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Immigration Solicitors in London on visiting UK as a sports visitor

Theva Immigration Solicitors in London how an applicant may come to UK as sports visitor. London is now considered as a hub of sports in Europe and many sports person around the world always enthusiastic to join various events or series of events in the UK.

Kindly note for the immigration purposes to come to London or UK you have to substantiate that:

• take part in a specific event, tournament, or series of events (including charity events and exhibition matches) as an individual competitor or a member of an overseas team; or
• join an amateur team as an amateur sportsperson (provided you receive no payment except for travel and other expenses);
• make a personal appearance or take part in a promotion such as a book signing or television interview;
• negotiate a contract or discuss a sponsorship deal;
• take part in a trial (which must not be in front of an audience, either paying or non-paying);
• do a short period of training, as an individual or as part of a team.

Our immigration Solicitors also explain that the sports visa is not restricted to the above events but may apply for sports visa and visit the UK as a sports visitor if you are:

• a member of the technical or support staff of amateur or professional sportspeople, and you are attending the UK with them for the same event or series of events; or
• an official attending a sporting event or series of events as, for example, an umpire.

Everyone has to comply with immigration rules and law in the United Kingdom. Our immigration Solicitors assert that you mustn’t wish to:

• take paid or unpaid employment, produce goods or provide services, including the selling of goods or services directly to members of the public;
• do a course of study;
• marry or register a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership; or
• receive private medical treatment.

In order to comply with the requirements and full assessment please ask our Theva immigration solicitors in London for advise, help and how to apply for sports visitor visa.

Immigration Solicitors in London on visiting UK as a parent of a Child at School

Theva Immigration Solicitors in London explain the basic requirements to visit London or UK as a parent of a Child at School. You may be entitle to come to UK as parent of a Child at School in the circumstances your child is:

• under 12 years old; and
• attending an independent fee-paying day school under Tier 4 (Child) of the points-based system or under the student category that existed before 31 March 2009.

As the matter of Theva Immigration Solicitors in London stresses that whilst you are in UK, you do not intend to:

• take paid or unpaid employment, produce goods or provide services, including the selling of goods or services directly to members of the public;
• do a course of study;

The parents have to substantiate (You may take advise from Theva Immigration Solicitors in London) that:

• you are not seeking to make the UK your main home;
• you intend to leave the UK at the end of your visit;
• you have adequate and reliable funds to maintain a second home in the UK;
• you have enough money to support and accommodate yourself without working or help from public funds, or you and any dependants will be supported and accommodated by relatives or friends;
• you were not last admitted to the UK under the Approved Destination Status Agreement with China; and
• you can meet the cost of the return or onward journey.

You have to comply with UK immigration laws and mustn’t stay more than twelve months. If you comply with the visa requirements an extension may be sought with the help of one of our Immigration solicitors particularly if you are residing in London. 

Immigration Solicitors in London on Prospective Student Visa

Theva Immigration Solicitors in London highlight that an applicant or for prospective student visa to study in London or UK may be lodged if you wish to pursue a course in the UK under Tier 4 Student Visa, however, you may have not fulfilled all the arrangements for your education. The prospective student may visit UK as a prospective student if he/she has provisionally been accepted for a course provided the CAS is accepted on final interview.

Our immigration solicitors in London always advise prospective student to have full information, in and outs of the course. Otherwise the chances of application success will be limited as prospective student to study in London or UK.

Our Immigration Solicitors in London also furnish that the applicant must commence his education within 6 months once he is in the UK. In addition you may be able to substantiate the same in a letter of acceptance or prospectus detailing out the course.

If you already have an unconditional offer of a place on a course, which you intend to accept, you should not come here as a prospective student – instead, you should apply to enter the UK under Tier 4.

You must show that you intend to:

• switch into Tier 4 of the points-based system to begin your course within 6 months of arriving in the UK, and then leave the UK at the end of your course;
• Leave the UK when your permission to stay as a prospective student expires, if you have not been able to switch into Tier 4.

Our immigration solicitors in London also warns that student must have sufficient financial resources to comply with the costs of prospective course, accommodation without burden to tax payers money.  For any sort of your immigration issues please ask one of our Thevaimmigration solicitors in London.

