2014 but you’d like to have extension for as long as possible then it may be worth to extend again in April 2015. You may lose some time on your current visa, and you’ll pay the money again for an extension, but it will give you the maximum time allowed on Tier 1 General and more flexibility to qualify for an ILR. Other reasons preventing from applying for an ILR are not passing a Life in the UK Test or having a criminal convi

These rules come in force from 6 April 2014 but will affect applications from July 2014, to give the applicants time to prepare. In many PBS categories instead of the current £900 held for 90 days more funds will be required - £945 held for 90 days. This is why there is time until July, to allow time for more savings to be held longer, so start saving now! Funds for dependants under PBS categories, if applying inside the UK, go up from £600 to £630. Tier 4 Students will need £1,020 per month in inner London and £820 per month elsewhere. Dependants £615 and £460 respectively. These are the main Maintenance thresholds, there are further changes in other categories, such as in the amount of funds for Entry Clearance. Salary thresholds are also getting updated from 6 April 2014. The main £20,300 amount goes up to £20,500. Worth reminding that the offered salary still has to be as on the Code of Practice, the £20,500 is just the minimum under Tier 2, so if the chosen SOC code