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  • >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavi...tent=immediate

    Visa application centres reopening and other updates.

    "If your leave expires after 1 September 2020

    You can submit an application form from within the UK where you would usually need to apply for a visa from your home country.
    You’ll need to show your application is urgent, for example if you need to start a new job or course of study.

    You’ll need to pay the fees and meet all requirements of your visa as normal, except the need to submit the application in your home country.

    This is being kept under review."
  • 09 September 2020 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145023 (WhatsApp/Viber)

    >>>  Grace period - Home Office - COVID19

    From the Home Office:

    "People who had a visa that expired between 24th January and 31st July 2020 were exceptionally able to apply for an extension in country, if they were unable to leave the country because of covid-19 travel restrictions or self-isolation because of coronavirus.

    In addition, for people whose leave expired, including for those that had an in-country extension, between 24th January and 31st August there was a grace period from 1st and 31st August.

    We have now passed the 31 August date and, as travel restrictions are being lifted globally, there will be no extension to the terms of the grace period. Individuals affected will be expected to take all reasonable steps to leave the UK, or apply to regularise their stay in the UK.

    However, if people are wanting to leave the UK but are unable to (for example, because they cannot find a flight before their leave expires, or they have coronavirus) and they have leave that expires between 1st September and 31st October they can contact the Coronavirus Immigration Team (CIT) to request additional time to stay, also known as ‘exceptional assurance’.

    If a person is granted ‘exceptional assurance’, it will act as a short-term protection against any adverse action or consequences after an individual’s leave has expired. Exceptional assurance does not grant an individual leave.

    Further information on the end of the grace period and the process for applying for ‘exceptional assurance’ can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents
  • 19 October 2020 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145023 (WhatsApp/Viber)

    >>> COVID19 and the UK Immigration updates

    Spouses and minimum income (UPDATED 16 October)

    Another group of people under particular pressure during the crisis is families where one partner is on, or about to apply for, a spouse visa. Loss of earnings as a result of the coronavirus-induced economic crash may mean that the family fall foul of the financial requirements.

    Until 8 June there was no published concession for people in this situation. There is now a section of the guidance on Changes to the minimum income and adequate maintenance requirement. It says:

        "If you’ve experienced a loss of income due to coronavirus up to 1 January 2021, we will consider employment income for the period immediately before the loss of income, provided the minimum income requirement was met for at least 6 months immediately before the date the income was lost.

        If your salary has reduced because you’re furloughed, we will take account of your income as though you’re earning 100% of your salary.

        If you’re self-employed, a loss of annual income due to coronavirus between 1 March 2020 and 1 January 2021 will usually be disregarded, along with the impact on employment income from the same period for future applications."

    This concession initially applied only for loss of income up to 31 August, but was extended to 1 January 2021 on 16 October.

    There is a bit more information on page 69 of the Appendix FM 1.7: financial requirement guidance.

    Students (UPDATED 16 October)


    The Home Office released a separate guidance document about coronavirus and student visas on 20 April. It covers a number of temporary immigration concessions for those on student and short-term student visas which “will be withdrawn once the situation returns to normal”.

    The section of the document aimed at individual students covers:

        "Distance learning: now permitted. This is both for existing students and, since a 16 June update, for new students “provided they intend to transition to face-to-face learning as soon as circumstances allow”. Students who do not intend to travel to the UK and will do the course entirely from abroad “do not require sponsorship”.
        Extending an existing visa: students who need to complete a course delayed by coronavirus can apply in-country for an extension to complete the course. If looking to extend to start a new course, officials will exercise discretion to overlook the normal requirement that the new course should begin no more than 28 days after the student’s permission expires, so long as the new course starts before 31 December 2020.
        Police registration: students normally required to do this need to check if their particular police force is facilitating it. If not, they can register “once social distancing measures are lifted”.
        Working hours: students working for the NHS in various listed professions are exempt from the normal 20 hour a week cap.
        Time limits: “discretion may be applied” if someone applies for an extension that would take them over the normal maximum period allowed for undergraduate or below degree-level study.
        Graduate route: still “scheduled to be launched in summer 2021″. Students who begin their course through distance learning can still switch into it so long as they ” enter the UK before 6 April 2021 and complete the final semester of their studies in the UK”."

