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• Overview
• Entry Clearance For UK Ancestry Visa
• Extension Of UK Ancestry Visa
• ILR As A UK Ancestry Migrant
• UK Ancestry Dependant Visas
• Priority or Super Priority Service
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• Ask A Question For Free Advice

The UK Ancestry visa route is for a Commonwealth citizen aged 17 or over who wants to live and work in the UK and who has a grandparent who was born in the UK or Islands. A dependent partner and dependent children of UK Ancestry migrant can also apply under this route to stay in the UK with the UK Ancestry migrant. An application for UK Ancestry visa is made in accordance with the requirements as set out in the Immigration Rules Appendix UK Ancestry. It is not possible to switch into UK Ancestry visa route from inside the UK and an initial application should always be made from outside the UK.

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UK Ancestry visa is a settlement visa route and the UK Ancestry migrant becomes eligible to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain 28 days before completing 5 years in the UK under the UK Ancestry visa route.

As specialist UK Ancestry visa solicitors, we can provide fast, friendly and reliable fixed fee immigration advice and representations for the following applications for UK Ancestry Migrants:

Entry Clearance For UK Ancestry Visa

You can apply for entry clearance for UK ancestry visa if you are a commonwealth citizen aged 17 or over who wish to come to work in the UK on the basis of having a grandparent born in the UK and Islands. Eligible applicants are normally given entry clearance for 5 years. Towards the end of the 5 years, they can apply either for an extension of stay or Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR). An application for entry clearance as a UK Ancestry migrant is made in accordance with requirements as set out in Appendix UK Ancestry to the Immigration Rules.

Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis for your application for UK ancestry visa. Read More

Extension Of UK Ancestry Visa

You can apply for extension of your UK Ancestry visa for 5 years if you are in the UK with UK Ancestry visa and do not qualify for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) as a UK Ancestry Migrant. Some applicants who have completed 5 years in the UK in the UK ancestry category may choose to apply for an extension of stay rather than indefinite leave. An application for extension of UK ancestry visa is made in accordance with requirements as set out in Appendix UK Ancestry to the Immigration Rules. An applicartion for extension of UK Ancestry visa is made using application form FLR (IR).

This could be for a variety of reasons, including because the applicant:

• does not meet the knowledge of English language and life in the UK requirement for settlement
• has broken their continuity of residence and so cannot meet the 5-year continuous residence requirement for settlement
• simply does not wish to apply for settlement, or is unaware that they are eligible to do so

Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis for your application for extension of UK Ancestry visa. Read More

ILR As A UK Ancestry Migrant

You can apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) as a UK Ancestry migrant upon completion of 5 years residence in the UK under UK Ancestry visa. Your qualifying period can include time from the date your initial application (for entry clearance or leave to remain) was approved. You can apply for ILR as UK Ancestry 28 days before completing the 5 years qualifying period. An application for ILR as a UK Ancestry migrant is made using application form SET (O). An application for ILR as a UK Ancestry migrant is made in accordance with requirements as set out in Appendix UK Ancestry to the Immigration Rules.

Our expert team of UK Ancestry visa solicitors are specialists in dealing with ILR applications for UK Ancestry migrants. As specialist UK Ancestry visa solicitors, our highly experienced immigration lawyers have wealth of knowledge and experience to provide high quality legal services for ILR applications. Our ILR solicitors have helped thousands of UK Ancestry Migrants with their Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) applications. Read More

Applications For UK Ancestry Dependant Visa UK

As specialist immigration solicitors for dependant visa UK, we can provide fast, friendly, reliable and fixed fee legal services for following applications for UK ancestry dependant visa:

• Entry Clearance For UK Ancestry Dependant Visa
• Switching Into UK Ancestry Dependant Visa
• Extension Of UK Ancestry Dependant Visa
• ILR As UK Ancestry Dependant

Priority or Super Priority Service For For Faster Decision

Most entry clearance applications for UK ancestry visa from outside the UK can be submitted using Priority Service whereby decision on the UK ancestry visa entry clearance application will be made within 5 working days instead of 4 weeks normal waiting time.

All UK ancestry visa applications made from inside the UK can be submitted to the Home Office UKVI either by using priority service (to get decision within 5 working days) or by super priority service ( to get decision within 24 hours) instead of standard service which can often take up to 8 weeks to get a decision on the UK ancestry visa application.

As specialist UK ancestry visa solicitors based in London, we are registered with the Home Office, UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) and its commercial partners UKVCAS Sopra Steria to provide priority and Super Priority Service for UK ancestry visa applications whereby decision on your UK ancestry visa application may be made by the Home Office UKVI faster than the usual waiting times.

Our UK ancestry visa solicitors can prepare and submit your UK ancestry visa application to the Home Office, UKVI through priority or Super Priority Service and get decision on your UK ancestry visa application through fast track decision making process. This way, you will not have to wait for the decision on your UK ancestry visa application for months (sometimes years).

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