Immigration to the UK

Despite the widespread belief that immigration to the UK – the process is very costly and almost impossible, there are plenty of legitimate ways to become a British citizen.

First and foremost, anyone who potentially considers the UK as a country for possible migration, it is necessary to grasp the following basic principles that provide the foundations of the British immigration legislation: People should have the skills that are in demand in this country, or to successfully do business, benefiting the Crown.

Contender for the title of “resident” in the UK should speak English. English level should be different depending on the type of the visa regime that follows the migrant. The future citizen of the Kingdom must work and pay taxes to the Treasury, to be able to support themselves and their families. It is expected that the applicant will not seek financial assistance to public funds of great Britain. No country in the world does not need “freeloaders” on the neck of taxpayers.

However, immigration laws in the UK clearly structured and transparent, which allows any person to understand it and to follow all the rules.

Each category of visas based on a point system.

In order to assess your chances in advance to “try on” all the conditions of the point system and understand whether you are gaining the right amount of points for the selected migration path.

It is necessary to distinguish the concept of “residence” – Indefinite Leave to Remain, (ILR) and “Citizen”. As a rule, receive an “ILR” before obtaining citizenship . Anyone who claims to be on getting ILR, necessarily have to take the test Live in the UK, which will demonstrate your knowledge about the peculiarities of life in the UK. You can try to pass an infinite number of times and there are even special courses for training in this test. The exemption test can only be obtained by age – if you are over 65 years old, or if you prove your physical or mental incapacity.

In order to obtain a passport of a citizen of the United Kingdom, it is necessary to observe a number of requirements of the law – most of which – not to leave the UK in the past few years, most of the year.

Before the foreigner will receive the status of citizen, he must undergo the period when he is in the status of the migrant. Usually this period is at least 5-6 years, if during the time the migrant has been able to comply with all the requirements of an appropriate visa regime. In fact, often, due to incompetence or receipt illiterate advice, applicant, sometimes unwittingly, commits a violation of the order, thus extending its period in the status of the migrant.

The exception, perhaps, is only the investor visa. – (Tier 1 Investor), when the benefit of reduced time period for obtaining a residence permit granted to a foreign person wishing to invest in the economy in the UK over £5 million In this case, the residence permit is granted after 3 years.

And when investing over £10 million – a residence permit is granted after 2 years.

But, under any circumstances, it is impossible to obtain a passport of a citizen of the United Kingdom sooner than in 5 years.

Standard investor visa, the investor invests in the UK economy £1 million., allows you to obtain a residence permit for five years, and citizenship of the United Kingdom in the sixth year .

This is the most expensive method of getting the citizenship of great Britain.

The investor visa has a number of advantages over other migration methods.

1. First, You do not need to confirm their knowledge of the English language , as is the case with all other migration methods.

2. Secondly, you do not need to prove You have the means to support their families.

Our company has experience in preparing documents for people who have received the investor visa, as well as legal support throughout the entire period to obtain a passport.

There are less costly ways of obtaining citizenship of the UK. Among them:

1. Entrepreneur visa. Tier 1(Entrepreneur)

2. The sole representative visa, foreign companies –

Sole representative of overseas company.

3. Fiance visa / fiance Visa

4. Visa spouse

5. Visa for unmarried partners.

6. The working visa.

In their articles we continue to publish on all legal methods of obtaining the right to permanent residence in the UK, and about the issues and the nuances that can face people, selecting a particular type of visa.

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