Services
Explore our comprehensive range of immigration and visa services, tailored to meet your unique needs. Our expert team specialises in handling:
Sponsorship Licences
Spouse Visa
Skilled Worker Visa
British Citizenship
Entry Clearance Applications
Leave to Remain
Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)
Student Visa
Long Residence
EEA Family Permit
EU Settlement Scheme Applications
Innovator Founder Visa
UK Expansion Worker Visa (Global Business Mobility)
Representative of an Overseas Business
VisaGolden Visa for Cyprus
We aim to ensure a smooth process for your endeavours.
We will guide you through the intricate pathways of your application and offer specialised services. We ask that you trust us to navigate the complexities of immigration law, delivering personalised solutions for your global aspirations.
Following the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union, companies require a sponsorship licence to employ skilled workers who are based overseas or within the UK (applicants can switch to the Skilled Worker visa from another visa type provided they satisfy certain criteria).
Obtain your Sponsorship Licence effortlessly with our expert guidance. This is ideal for UK businesses looking to hire foreign talent and our service simplifies the process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration laws.
At the end of 2020, the Home Office made changes to the new points-based immigration system. You can enter the UK and work for an employer that has been authorised as an approved sponsor by the Home Office. There will be further changes to this area in Spring 2024 which we will be detailing further.
We also specialise in health and care visa applications whereby healthcare workers from around the world have entered the United Kingdom to assist with the shortages of workers in this industry at present and in the NHS.
We will assist you in applying and navigating through this process with ease.
Our services cater to professionals from all industries seeking to work in the UK, providing comprehensive support from application to approval.
You may be able to apply for a UK spouse visa if you are married to, in a civil partnership with, or living in the UK with a British citizen or someone with settled status.
Reunite with your partner in the UK with our Spouse Visa services. We specialise in managing complex applications, ensuring a smooth journey towards living together in the UK.
We will provide advice on the requirements that you need to meet in order to successfully sponsor your spouse. Please note that there will be changes to this visa in Spring 2024 and we will provide further details on the same.
We offer advice and assistance to international students wishing to obtain a UK visa, specialising in the general student visa, the child student visa and the short-term study visa (for English language courses lasting 6-11 months).
For the duration of the course, the holder is allowed to live and study in the UK. If eligible, the holder may also bring their dependents with them.
In order to be eligible for a Student Visa in the UK, you must have received a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies and meet the points-based immigration system threshold.
The Graduate Visa was introduced in 2021 and this allows international student graduates to look for work in the UK for 2 years (degree dependent) after graduation.
Fulfil your academic aspirations in the UK with our Student Visa services. Tailored for international students, we ensure a hassle-free application process, from university admission to visa approval.
You can apply for an Innovator Founder visa if:
you want to set up and run an innovative business in the UK -
it must be something that’s different from anything else on the market
your business or business idea has been endorsed by an approved body, also known as an endorsing body
you meet the other eligibility requirements.
This visa used to be called the Innovator visa.
You must be able to show that your business idea is:
new - you cannot join a business that is already trading
innovative - you must have an original business idea which is different from anything else on the market
viable, with potential for growth
scalable - you must give evidence of planning that includes creating jobs and growing into national and international markets.
You’ll need to get an endorsing body to assess that your business idea meets the requirements. You can apply to settle permanently in the UK (also known as ‘indefinite leave to remain’) if you’ve lived in the UK for 3 years and meet the other eligibility requirements
BRITISH CITIZENSHIP
You might choose to apply for naturalisation if you have been residing in the UK for at least five years.
If you meet the requirements listed below, you may begin the application process:
You are at least 18 years old
You meet the conditions for residency
You either have permanent residency in the UK as an EEA national or have had Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK for at least 12 months (NB: no time limit if you are married to a British Citizen and therefore you can apply immediately upon grant of ILR)
You haven't violated immigration laws or been found guilty of a major crime; and
You have sufficient knowledge of the English language and Life in the UK Test.
Entry clearance allows you to enter the UK as a foreign national, whether for a temporary or permanent stay to visit, work, study, join a family member or for any other reason. You need to have authorisation to enter the UK from a British High Commission or Embassy abroad.
Secure your Entry Clearance to the UK with our professional services. Ideal for short-term visits or long-term stays, we ensure your application meets all the necessary criteria.
