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UK visa news update, Recently home office has increased compliance visit will potentially surge in sponsor licence suspension and revocation. Therefore, it’s important to ensure compliance obligation by keeping all sponsor licence key details up to date including key personnel, location, and other regular workplaces. Ensuring HR system align with office reporting and designated time frame, and record keeping duties, prevent illegal working, conducting right of work check.

However, recent positive news for UK sponsor licence holder alleviating financial and administrative burden associated with renewal process.   The UK home office has announced from 6 April 2024 Sponsor licence holder expiring after this date will be granted an automatic 10-year extension. This means that no action required by sponsor in this regard. Sponsor can check their licence expiry date by using SMS management system for sponsor.

Further information on sponsor licences compliance please get in touch.  www.kashlegalservices.co.uk Email info@kashlegalservcies.co.uk– TEL 01144000340

UK visa update, Despite potential difficulty coming to the UK as sponsor worker, the UK immigration offer several alternative routes that can be considered including, UK graduate visa, allow non-British to work for any employer in any role without salary threshold for two years after UK degree course or three years after completing PHD. High potential individuals visa is another alternative open to graduated from any a top global university to stay in the UK for two years and work. High potential individuals visa allow employer to hire top graduate, this provides opportunity for people who have graduated from world top universities to come to the UK with their dependents in an unsponsored route, allowing the to come to live and work in the UK. The UK government has published global universities lists which can be accessed here, potential employee should check for eligible universities and off course other eligibility criteria applies to qualify for entry to UK.

Similarly, Youth mobility UK visa, has expanded to new categories of applicants in January 2024. Anyone who has exceptional talent or have potential to become on global leader in certain field including science, engineering, and digital technology, can possibly apply for global talent visa.

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Schengen visas are required for all the non-EU citizen countries to enter in EU for 90 days for visit, recently European commission Hs submitted proposal to increase cost by 12 percent, if approved new cost will be from 80 Euro to 90 for adults and from to euro for children. If this raise is approved, it will come into effect in next few, months. This increase cost is justified by increase inflation rate in EU.

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Who need to meet Genuine and Subsisting relationship requirement.

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Most of the family based applications require to meet the genuine and subsisting relationship UK spouse visa, unmarried partner visa, Fiance or proposed civil partner visa, when applying for extension of spouse visa or partner visa and other settlement application based on family, required to have evidence of genuine and subsisting relationship, which simply means relationship is based on genuine intention and is ongoing including you are legally married or civil partnership recognized in UK.

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Key Evidence

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key pieces of evidence can include following

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(1) Marriage or civil partnership certificate legal document

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(2)cohabitation evidence

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(3) communication evidence

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(4) photographs and social evidence

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You can prove this by providing evidence of cohabitation and Life Together such as joint bank statements utility bills or tenancy agreement. The decision maker may assess that relationship is genuine and subsisting through combination of sources for instance information available on application and direct check with third party, you can provide evidence of regular communication during periods you have not been living together, such as call logs, emails, social media interactions, and letters etc. You can provide evidence bank statement (joint) or any other shared financial responsibilities, and evidence of supporting each other. You can provide photographs together, joint invitations, and evidence of traveling together. Evidence of future such as property purchase, future travel plans, or joint investments.

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List of evidence you potentially can produce

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• joint bank statements

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• calls logs

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• chat history

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• emails

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• letters

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• utility bills

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• tenancy agreements

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• photographs together

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• social media accounts

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• marriage certificate

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• civil partnership certificates

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proving genuine and subsisting relationship UK spouse visa, unmarried partner visa, Fiance or proposed civil partner visa, when applying for extension of spouse visa or partner visa and other settlement application based on family is important to maximize chances of success, remember every relationship is unique and the requirement would be vary depending on nature if the relationship.

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KASH LEGAL SERVICES, we understand complexities of UK immigration process and committed guiding through every step. We work tirelessly to ensure your immigration experience is as smooth and stress free as possible. To arrange free consultation please feel free to call on 01144000340 or Email info@kashlegalservices.co.uk or visit our website www.kashlegalservices.co.uk.

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The information presented in this article is intended solely for providing general knowledge and understanding of the subject matter. It should not be considered as legal advice.

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Most of the family based applications require to meet relationship requirement including spouse visa, unmarried partner visa, Fiance or proposed civil partner visa, when applying for extension of spouse visa or partner visa and other settlement application based on family, this means in the context of UK Immigration law Your marriage and civil partnership must not be in prohibited relationship as defined in the Marriage Acts 1949 to 1986, the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 and 1986, the Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014. 

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Definition of prohibited relationship

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In context of UK immigration law, any relationship refer as prohibited meaning not recognized lawful if with person who is so closely related by blood, following are the example below. similarly polygamous marriages might be legal in some countries but not lawful in UK, however this might be acceptable depending on individuals circumstances, as well as any non consensual relationship with no full and free consent of both parties is not recognized.

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Your relationship falls within the prohibited degrees of relationship if is one of the following your UK spouse visa, unmarried partner visa, UK Fiance or proposed civil partner visa will be refused.

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•          adoptive parent

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•          child

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•          adoptive child

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•          former adoptive parent

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•          former adoptive child

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•          grandparent

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•          grandchild

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•          parent

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•          parent’s sibling (aunt or uncle)

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•          sibling (brother or sister)

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sibling’s child (nephew or niece

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At KASH LEGAL SERVICES, we understand complexities of UK immigration process and committed guiding through every step. We work tirelessly to ensure your immigration experience is as smooth and stress free as possible. To arrange free consultation please feel free to call on 01144000340 or Email info@kashlegalservices.co.uk or visit our website www.kashlegalservices.co.uk.

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The information presented in this article is intended solely for providing general knowledge and understanding of the subject matter. It should not be considered as legal advice.

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UK home office announced previously, UK visit visa holders will now be granted (starting from January 31) permission to engage in work-related activities with clients and undertake remote work while visiting the UK provided employees of companies with branches in both the UK and globally can engage in client work abroad, if it constitutes a small portion of their overseas responsibilities, which is vital for a project or service by their UK branch, and is not directly delivered to a UK client by the overseas employer, however the primary purpose of their stay should not be remote work.

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Government plan to reduce legal migration to the UK comes into effect today, new rules preventing most international student from brining family to the UK unless they are on postgraduate research or government funded courses. Government claims to see reduction around 140,000 people coming to UK each year.

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