    For short-term students, in-country switching onto a full student visa was “allowed on an exceptional basis” until 1 October, provided the person arrived in the UK before 31 July. That has now been dropped from the latest version of the guidance, published on 5 October.

    Start-up and Innovator visas (NEW 16 October)

    The guidance for the Start-up route was updated on 12 October to include a coronavirus concession. It says:

        "Where an migrant [sic] holds leave in the Start-up route and their business has been detrimentally impacted by COVID-19, they are able to apply for a one-time grant of additional leave of 12 months, beyond the normal maximum 2 year period permitted in the Immigration Rules."

    There is also a newish coronavirus section in the guidance for Start-up and Innovator endorsing bodies. Among other things, it advises those handing out endorsements to have “frank discussions” with would-be applicants, who may wish to think about “whether they are likely to be able to start developing their business in the UK under the current situation”.
  • >>> COVID19 and the UK Immigration System

    Exceptional assurance

    Exceptional assurance was initially available only to those with a visa expiring up to 31 October, but has now been extended to 30 November as part of the second England-wide lockdown.

    People requesting exceptional indemnity/assurance need to fill in an online form to explain why they can’t leave by 30 November. If the form isn’t working, the Home Office advises emailing cihassuranceteam@homeoffice.gov.uk with the subject line “Request for an assurance” instead.

    The guidance also allows people to apply for further leave to remain in the UK even “where you would usually need to apply for a visa from your home country” — provided that the application is “urgent”.

    NHS Workers


    On 20 November came a further extension: the scheme will now cover visas expiring up until 31 March 2021. However, unlike the first phase in which extensions were “automatic”, those with visas expiring between 1 October 2020 and 31 March 2021 will have to apply to have them extended for free. At time of writing, the second phase of the scheme was not yet open but people will be able to claim back visa fees paid in the meantime. More information here.

    Family members of NHS workers who die from COVID-19 can get indefinite leave to remain for free. On 20 May, this was extended to cover “NHS support staff and social care workers” as well. This should be automatic, but those affected can contact UKVINHSTeam@homeoffice.gov.uk.
  • >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): EU Settlement Scheme - guidance for applicants: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavi...for-applicants

    Guidance for EUSS applicants in or outside the UK who have been affected by restrictions associated with coronavirus.

    >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 - guidance for applicants: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavi...for-applicants

    Guidance for applicants for documentation issued under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 who have been affected by restrictions associated with coronavirus.
  • 09 January 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145023 (WhatsApp/Viber)

    >>>  Coronavirus (COVID-19): Student sponsors, migrants and short-term students: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-student-sponsors-migrants-and-short-term-students?utm_source=6ad254ef-b53a-4c81-89c3-840607790c1f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=daily

    Guidance for Student sponsors, migrants and short-term students on temporary concessions in response to the outbreak of coronavirus.

    >>>  Coronavirus (COVID-19): Worker, Temporary Worker and Student sponsors: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-tier-2-4-and-5-sponsors

    This is advice for Worker, Temporary Worker and Student sponsors in the UK who are sponsoring those affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).

    >>>  Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents

    This is advice for visa customers and applicants in the UK, visa customers outside of the UK and British nationals overseas who need to apply for a passport affected by travel restrictions associated with coronavirus.

    Added continuation of service notice regarding new coronavirus restrictions.
  • 14 January 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145023 (WhatsApp/Viber)

    >>>  COVID19 and UK Immigration Update


    - UKVCAS retains designation as an essential service under the National Lockdown
    - Mandatory COVID-19 testing introduced to bolster border measures
    - Extension of Southern Africa travel ban and amendments to the Travel Corridors list
    - COVID-19 Visa Concession Scheme: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-covid-visa-concession-scheme-cvcs

    Covid Visa Concession Scheme

    On 11 January 2021, the Home Office published the Covid Visa Concession Scheme. The guidance applies to those who left the UK before 17 March 2020 when FCO travel guidance changed and who had, or are seeking to apply for, leave on an eligible route. Visitors are not eligible under this concession.

