Great idea, I will do that, much appreciated. Congrats on your successful application.

I am employed and self-employed. Although I will be applying for naturalisation online I have taken a look at the paper form to see what will be needed. It states that these supporting documents are required: Evidence of tax for self-employed applicants only • the most recent HM Revenue & Customs Se...

If the files are PDF files, you can reduce the size using Adobe's official PDF compression utility here . If they are JPG, PNG or some other kind of file, you can Google "how to compress JPG files" or similar. I suppose you could also send multiple e-mail replies (so that you do not have to attach a...

CR 3.2. Where a dependant partner was absent during a period of permission granted before 11 January 2018, that period of absence will not be counted towards the 180-day limit when calculating the dependant applicant’s continuous residence period if the person on whom they were dependant (the main ...

When uploading files, under "Proof of application", the UKVCAS website states: "Consent form for the Home Office to request verification checks on XXXX for joint accounts or third party support, Declaration signed by XXXX to confirm consent for the Home Office to request verification checks, The pas...

I am in the UK on a Global Talent visa, my spouse is here as my dependent, and we are applying for ILR using Set(O). The rules state "Qualifying period requirement for settlement as a dependent partner on the Global Talent route GT 30.1. The applicant must have spent a continuous period of 5 years i...

Brilliant, this was the missing piece I needed. Thanks very much.

For persons who were admitted to the UK under Tier 1 Exceptional Talent back when it was called that (i.e., they entered the UK before Feb 2020) and who wish to apply for ILR, details of settlement requirements used to be available in the Immigration Rules Appendix A. The contents of this section of...

Hello, I am pulling together documents to apply for ILR - I am a non-EEA national, currently under Tier 1 Exceptional Talent, and have been in the UK for 5+ years on Tier 2 / later switched to Tier 1 Exceptional Talent. My partner has been here as my dependent for the same time period. I believe I h...

Thank you, that's extremely helpful. Hm - the rules read slightly ambiguously to me with respect to whether the applicant needs to be employed in the field at time of application. Although the criterion is simply that "During their most recent period of leave as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant...

On https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk/y/you-have-a-work-visa/tier-1-exceptional-talent-visa , where it states the requirements to apply for ILR on a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) visa, it states that "You must also: ... still be doing paid work in the field you came to the UK to work in". However, th...

Very helpful, thank you.

I see from one of the pinned posts that "it is NO LONGER required to send any of your documents to UKVI for processing as only digital scans are submitted for settlement applications" -- I assume this includes passports and BRPs (please correct me if I am wrong) -- and that travelling outside the UK...

Excellent, thank you.

My wife and I are non-EEA nationals and have lived in the UK for over 5 years. The whole time we have been here I have been on Tier 2 visas or Tier 1 ET, and my wife has been on a dependent visa. We've completed the Life in the UK test as well. We are in no great hurry to apply - our current visas l...

Thank you very much, that's very clear. Much appreciated.

Tier 1 exceptional talent (under exceptional promise criteria.)

My partner and I have lived in the UK nearly 5 years and are planning to apply for ILR before the end of the year. We have now saved enough money that it makes sense for us to invest a big chunk of it somewhere other than checking/savings. Ideally, we would like to invest in a US index fund, relativ...

Hello, I applied for an administrative review and received an email stating that my application was successful, and that they've sent me a letter by post that says where I should send my old BRP, so that it can be corrected. However, 4-5 working days after their letter was posted Royal Mail still ha...

I previously successfully extended a Tier 2 visa, and am now applying to switch from Tier 2 to another category. For anyone who has done this, how did you answer the question "what is the start date of your current visa or leave to remain"? Should I use the start date of my original visa (the one I ...

Thanks. And this is true even though I'm here on an extension of the visa that began in 2014? Seems strange for them to call it an "extension" if it is actually a separate visa...

Brilliant - I should have read more carefully the first time! Thanks very much.

In the case where a Tier 2 primary visa-holder is switching to Tier 1 primary visa-holder (in the UK), that person's Tier 2 dependent visa-holder CAN switch from inside the UK to become a Tier 1 dependent if they do it at the same time as the primary applicant... am I correct about this? That's what...

I am on a Tier 2 (General), switching to Tier 1 ET; I originally had Tier 2 (General) leave to remain from late 2014 to late 2017, which I then extended to late 2018. So my BRP's date of issue is in 2017, but I still have the old visa sticker from 2014 showing that that's when my first leave to rema...

Am switching to Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent), and I plan to do the premium service application in-person appointment. I see that it's possible to book the appointment as part of one's online Stage 2 application. But I'm concerned that (a) if I do that, I might be limited to whatever timeslots happen ...