Immigration Solicitors in London on Child Visitor

Our immigration solicitors in London provide full detail on how to apply for an application for child visitor to come to London or rest of UK. The Child visitor must demonstrate that:

• you are under 18 years old;
• you intend to visit the UK for no more than 6 months (or 12 months if you will be accompanying an academic visitor);
• you intend to leave the UK at the end of your visit;
• you have enough money to support and accommodate yourself without working or help from public funds, or you will be supported and accommodated by relatives or friends;
• suitable arrangements have been made for your travel to, and your reception and care in, the UK – and, if a foster carer or relative (not a parent or guardian) will be responsible for your care, the arrangements must meet the requirements set out in our guidance;
• you have a parent or guardian in your home country who is responsible for your care, and you can provide their address, their landline phone number; and
• confirmation that they consent to the arrangements for your travel to, and reception and care in, the UK;
• you can meet the cost of the return or onward journey; and
• you are not in transit to a country outside the ‘Common Travel Area’ (Ireland, the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands).

In  our almost all of blogs Theva Immigration Solicitors in London highlighted that during your visit, you do not intend to:

• take paid or unpaid employment, produce goods or provide services, including the selling of goods or services directly to members of the public;
• marry or register a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership; or
• receive private medical treatment.

Theva Immigration Solicitors in London furnishes that child visitor may enrol himself/herself in a short course of study unless he proves that:

• a licensed sponsor under Tier 4 of the points-based system; or
• accredited by an accreditation body which has been approved by the UK Border Agency (see below); or
• inspected by either the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education in Scotland, Estyn, Northern Ireland’s Education and Training Inspectorate or the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI).

It is, however, best to take a professional advise before you apply for child visitor coming to London or UK. Theva Immigration Solicitors in London do provide such advise in details in cost effective manner.

Immigration Solicitors in London on Student Visitor

Theva Immigration Solicitors in London explain who to apply for student visitor visa and the requirements thereof.

You have to substantiate that you have been accepted a course of study in the UK for student visitor visa as under:

• a licensed sponsor under Tier 4 of the points-based system – you can download a list (or ‘register’) of sponsors from the right side of this page; or
• accredited by Accreditation UK or the Accreditation Body for Language Services (ABLS), which offer accreditation service for providers of English Language courses; or
• accredited by the British Accreditation Council (BAC) or the Accreditation Service for International Colleges (ASIC), which offer accreditation for a range of institutions and courses; or
• inspected or audited by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), HM Inspectorate of Education (in Scotland), Estyn (in Wales), the Education and Training Inspectorate (in Northern Ireland) or the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI); or
• an overseas higher education institution which offers only part of its programmes in the UK, holds its own national accreditation, and offers programmes of an equivalent level to a UK degree.

Research shows that London is best place to study in the world on the basis of world renowed institutions based in London and rest of the England. The student visitor visa must intend to study at a maintained school.

Our immigration solicitors in London always advise student visitors that during their visit, you do not intend to:

• take paid or unpaid employment, produce goods or provide services, including the selling of goods or services directly to members of the public;
• marry or register a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership;
• carry out the activities of a business visitor, a sports visitor or an entertainer visitor; or
• receive private medical treatment.

Our immigration solicitors in London also advise that you must prove with strong documentary evidence that:

• you are 18 or over;
• you intend to visit the UK for no more than 6 months (or 11 months if you will be undertaking an English Language course – see below);
• you intend to leave the UK at the end of your visit;
• you have enough money to support and accommodate yourself without working or help from public funds, or you and any dependants will be supported and accommodated by relatives or friends;
• you can meet the cost of the return or onward journey; and
• you are not in transit to a country outside the ‘Common Travel Area’ (Ireland, the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands).

Theva UK Immigration Solicitors in London have been assisting international students in connection with their student visitors application. Should you require any professional assistance do in touch with one of our immigration solicitors in London. 

Immigration Solicitors in London on Prospective Entrepreneur Visa

Due to the sensitivity of the application our immigration Solicitors always prepare prospective entrepreneur visa complying with the immigration rules requirements. The prerequisite of the visa as prospective entrepreneur is that your goal must be to secure funding in order to join, establish or take over alternatively get involved in the running of a business in the UK.

You have to substantiate that one of more of the following institutions may be supporting you application:

• 1 or more registered venture capitalist firms regulated by the Financial Services Authority;
• 1 or more UK entrepreneurial seed funding competitions which are listed as ‘endorsed’ on the UK Trade and Investment.
• 1 or more UK government departments.

