🇬🇧 Covid and UK visas: 5 most current questions
#1 What’s going on in the lockdown? #2 My visa expires soon but I need to do an English or Life in the UK test, is anything open? #3 My visa expires soon but I haven’t met the income requirement or was on furlough. #4 I had to stay abroad longer than planned, will this affect my next application or settlement? What if my visa expired while abroad? #5 Is the new ‘Brexit’ Points Based System operating? The answers: #1 What’s going on in the lockdown? The immigration work continues, the UK authorities consider applications and issue visas. This work is done remotely, without facing a Government official, although this has been the case for over 2 years now. What did change due to Covid were the processing times: many applications take longer (but not all, we had some cases approved within days), plus there is no Priority services. Visa application centres in the UK are classed as essential services and remain open in the lockdown. Visa centres outside the UK remain open in most coun