UK Visas and British Citizenship

We offer a 2-day weekend course at our office in the City of London. Multi Travel Visas Ltd and its sister company, 1st 4Immigration Ltd, are both accredited by The OISC, ref F201100418 and F200800152 respectively.  This course has a particular emphasis on Tier 2 General and Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa categories, applying for a Sponsor Licence and using Tier 2 Code of Practice as well as qualifying for an Indefinite Leave in these routes. It also covers (often forgotten in training) rules for family members of PBS migrants. You can earn 12 core CPD hours credit, subject to the successful completion of the test after the course. You can book PBS training courses here: http://www.mtv-training.co.uk/index-pbs.php As a practicing company, we are offering to share our experience to help you deal with the applications of Points-Based System migrants, their family members and ILR applications based on PBS categories. Our tutors are our very own OISC-accredited practicing immigration a

This is a very informative and practical 2-day weekend course at our office in the City of London (Monument). Multi Travel Visas Ltd and a sister company, 1st 4Immigration Ltd, are both accredited by The OISC, ref F201100418 and F200800152 respectively. After many years of experience – and hundreds of successful cases – we are offering to share our experience with you to help you prepare for your OISC Level 1 assessment and accreditation. You can read Testimonials on our immigration cases here. To book please visit our training website: http://www.mtv-training.co.uk/ TRAINING DATES (we have a class every month) - all available to be booked now. Weekend 21 - 22 March 2015  Weekend 28 - 29 March 2015 we have a course dedicated to the Points-Based System, just in time for the OISC exam on 23 April! Weekend 11 - 12 April 2015 (sold out) Weekend 16 - 17 May 2015, just in time for the OISC exam on 28 May! Weekend 23 - 24 May 2015 we have a course dedicated to the Points-Based S

This course is also accredited to award 16 hours of Continued Professional Development  (CPD) for the accredited advisers. Our CPD training courses are accepted by The OISC. This course includes  a mock Level 1 Assessment and real case studies from our practicing OISC-accredited immigration company.   You can download our OISC Level 1 training course to your computer and study in your own time - to prepare for your OISC accreditation and Level 1 Assessment. No need to travel to a classroom, no need to wait for the next date. You can start your immigration training right now! 1st 4Immigration Ltd is a practicing OISC-accredited immigration company, we have designed this   course to be of practical help for those who are preparing for OISC accreditation at Level 1 (Initial Advice) and for compulsory Level 1 Assessment.  It would also be of interest for practicing advisers and immigration lawyers as well as for community group advisers, council or Citizens Advice Bureau workers, volunte

"Both Christina and Lucy have been amazing with my stressful situation!  Very efficient, very responsive, going over and beyond to help me get my visa in time. It's amazing to have a team that knows how things work. I never thought that I would have any issue with my application, given that it's quite straight forward and all my documentations are all there.  But the delivery company managed to lose my visa card during delivery and I thought I would never get my new card in time for my trip back home (even though I've left 2 months buffer period).  But both Lucy and Christina have been wonderful in chasing and managed to talk to someone in the Home Office that was kind enough to shorten the process and got me the new card right away.  I will surely be using them again for my extension!" This came from Panan, a Thai national whose American husband holds an Indefinite Leave (thus making him “settled”). We used same-day service in Croydon, all went smoothly yet

We have made a ‘big news story’ about the forthcoming changes in the Rules from 6 April 2015. Yet this change, already in force from 2 March 2015, is also very important, albeit affecting no as many migrants (the Rules apply to all while appeals only apply to those who were refused a visa).    For applications submitted from 2 March 2015 there will be no right of appeal at all under the Points-Based System (PBS) categories (except for appeals on the limited grounds such as discrimination based on race, which won’t apply to 99.9% of the migrants). The full appeal right of appeal was already removed earlier for applications outside the UK, instead there was an option of an Administrative Review. Then in October 2014 a right of appeal was removed altogether for in-country Tier 4 Student applicants. Now on 2 March 2015 it has been removed for all other in-country applications under the Points-Based System, including Tier 1 Entrepreneur category (which needed appeals more than any ot

A business plan will be made compulsory for initial applications from 6 April 2015. Until now we have been advising to add a business plan anyway, as a part of a Genuine Entrepreneur test; it was beneficial but not compulsory. Over the past several years we’ve been dealing with the Entrepreneur visa applications for our clients. As a part of each application, we have to read client’s business plan, ask to make changes and generally, to include the information relevant to the Entrepreneur visa rules as well as based on the questions a client may be asked at a interview (from our experience of clients’ visa interviews). Our experienced allowed us to develop an approach to creating the business plans from a Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa point of view. Instead of using standard templates, we focus on what the visa officers want to see, ie on what a migrant will be required to do while holding this visa: investment of £50,000 or £200,000 and what your client is going to spend it on. For ex

As we work a great deal with this category, we felt it needed a separate post. Here is our summary of what is changing on 6 April 2015 for Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa applicants. 1)      A business plan will be compulsory for initial applications. Until now we have been advising to add a business plan anyway, as a part of a Genuine Entrepreneur test; it was beneficial but not compulsory. We offer this service “Business plan writing from an experienced Immigration Adviser”, you can read more here on our website: http://www.1st4immigration.com/business-plan-writing.php 2)      The Applicant will have to explain and evidence the source of funds , normally £200,000, if he/she has held the money for the less than 90 days. In this case evidence from third party funding will be needed even if the funds are held on the Applicant’s name. At the moment there is no minimum time the funds can be on the Applicant’s account except for the right of the visa officers to question the source any

Here is our summary of what is changing on 6 April 2015, we picked what we think are the most important changes: 1)      Tier 2: new salary thresholds, the main Tier 2 (General) £20,500 threshold is up to £20,800. 2)      Tier 1 (Entrepreneur): a business plan will be compulsory for initial applications , at the moment it is advisable but not compulsory. The Applicant will have to explain and evidence the source of funds (normally, £200,000) if the Applicant/Sponsor has not held the money for the full 90 days before the date of application. More on the Entrepreneur changes can be found in the forthcoming separate post later. 3)      Tier 1 (Investor): a new requirement to open a UK-regulated investment account before making an initial application. Also, there will be no requirement to top-up the invested funds if an investment is sold at a loss. 4)      English language requirement - all applicable categories: a new list of the approved English tests will be u

1st 4Immigration Ltd is an accredited CPD provider and can be found on the OISC list of CPD providers.  Current CPD courses: Online OISC LEVEL 1 course. CPD 16 core hours.   Classroom OISC LEVEL 1 course. CPD 16 core hours. Weekends 28 February - 1 March and 21 - 22 March 2015.      Classroom Points - Based System (PBS) training course: Tiers, Points, Dependants and qualifying for ILR. CPD 10 core hours. Weekend 28 - 29 March 2015. Self-Employment Income in Visa Applications (by a Self-employed immigration adviser). CPD 6 hours. British Citizenship - a Dream for Many! CPD 7 core hours.   British Citizenship for European/EEA nationals and their Family Members. CPD 5 core hours. Spouse/Partner Visas - Case Studies and FAQs. CPD 6 core hours. The courses are offered by our company, 1 st 4Immigration Ltd, which is a practicing immigration company, registered with The OISC and based in the City of London.  Classroom training is organised by our sister company, Multi Travel V