LEAVE TO REMAIN APPLICATION
Non-UK citizens who have been granted leave to remain may apply to do so again, temporarily, for a specific amount of time. This may be as a family member or any other reason.
You might be qualified to settle and apply for indefinite leave to remain after completing the necessary amount of qualifying time as a resident in the UK.
Extend your stay in the UK with our Leave to Remain services. We assist in navigating the complexities of visa extensions, ensuring your continued legal residency.
You may qualify or be able to settle permanently in the United Kingdom. In most cases, you must have lived in the UK for at least five years before you apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain, while in some cases you can do so after just three or ten years of residing there.
Depending on the visa route you have taken, certain eligibility criteria needs to be satisfied in order for us to assess if you qualify for indefinite leave to remain.
On the basis of ten years legal period of residence in the UK, you may apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR).
Leverage your long-term stay in the UK into residency with our Long Residence Application services. We specialise in converting years of living in the UK into a legal right to remain and settle.
On June 30, 2021, the EEA family permit was replaced. No EEA family permit applications will be taken beyond this date unless you satisfy one of the exceptional reasons. You must instead apply for a family permit under the EU Settlement Scheme. Tailored for EEA nationals and their families, we ensure a smooth application process for living together in the UK.
Those who meet the requirements and have lived in the UK continuously for five years prior to December 2020 are given settled status, or indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
For those who have lived for less than five years prior to the qualifying date, they will be granted pre settled status.
Secure your post-Brexit rights in the UK with our EU Settlement Scheme Application services. We assist EU nationals in obtaining settled or pre-settled status, safeguarding their residency rights.
Those who meet the requirements and have lived in the UK continuously for five years are given settled status, or indefinite leave to remain in the country.
Secure your post-Brexit rights in the UK with our EU Settlement Scheme Application services. We assist EU nationals in obtaining settled or pre-settled status, safeguarding their residency rights.
Once you have lived continuously in the UK for five years, you may apply for EEA Permanent Residence status. Additionally, you will need to provide evidence that you have been using your treaty rights during those five years. If you have been working or studying while you have been here, you have been exercising your rights.
Transition from EEA residency to Permanent Residence in the UK with our specialised services. We guide EEA nationals through the process, ensuring a seamless transition to permanent residency.
If you have submitted a failed application to enter or remain in the UK, you may appeal this decision within the jurisdiction of the Human Rights Act of 1998, provided you are able to satisfy the provisions of the Human Rights requirement.
Protect your rights with our Human Rights Application services. We assist individuals in making claims based on human rights grounds, ensuring their protection under UK law.
Cyprus currently offers three options for non-EU nationals to acquire residence. Each of these residence routes offer the additional advantage of leading to Cyprus citizenship, as long as the relevant criteria are met.
The three options are:
Permanent Residence Permit
Temporary Residence Permit through the establishment of a Foreign Interest Company.
Temporary Residence Permit through the establishment of a Small and Medium Sized Innovative Enterprise (“Start-up Visa”)
PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMIT
This is the most popular type of permit.Cyprus has been a member of the European Union since 2004 and in order to attract additional foreign investment the Cyprus government introduced the Permanent Residence Permit scheme. Through this programme, non-EU nationals can guarantee their residence in the EU.
Requirements
The requirements for the Cyprus Residence Permit scheme are:
Make an investment of at least €300,000, in one of the following investment categories:
Purchase residential real estate (house/apartment) by a Land Development company in Cyprus, which should relate to a first sale of at least €300,000 (excluding VAT). At least €200,000 must be paid as the Sale Contract is signed and prior to the application for the Permanent Residence Permit.
Investment in real estate (excluding houses/apartments): Purchase other types of real estate, such as offices, shops, hotels, or related estate developments of a combination of these, with a total value of €300,000 (excluding VAT). Re-sale properties are acceptable.
Investment of at least €300,000 in the share capital of a Cyprus company, which is based and operates in Cyprus, has substance in Cyprus, and employs at least 5 people in Cyprus.Investment of at least €300,000 in units of a Cyprus Investment Organisation of Collective Investments (type AIF, AIFLNP, RAIF).
The applicant must provide evidence of a secure annual income of at least €30,000. This required annual income, increases by €5,000 for every dependant person, and by €8,000 for every dependant parent or parent-in-law.
Kafeel Shafique takes instructions for appeals, judicial reviews and human rights applications via: CLK Legal Services
or email on: kshafique@clklegal.co.uk.