Liberty Immigration Services Ltd

21/03/2024

BREAKING NEWS:

The Home Office has announced another 20 percent increase on in-country applications made under Appendix FM as a parent or a partner.

The fee is to rise from the current £1048 to £1,258 on 24 July 2024.

Home Office has also put in place ‘transitional provisions’ for fee waiver applications made before the fee increase and the decision has been made after the fee increase. Where the fee waiver application has been refused and the person is required to pay in order to submit the application, the old fee will apply rather the new fee.

Liberty Immigration Services are here to assist you with any further information you may need or clarification of the above. Call us on 0116 4315091

30/01/2024

Dates confirmed for changes to income thresholds for family and skilled worker visas.

11/03/2024 care workers and senior care workers will not be able to bring dependants.

Care providers in England will only be able to sponsor workers if they are regulated by Care Quality Commission (CQC)

4/04/2024 increasing the earnings threshold for partners applying under Appendix FM from £18,600 to £29,000 (2 more increases by early 2025)

The earning threshold for skilled worker route to rise from £29,200 to £38,700. Please note that this does not affect those on Health and Care Visa route.

If you think you will be affected by these changes and your are meeting the current financial requirement then please so consider making an application before the changes.

Liberty Immigration Services advisors are here to respond to any enquiries you may have in relation to this

01/11/2023

Biometric Residence Permits will be phased out on 31/12/2024. What happens then after that date?

The Home Office will replace BRPs with “eVisas”. Their guidance provides details on how people will need to register and set up an online account so that they can view and share relevant information about their immigration status with third parties such as employers or landlords. Some of you may have already been requested to provide a “share code” by your employer or landlord. This signifies how your immigration status would be proved after December 2024. More guidance will be available in 2024.

Liberty Immigration Services got this; please do contact them should you require any further information or assistance. Osapanga za chimbulimbuli chithandizo chilipo.

27/06/2022

28 June 2022
New rules on Humanitarian protection status will apply to claims made on or after 28 June 2022.

It will no longer be at par with refugee status in the UK with changes to be introduced.

Successful claimants after this date will be granted a new form of leave called “Temporary Humanitarian Permission of Stay.” This permission will last for a minimum of two and a half years instead of the current period of 5 years.

They will however still qualify for ‘settlement’ after ten years of lawful residence in the UK.

15/06/2022

Liberty Immigration Services has put a smile on one its valued clients. Our client has become a British citizen after several attempts to do so elsewhere. Thanks to Liberty team of advisors, he is now eligible to hold a British passport.

01/02/2022

Liberty Immigration Services successfully obtains a Skilled Worker Visa/permit for one of our valued clients - our congatulations are in order.

For all of your corporate visas advice please contact us for a quick chat

12/04/2021

Reminder to our VALUED CLIENTS from the EU:

From 1 July 2021, EU, EEA and Swiss citizens living in the UK without having applied for pre-settled or settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme will be in the UK unlawfully.

Contact us for more information on 0116 431 5091

19/06/2020

BREAKING NEWS: Lilongwe and Lusaka Visa Centres reopening date is 29th June 2020......more news on this to follow

13/04/2020

Stay safe people; stay at home

25/03/2020

NEWS from the Home Office as 25/03/2020

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.

26/11/2019

Dear Liberty,

I would like to say a big 'thank you' for your guidance and support through the naturalisation application. I got my British Citizenship last week and I can't say enough compliments to Mr Sheriff Kaunde who represented me throughout.
Form the first appointment, it was evident that he has deep knowledge and understanding of all regulations and processes. He was so supportive, answered all my questions straightaway without hesitation and made the whole process as easy as it gets.
I would strongly recommend LIS to everyone. Well done guys.

Yours sincerely,

Dr George Tsaknis MD PhD MRCP(London)
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
Kettering General Hospital