    To be eligible, a person must meet the following eligibility requirements:

        they left the UK before 17 March 2020
        their leave expired and they were unable to return to the UK before its expiry due to COVID-19 travel restrictions
        they intend to return to the UK once confirmation they are eligible is given by UKVI, not less than 21 calendar days’ notice of their date of travel, unless either:

    - they cannot travel because travel restrictions remain in place

    - they choose not to travel due to a COVID-19 risk to themselves or their family, for example, showing symptoms, a requirement to self-isolate or being high-risk and unable to travel

    Provided the eligibility criteria are met, authority for the passenger to travel without a visa will be processed by Border Force to allow travel under the concession scheme. After the Border Force Officer is satisfied the criteria are met (following the completion of identity and security checks) people will be granted leave outside of the Immigration Rules for 3 months with the same conditions as their previous grant of leave. People will not be able to leave and re-enter the UK under the same concession.

    UKVI will communicate with all those who have contacted the CIH regarding their leave expiring while they were outside the UK and outline the next steps for returning to the UK to make their leave to remain application.

    It should also be noted that there is an exceptional circumstances section of the guidance. It gives examples of exceptional circumstances that may justify consideration under the scheme even if the eligibility criteria are not met (see page 8).
  • >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavi..._content=daily

    Updated exceptional assurance visa expiry dates to 1 January 2021 and 28 February 2021.

    Updated content under ‘If you intend to stay in the UK’ section:

    "If you decide to stay in the UK, you should apply for the necessary permission to stay to regularise your stay. You’ll be able to submit an application form from within the UK, whereas you would usually need to apply for a visa from your home country.

    You’ll need to meet the requirements of the route you’re applying for and pay the UK application fee.

    The terms of your permission will remain the same until your application is decided. If you are switching into work or study routes you may be able to commence work or study whilst your application is under consideration, depending on the terms of your current permission.

    You are also able to apply for leave to remain to regularise your stay if you have been issued with ‘exceptional assurance’. You must submit your application before the expiry of your ‘exceptional assurance’."
  • 11 February 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber)

    >>> Travel to the UK during Covid-19: What you need to know before you go: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/uk-travel-covid-19/index.html

    >>> COVID19: Recent and upcoming changes - https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

    >>> Countries from which travel to the UK is banned - 'red list' countries: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/transport-measures-to-protect-the-uk-from-variant-strains-of-covid-19#travel-bans-to-the-uk---banned-countries
  • 15 February 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber)

    >>> COVID19 UK Immigration Update

    - Expiring entry clearance

    Between 28 April and 31 December 2020, the Home Office offered a concession for people who had secured entry clearance to the UK but couldn’t use it before it expired after 30 days:

        "If your 30 day visa to travel to the UK for work, study or to join family has expired, or is about to expire, you can request a replacement visa with revised validity dates free of charge until the end of this year. This does not apply to other types of visas.

        This process will be in place until the end of 2020."

    This concession now seems to have expired; the main guidance page no longer mentions it. However, entry clearance is now being issued for 90 days rather than 30 days as standard. Those unable to travel within the 90 days can apply to extend it at a cost of £154. The Home Office says “we strongly advise that you only… apply to replace an expired vignette, when you are confident you can travel to the UK”.

    - Quarantine and testing (UPDATED 15 Feb)

    International travellers arriving in the UK must fill in a passenger locator form, have a negative coronavirus test taken pre-departure and stay in quarantine for ten days. The test must be taken no further out than three days before departure and testing negative does not exempt the person from the quarantine requirement.

    From 15 February 2021, the quarantine and testing rules were tightened further. International arrivals now have to buy two extra home tests (at a cost of £210) to take during their ten-day quarantine, on top of the pre-departure test. In Scotland, the quarantine has to be in a hotel rather than at home. Regulations putting these rules into law were published on 12 February (for England) and 14 February (for Scotland).

    Certain “red list” countries are treated more strictly still. There is an outright ban on travel from 33 (at time of writing) mostly African and South American nations. British citizens, Irish citizens and UK residents can still travel but will have to quarantine in a hotel on arrival. The legal basis for this ban is unclear: while a flight ban for some of those countries is in the coronavirus travel regulations cited below, the regulations do not say anything about turning people away if they do manage to get a flight. The government appears to be relying on an existing statutory power, but it isn’t obvious which one.

