UK Visas and British Citizenship

This post is referring to the UK Government's announcement here:  https://www.dailymail. co.uk/news/article-8122789/ Coronavirus-Rishi-Sunak- announces-three-month- mortgage-payment-holiday.html We are not mortgage advisers and this is not a financial or legal advice. This is a post from me, Natalia Andrews, a property investor as well as an immigration lawyer, and I am doing this in response to our immigration clients, asking for some advice during the uncertain times of COVID-19. For details, or if you are in financial difficulty, you need to seek a professional financial advice.  Mortgage Holiday - you will still owe this money!  My bank, Halifax, confirmed that they were offering a mortgage holiday for 3 months, same as other banks did. They warned, however, that you would still owe this money. They aren't cancelling these payments but adding them to the loan, so you will be paying it later. Most likely, in small instalments, so you probably won’t fe

We are asked what the UK Government is doing to help small businesses and workers. As many of our customers are business owners or employed by such, here is a summary as it stands at the moment. Please remember it can change at anytime.  The main point is that the Government is taking measures, and we believe there is no need to worry whether the current extraordinary situation will affect your immigration status in terms of meeting the visa rules. These circumstances will be taken into account when your visa application is considered in the future.  If you run your own business:    A migrant-run business will be eligible for support. This is not ‘public funds' and won’t breach an endorsement on your visa (if applicable to your situation).  There will be exemption from business rates for 12 months and grants for those who don’t pay business rates. Broadly, it will be applicable to businesses in retail, hospitality and leisure. You can read more on th

We would like to reassure you that all our immigration work continues as normal. UK visa and Citizenship applications are prepared and processed electronically. Whether you are applying for a UK entry visa to come here, or applying inside the UK to remain or settle. All cases are now considered by the UK authorities “behind the close doors”, meaning the visa officers are not seen face-to-face. When decision has been made, we will be notified by email. When working with us at 1st 4Immigration, you can submit the documents to us online without leaving your home. This is already a standard practice for our customers residing outside the UK and increasingly common for those applying inside the UK. We use Dropbox, email and similar providers. If you prefer, you can of course post us paper documents and we will scan them. For a consultation appointment, we work via What’s App, Skype, email, phone. Our face-to-face appointments are also currently running as normal but we can change yours t

Dear customers of 1st 4Immigration, We would like to reassure you that all our immigration work continues as normal. UK visa and Citizenship applications are prepared and processed electronically. Whether you are applying for a UK entry visa to come here, or applying inside the UK to remain or settle. All cases are now considered by the UK authorities “behind the close doors”, meaning the visa officers are no longer seen face-to-face, as was the case with same-day service in the past. When decision has been made, we will be notified by email. When working with us at 1st 4Immigration, you can submit the documents to us online without leaving your home. This is already a standard practice for our customers residing outside the UK and increasingly common for those applying inside the UK. We use Dropbox, email and similar providers. If you prefer, you can of course post us paper documents and we will scan them. For a consultation appointment, we work via What’s App, Skype, email, ph

We are UK’s #1 Business visa one-stop shop: immigration lawyers and business plan writers under one roof! We help to obtain an endorsement and secure a UK business visa. We have a wide network of affiliated professionals to set you up in business: accountants, web-designers, bankers, employment lawyers and many others. We help with: - UK Start-up visa - UK Innovator visa - UK Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa – open for Graduate Entrepreneur visa holders until 5 July 2021 - Representative of Overseas Business visa - Funding from a bank, investor or venture capital fund or an accelerator programme from your endorsing body  Why choose 1st4Immigration?    - OISC-accredited immigration firm at the highest level 3 - 10+ years of immigration experience and 1000s successful cases - Specialist in business visas – we are Immigration Entrepreneur - We work directly with our clients (visa applicants) and we also write plans for the clients of other immigration l

Summary  UK Innovator visa replaced Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category in 2019. It is open to everyone with a suitable business idea, including European citizens coming to the UK after Brexit from 1 January 2021. You may be an experienced entrepreneur outside the UK or may be only planning your first ever business – you can also join a British company that is already trading and help to develop it with your investment and innovation. This visa is issued for 3 years, leads to settlement in the UK after minimum 3  years  (typically 5 years) and to British  Citizenship after 5-6 years.  Endorsement - approval of your business idea The first step is to secure endorsement of your business idea. Y ou can pitch your business plan to a business organisation that is on the UK  Government list of the designated endorsing bodies for an Innovator visa.  Most of them require participation in their own acceleration programme (such as  Tech Nation for digital technology businesses)  and s

We had  new 5-star  Google reviews of our Schengen visa services: Atitep Boonyasirikul: For parents with children studying in schools in England And want to make a Schengen visa for children from there Recommend to use the service here All the kids have to do is just go to the appointment with a passport to finger print. The rest here, he managed everything from pre-application to negotiate and clear documents with officials on the appointment date. The guardian is the contact and prepare the documents with him from Thailand. Which may look a little tricky in the beginning But prepare as much as possible (as is available) like in Thailand Send it to him via email Before sending the actual documents to the international parcel delivery service The document is also endorsed by the law office After receiving the visa, it can be picked up at him or by mail to the child. Considered a good choice, recommend Original in Thai: สำหรับผู้ปกครองที่มีบุตรหลานเรียนโรงเรียนในประเทศอังกฤษ

Summary This is a better version of the old visa category, Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur). A Start-up visa is open to everyone with a suitable business idea. It remains open to graduates from UK universities but also to those coming from abroad to establish a business in the UK. Until end of 2020 it is open to non-EU nationals, from 1 January 2021 it also covers European citizens under the post-Brexit rules. You may be an experienced entrepreneur outside the UK or may be only planning your first ever business – as long as this is your first business here in the UK and it will be a new business, i.e. you cannot join a British company  that is already trading.  This visa is issued for up to 2 years. It doesn’t lead to settlement in the UK but allows switching to several categories that do, such as a general work visa if you secure sponsorship from a UK employer (under the very generous post-Brexit rules), Innovator visa if you progress with a business or Spouse/Partner visa.