Naturalisation, Settlement, (LTE) and (LTR) Applications

We deal with all categories of UK visa and settlement applications: leaves based on family and private life, study, work and business, as well as visitor visas. We are experienced in dealing with complex citizenship applications and matters involving criminality, detention and deportation.

Our comprehensive end-to-end service includes conducting eligibility assessments, providing reliable advice, preparing applications with professionally drafted submission letters and supporting documentation, and providing complete case management while maintaining every correspondence with the Home Office, throughout the decision-making period.

Key Stages and Timescales:

Initial Assessment and Advice (upto 2 weeks): Verifying eligibility and mandatory requirements, advising clients on the same and providing them with lists of required documents – in most cases this can be done within a day.
Document assessment, preparation, application submissions (3-5 weeks): Collecting documents, assessing and arranging them, preparing submission letters, supporting statements, preparing and submitting application and application bundle, booking biometric appointments where necessary. Our immigration team is experienced and competent enough to fast-track the application process in urgent cases.

Key Stages and Timescales:

3. Decision: Most immigration applications are decided within 8-12 weeks, whereas the Home Office can take 6-12 months or even longer for complicated applications. The Home Office’s current Standard Processing times for immigration applications are as follows:

Student visas, Work visas (except health and care worker visa), Visitor visas, Global Talent, Graduate, Overseas Domestic Worker, High Potential Individual, UK Ancestry, Innovator Founder, Representative of an Overseas Business, Entrepreneur, Investor, International Sportsperson, Minister of Religion visas – 8 weeks for applications submitted in the UK
Student visas, Work visas (except health and care worker visa), Visitor visas, Global Talent, Graduate, Overseas Domestic Worker, High Potential Individual, UK Ancestry, Innovator Founder, Representative of an Overseas Business, Entrepreneur, Investor, International Sportsperson, Minister of Religion visas – 3 weeks for applications submitted outside the UK
Health and Care Worker visa and Start-up visa – 3 weeks
Family visas: Partner or Spouse (where the minimum income and English language requirements are met), Child, Adult Dependant – 8 weeks for applications submitted in the UK
Partner or Spouse (where the minimum income and English language requirements are met), and Parent based on child – for applications submitted in the UK, there is no standard processing time, but these applications are currently taking about 12 months
Family visas: Partner or Spouse, Parent, Child and Adult Dependant – 12 weeks for applications submitted outside the UK
Ukraine visas: Homes for Ukraine – 3 weeks
British Overseas Nationals – 12 weeks
Turkish Worker or Businessperson – 6 months
Settlement (including applications based on domestic violence) – usually 6 months (there is no standard processing time)
Naturalisation – usually 6 months (there is no standard processing time)
Priority service (for £500 additional fee):

For Point Based System applications (e.g. work or study visas, but excluding Scale-up Worker visa), Hong Kong BNO visa and Settlement through work, business, investment and BNO Hong Kong route – decisions are made within 5 working days

For Family visas (except those are complex in nature – decisions are made within 30 working days

Super priority service (for £1,000 additional fee): after completion of biometrics, decisions are made by the end of next working day where the biometric appointment is on a weekday, or within 2 working days where the appointment is at the weekend or on a bank holiday. This service is available for Point Based System applications (except Investor and Scale-up visas), Family visa applications, and Settlement applications (except settlement through work, business, investment and BNO Hong Kong route).

For details on the visa processing times, please visit the following links from the UK government’s website:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-processing-times-applications-outside-the-uk

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-processing-times-applications-inside-the-uk

For details on the priority and super priority service, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/faster-decision-visa-settlement and https://www.gov.uk/faster-decision-visa-settlement/eligible-visas-when-applying-inside-the-uk

Our fees

Our fees for preparing and submitting immigration applications are as follows:

Visitor visa: £1,500 – £2,000
Student and Graduate: £1,000 to £1,500
Work visas: £1,500 to £2,500
PBS Dependant visas: £1,000 – £2,000
Investment and visas based on business: £2,000 – £5,000
Other Point Based System applications: £1,500 to £2,500
Adult Dependant: £3,000 – £5,000
Child from outside the UK involving sole custody issue: £3,000 – £4,000
Family visas involving criminality or other complexities (e.g. not meeting financial or English language requirements): £3,000 – £4,000
Other family visas (including family reunion applications): £2,000 – £3,000
Settlement based on domestic violence: £3,000 – £4,000
Settlement involving investment: £3,000 – £5,000
Complex settlement applications, e.g. one involving criminality, illegal entry, break in continuous residence: £3,000 – £5,000
Other settlement application: £1,500 – £3,000
Complex naturalisation applications (e.g. one involving criminality, illegal entry): £3,000 – £5,000
Standard naturalisation applications: £1,500 – £2,000

*No VAT is applicable on our fees as we are not yet VAT registered.

The current Home Office fees and IHS fees for various immigration applications are as follows, which are payable in addition to our fees:

Visa Category	Application Type	Fee (Outside UK)	Fee (Inside UK)	IHS fees
Visitor Visas	Standard (up to 6 months)	£127	N/A	–
	Standard (up to 11 months, for medical reasons)	£200	N/A
	Standard (up to 12 months, for academic reasons)	£220	N/A
	2-year Long-term	£475	N/A	–
	5-year Long-term	£848	N/A	–
	10-year Long-term	£1,059	N/A	–
Family Visas	Joining your partner, parent or child	£1,938	£1,321	IHS: £1,035/yr for adults (£776 for child)
	Each dependant application	£1,938	£1,321	IHS: £1,035/yr for adults (£776 for child)
	Adult Dependent Relative (route to settlement)	£3,413	£1,321	IHS: £1,035/yr
	Refugee Dependent Relative (route to settlement)	£424	£1,321
Work Visas	Skilled Worker (<3 yrs)	£769	£885	IHS: £1,035/yr
	Skilled Worker (>3 yrs)	£1,519	£1,751	IHS: £1,035/yr
	Immigration salary list Skilled worker (<3 yrs)	£590	£590	IHS: £1,035/yr
	Immigration salary list Skilled worker (>3 yrs)	£1160	£1160	IHS: £1,035/yr
	Health & Care Worker (<3 yrs)	£304	£304
	Health & Care Worker (>3 yrs)	£590	£590
	Global Talent	£766	£766	IHS: £1,035/yr
	Temporary worker	£319	£319	IHS: £1,035/yr
	Dependant applications	Same as main applicant fee	Same as main applicant fee	IHS: £1,035/yr for adults (£776 for child)
Student Visas	Student Visa	£524	£524	IHS: £776/yr
Graduate Route Visas	Graduate Route Visas	£880	£880	IHS: £1,035/yr for adults (£776 for child)
Settlement & Citizenship	Settlement/ ILR	£3,029	£3,029	–
	Naturalisation	£1,605	£1,605	–

Other disbursements: Sometimes we need to incur additional expenses for our clients, e.g. translation costs, expert fees, which are payable by our clients in addition to our fees. You would be advised before we incur any such costs.

For details on the fees we charge, please visits our Fees {hyperlink} page.

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Dr. Sonia Khan

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