        Matt Hancock: “A new arrival to the UK who has been in a red list country in the last 10 days who is not a resident of the UK/Ireland, or a UK citizen, will be denied entry and held in hotel quarantine until they can return to the country from which they have arrived.” Legal?
        — Zeena Luchowa (@zeenaluchowa) February 9, 2021

    Hotel quarantine for those who are allowed to travel from those countries must be booked through a government-backed platform. It costs £1,750 for an individual and £650 for each additional adult and child over 12 (half that for kids 5-12, younger than that go free). This includes the cost of the two post-arrival tests, food, and transport to the hotel. The government has published guidance on hotel quarantine in England. It seems to apply to those who wanted to travel to Wales and Northern Ireland as well, since there are no direct flights from red list countries to those places at time of writing.

    Between 10 July 2020 and 18 January 2021, there was a list of countries and territories for which there was no quarantine at all requirement, known as “travel corridors“. Travel corridors have now been suspended in all four nations of the UK. Journeys from within the Common Travel Area remain exempt from both the testing and quarantine requirements, as are a number of specific occupations. There is also a Test to Release scheme allowing some people to leave quarantine early if they have a negative test after five days.

    The precise travel rules may vary in each of the four nations of the UK, as may the internal lockdown rules on arrival. The main pieces of travel legislation in force are:

        For England, SI 2020 No. 568.
        For Scotland, SI 2020 No. 169.
        For Wales, SI 2020 No. 574 (W. 132).
        For Northern Ireland, SI 2020 No. 90.

    These are constantly being updated to reflect the latest policy tweaks.
  • >>> Covid-19 advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavi...y-uk-residents

    This was updated on 19 March 2021 to change the exceptional assurance expiry date to 30 April 2021.
  • >>> Covid-19 advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents

    This was updated on 26 March 2021 and under 'Applying for a visa if your visa application centre (VAC) is closed', the date by which you can use the alternative arrangements has been extended to 30 June 2021. (It was previously 31 March 2021.)

    >>> Covid-19: jobs that qualify for travel exemptions: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-travellers-exempt-from-uk-border-rules

    This was updated on 28 March 2021 to reflect new COVID-19 testing regimes for UK inbound passengers coming into force on 6 April 2021.

    >>> COVID19 - Travel from the UK

    New lockdown regulations for England came into force on 29 March 2021. They include an explicit ban on international travel, with some exceptions:

    "8.—(1) No person may, without a reasonable excuse—

    (a) leave England to travel to a destination outside the United Kingdom, or

    (b) travel to, or be present at, an embarkation point for the purpose of travelling from there to a destination outside the United Kingdom."

    The exceptions are addressed in Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 of those regulations.

    To summarise, then, international travel is banned unless:

    It is within the Common Travel Area, or
    The person is exempt under Schedule 6, or
    The person has a “reasonable excuse” listed in Schedule 5, or
    The person has a “reasonable excuse” not listed in Schedule 5 but is nonetheless an excuse that is reasonable

    These regulations cover England. The details for international travel from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland may be different, but the basic vibe is the same: do not go abroad on holiday, important reasons only. Bear in mind also that leaving the UK and returning means having to follow the inbound travel restrictions covered above.

  • From the UK BA conference on 07-04-2021:

    - The Home Office Coronovirus Concession for the in-country switching from Visitor Visas is now only available for the family immigration routes (UK Spouse Visa etc)
  • >>> COVID19 and the UK Immigration Law update - Applications from within the UK

    Those applying for a replacement Biometric Residence Permit or Card may now be invited to apply using an app: “from the evening of 22 April 2021, UKVI has decided to invite some BRP/BRC replacement customers to apply via the IDV app”.
  • >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents (21 April 2021)

    The expiry date for free visa extensions for NHS workers has been moved to the 30th September 2021.
  • >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavi...nt=immediately

    If you are in a red list country and wish to apply for a visitor in transit or direct airside transit visa (DATV) we are now able to process your application, as the pause on issuing transit visas has been lifted.
  • 01 June 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber)

