The Home Office is not compelled to make a response. They can let the case run to appeal and rely on the refusal letter. There are points I am struggling to get my head around. Perhaps I have misunderstood your situation. Are you both living in India together as if you were married? Live at the same...
You can use your joint income so you don’t need to take dividends. Good forward planning, wishing you success when the time comes. Taking dividends is normally a more tax efficient way of gathering income from a limited company but from what you are proposing you are keeping both salaries on or belo...
It does not matter whether the caseworker checks or not. It is your responsibility to declare that you no longer hold German citizenship and should have done so at the time you lost your citizenship. It would appear that you no longer have the right to remain in the U.K. and should have left at the ...
You must declare the arrest and your current status under police bail if you intend to apply now. Note that police bail can go on well beyond the date given initially. Your application will ask At any time have you ever had any of the following, in the UK or in another country? A criminal conviction...
What exact wording did you put on the sponsor note - that could be crucial in deciding whether the caseworker considers if it was you by default that issued the COS as opposed to the level 1. If you instructed the level 1 to issue the COS as you are their employer, that places a number of questions ...
If you are supporting your mother on a monthly basis and she herself has minimal funds then you might find that is a major barrier. The Home Office is not kind when it considers payments received from sponsors, they treat it as a negative along the lines of the overseas individual is not able to sup...
Under category B 12 months of payslips and the matching payments to the bank account would be required.
If she did not deposit the full amount of cash she received into the bank then the payslips/income is disregarded.
If your mother can afford to get herself here and have some funds to spend that are reasonable for the duration then it will not matter that you are on benefits or PIP. If you are able to provide accommodation then that should be stated. The main points thereafter are the ties your mother has with h...
If your wife is working for the company you own there are other considerations. You will need full accounts showing and the payslips and bank statements that you are formally paying salary to your spouse on a monthly basis. Your income will only be from the annual accounts so either dividends or for...
As a side point - once the e-visa system comes into use then there will be a viewable audit trail of entry available across the different parts of the Home Office. While people imagine this is available now, that is not the case. This will make the e-gates earn their keep properly as it should confe...
E-gates within the definition of the internal operational guidance can only confer leave or the right to enter to individuals that qualify under the routes outlined by Secret Simon in E-Gates is Section 8A and 8B of the Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) Order 2000, as amended. For the massive ...
It is not the correct procedure to send the ISC payment request to the prospective employee, I think that was sent in error or as suggested as a warning to get the payment made by the employer. Have you checked with your employer that they have received the request for payment and if not the best yo...
Then you are not married for the purposes of meeting the immigration requirements. Even if the marriage is somehow able to be registered in Pakistan, the paperwork will just not stack up. A religious ceremony without the supporting documentation to show that it is officially registered in the countr...
Once a COS is withdrawn by the Sponsor then it is out of the system. You cannot go back and revise or revisit or try to claim the date of prior submission. If the COS you have was assigned before 7pm on 4th April the old rules apply. If it was assigned after that time then the new rules apply. There...
The Citizenship absence period is very strictly enforced. If you are out of the country for elective reasons, such as seeking medical treatment then it is highly unlikely that would be a considered compelling and exceptional reason to wave the absence period. If for example you were involved in an a...
What visa are you currently on? That will help determine the rate you could qualify for. If you are on a graduate visa you may qualify for the new entrant rate so that changes things.
I believe the spouse has not yet traveled so is not in possession of a BRP? I would suggest the visa validity is 100% confirmed before any travel is undertaken. You will not readily be able to explain the situation at the point of entry. If the visa has been cancelled then that will end in a world o...
There are exceptional circumstances that can be considered but you would have to contact UKVI and have that discussion. Given your job role I would be hopeful that some consideration would be given, however there is no guarantee. The single biggest issue would be getting hold of the right people / t...