    >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): jobs that qualify for travel exemptions:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-travellers-exempt-from-uk-border-rules/coronavirus-covid-19-travellers-exempt-from-uk-border-rules

    Seafarers working on cruise ships no longer exempt from red list requirements

    >>> Covid-19: Guidance for Student sponsors, migrants and Short-term students: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-student-sponsors-migrants-and-short-term-students

    Guidance for Student sponsors, migrants and short-term students on temporary concessions in response to the outbreak of coronavirus.
  • отредактировано 2 июн 2021
    02 June 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber)

    >>> Some can still switch in-country under the just extended COVID19 concession: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents#if-youre-in-the-uk

    If you’re in the UK

    You are expected to take all reasonable steps to leave the UK where it is possible to do so or apply to regularise your stay in the UK. You are allowed to access Visa and Immigration services as these are considered an essential public service and will continue to operate safely under local and national restrictions.

    If you intend to leave the UK but have not been able to do so and you have a visa or leave that expires by 30 June 2021 you may request additional time to stay, known as ‘exceptional assurance’.

    Please submit your request for an exceptional assurance by emailing the CIT with the following details:

    -full name
    -date of birth
    -nationality
    -Home Office, GWF or any other reference number
    type of visa
    -expiry date of visa
    -reason for request
    -evidence of flight or evidence showing reason you can’t leave

    The subject header of your email should read “Request for an assurance”.

    In your email you should attach evidence to show why you cannot leave the UK. For example, if you can’t leave the UK because you can’t find a flight before your leave/visa expires, you’ll need to submit a copy of a confirmed flight ticket. If you can’t leave the UK because you have coronavirus, you’ll need to submit confirmation of your positive coronavirus test result.

    During the time in which your request for ‘exceptional assurance’ is pending you will continue on the conditions as per your current or most recently expired visa.

    If you are granted ‘exceptional assurance’ it will act as a short-term protection against any adverse action or consequences after your leave has expired. If conditions allowed you to work, study or rent accommodation you may continue to do so during the period of your exceptional assurance. Exceptional assurance does not grant you leave. It is a means to protect those who are unable to leave the UK due to COVID-19 restrictions and not to facilitate travel, other than to return home.

    If you’ve already been given assurance but your circumstances have changed or you’re unable to leave the UK by the assurance date previously given, you must reapply using the process above. You will need to clearly state that you’re making a subsequent application. You’ll be asked to provide new supporting evidence.

    If you intend to stay in the UK

    In order to remain in the UK, you will need to apply for the relevant permission to stay. Where eligible, you’ll be able to submit a permission to stay application form from within the UK.

    You can make an application for permission to stay in the UK if you hold permission in a route that would normally allow you to do so, or if your current permission or visa expires before 1 July.

    You’ll need to meet the requirements of the route you’re applying for and pay the UK application fee. You will not be able to apply for a route for which there is no provision in the Immigration Rules for making an in-country application, such as T5 Youth Mobility Scheme, or Adult Dependant Relative.

    The terms of your current permission will remain the same until your application is decided. If you are switching into work or study routes you may be able to commence work or study whilst your application is under consideration, depending on the terms of your current permission.

    You are also able to apply for permission to stay to remain in the UK if you have been issued with an ‘exceptional assurance’. You must submit your application before the expiry of your ‘exceptional assurance’.

    If you have overstayed your leave

    If your visa or leave expired between 24 January 2020 and 31 August 2020 there will be no future adverse immigration consequences if you didn’t make an application to regularise your stay during this period. However, if you have not applied to regularise your stay or submitted a request for an exceptional assurance you must make arrangements to leave the UK.

  • >>> Coronovirus and the UK Immigration: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-immigration-and-borders

    - Visitors no longer can switch in-country into a Student Visa route


    - People stuck outside of the UK: Those who already had indefinite leave to remain but have now been outside the UK so long that it has lapsed will have to apply for a returning residents visa and pay the usual fee, but have most of it refunded.
  • >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavi...nt=immediately


    Date of the VAC concessions has been extended until 31 December 2021
  • >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=ab390b3b-f87f-47cf-9596-f30dd01c8d2f&utm_content=immediately

    Guidance added for people whose Entry Clearance was not activated because of COVID-19 restrictions

    >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=ab390b3b-f87f-47cf-9596-f30dd01c8d2f&utm_content=immediately

    Date until which people may apply for ‘exceptional assurance’ extended to 30 September 2021

    >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): EU Settlement Scheme – guidance for applicants: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-eu-settlement-scheme-guidance-for-applicants?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=63fb139b-175d-485e-9d82-e4adfe1f02c5&utm_content=immediately

    Added content to show that the deadline to apply for most people was 30 June 2021.
  • 13 July 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber)

    >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=d6745f81-d01c-4e68-a9eb-33ac90ad6377&utm_content=immediately

    Updated information under the ‘If you’re applying to enter the UK or remain on the basis of family or private life’ section.

    If you’re applying to enter the UK or remain on the basis of family or private life
    If you’re unable to travel back to the UK due to coronavirus travel restrictions and your leave has expired, a short break of up to 6 months in continuous residence will be overlooked. You are expected to make your next application as soon as possible.

    There will be no future adverse immigration consequences if there has been a short break of continuous residence if your leave expires between 1 March 2020 and 30 June 2021. However, if you returned to the UK and did not make a valid application to stay upon your re-entry, you must now make arrangements to leave.

    If you’re here with 6 months’ leave as a fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner the current family Immigration Rules allow you apply for an extension of leave if there is good reason for your wedding or civil partnership not taking place during the initial 6 month period of leave to enter. Cancellation of a wedding or civil partnership ceremony due to COVID-19 will be considered a good reason under this policy.

    >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): student sponsors, migrants and short-term students: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-student-sponsors-migrants-and-short-term-students

    Updated guidance for student sponsors, migrants and short-term students on temporary concessions in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Changes are summarised on page 5.

    >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=c88f8ced-2055-4647-b46b-7caf24ed78d4&utm_content=immediately

    Updated section ‘If you’re outside the UK and your leave has expired before you are able to return’ as the concession has been extended to 19 July 2021.





  • 26 July 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber)

    >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=0b84ae84-c555-49e0-a25d-69a9ff9efd7d&utm_content=immediately

    Changes to the If you’re outside the UK section and paragraphs under heading ‘If you’re outside the UK and your leave has expired before you are able to return’ removed to reflect end of concession on 19 July 2021.
  • 22 November 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber)

    >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavi...nt=immediately

    Information on applying for a visitor visa has been updated:

    "Standard UK visitor visas are currently taking longer than usual to be processed due to high global demand. You should bear this in mind when making travel arrangements.

    UKVI are working hard to process applications as soon as possible.

    You will be contacted by the Visa Application Centre (VAC) when your passport is ready for collection. Do not attend the VAC until you have been invited to do so.

    You are not required to book any travel before you apply or before a decision is made on your application. You’ll only be refunded if we have not started processing your application."
  • 06 December 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber)

    >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=9a164598-8266-4a68-9673-ea1b6a224dfe&utm_content=immediately
    Updated information on individuals currently in the UK and seeking to apply for ‘exceptional assurance’, highlighting that UKVCAS service points remain open and appointments are available and confirmation that a pause on assessing visit visas in red list locations has been introduced with for those countries added to the red list.

    >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): student sponsors, migrants and short-term students: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-student-sponsors-migrants-and-short-term-students/coronavirus-covid-19-student-sponsors-migrants-and-short-term-students-accessible-version
    Updated “Coronavirus (COVID-19): student sponsors, migrants and short-term students” to reflect changes to the rules – see the “Changes since last publication” section within for a complete list.
  • >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavi...nt=immediately

    This is advice for visa customers and applicants in the UK, visa customers outside of the UK and British nationals overseas who need to apply for a passport affected by travel restrictions associated with coronavirus, has been updated as the Returning Resident refund concession has now been closed.
  • >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavi...nt=immediately

    18-02-2022

    In the chapter on ‘If you’re applying to enter the UK or remain on the basis of family or private life’, updated the ‘If you’re unable to provide specified documents’ section to extend the deadline to 31 March 2022.
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