The total amount of proposed funding must be at least £50,000.
You also have to demonstrate intending to carry out one of the activities as under:

• attending meetings (which may be arranged when in the UK), including interviews that have been arranged before you come to the UK, or conferences;
• attending trade fairs, provided this is restricted to promotional work and does not involve selling direct to members of the public; arranging deals, negotiating or signing trade agreements, contracts and the like;
• undertaking fact-finding missions; conducting site visits;
• purchasing, checking details of or examining goods;
• speaking at a ‘one-off’ conference which is not run as a commercial concern; and
• recruiting staff in relation to your proposed business activity.

Many applicants ask our immigration solicitors if they are entitled to take paid or unpaid employment, study, marriage or medical treatment. We categorically mention that under this type of visa you are not allowed to carry out such activities in London or in any part of the UK. If you carry such activities your visa may be revoked or leave may be curtailed.

Theva immigration solicitors pinpoint following requirements you have to comply with when applying for entrepreneur visa:

• you are aged 18 or over;
• you intend to leave the UK at the end of your visit, unless by that time you have successfully applied to switch into Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) of the points-based system;
• you have enough money to support and accommodate yourself without working or help from public funds, or you and any dependants will be supported and accommodated by relatives or friends;
• you can meet the cost of the return or onward journey; and
• you are not in transit to a country outside the ‘Common Travel Area’ (Ireland, the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands).

Please ask our immigration solicitors for detailed advise and how  to apply for entrepreneur visa. The visa validity for prospective entrepreneur is for a maximum of six months.

Immigration Solicitors in London on How to Apply for Business Visitor Visa

Theva Immigration Solicitors explain how to apply for business Visitor Visa. You may lodge application with the according to your visa requirement. We strongly recommend you to seek our Immigration Solicitor professional advise before doing so.

You may apply on following applications:

• application form VAF1E – if you are applying as an academic visitor
• application form VAF2 – if you are a doctor undertaking a clinical attachment or taking the PLAB test, or a dentist undertaking a clinical observer post
• application form VAF1C – if you are any other type of business visitor

Please remember that as part of your application, you will need to enrol your fingerprints and facial image (known as ‘biometric information’) at a visa application centre.

The procedure to apply in different countries due to various reasons so do the processing time in each British High Commission Varies. The also effects how you get your documents back.

Kindly do ask our Theva immigration solicitors in London for detailed professional advise.

Immigration Solicitors in London on Business Visitor Visa

Being a hub of services industry in the world, London is best destination for the Business Visitors. Our Immigration Solicitors have dealt with numerous successful applications for business visitors to come to London to assess the business opportunities for them and forge strong links with London based businessmen.

Our immigration solicitors take care of every aspect of the application from advising to full application preparation complying with immigration law and regulations. The businessman must demonstrate with cogent documentary evidence that:

• you are 18 or over;
• you intend to visit the UK for no more than 6 months (or 12 months if you are an academic visitor), unless you are a doctor taking the PLAB test (in which case you can apply to extend your stay and undertake a clinical attachment if you pass the PLAB test);
• you intend to leave the UK at the end of your visit;
• you have enough money to support and accommodate yourself without working or help from public funds, or you and any dependants will be supported and accommodated by relatives or friends;
• you are based abroad and do not intend to transfer your base to the UK, even temporarily;
• you receive your salary from abroad (although it is acceptable for you to receive reasonable travel and subsistence expenses while you are in the UK);
• not be replacing someone in the UK, including for temporary leave periods;
• you can meet the cost of the return or onward journey; and
• you are not in transit to a country outside the ‘Common Travel Area’ (Ireland, the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands).

Our immigration solicitors in London do also assert that businessman who would like to visit London or rest of UK  must demonstrate that, during your visit, you do not intend to:

• take paid or unpaid employment, produce goods or provide services, including the selling of goods or services directly to members of the public;
• do a course of study;
• marry or register a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership; or
• receive private medical treatment.

Theva Immigration Solicitors in London are second to none when it comes to meet the business immigration requirements for various businesses in London in general and UK in particular.

Immigration Solicitors in London on Business Visitor Visa

Being a hub of services industry in the world, London is best destination for the Business Visitors. Our Immigration Solicitors have dealt with numerous successful applications for business visitors to come to London to assess the business opportunities for them and forge strong links with London based businessmen.

Our immigration solicitors take care of every aspect of the application from advising to full application preparation complying with immigration law and regulations. The businessman must demonstrate with cogent documentary evidence that:

• you are 18 or over;
• you intend to visit the UK for no more than 6 months (or 12 months if you are an academic visitor), unless you are a doctor taking the PLAB test (in which case you can apply to extend your stay and undertake a clinical attachment if you pass the PLAB test);
• you intend to leave the UK at the end of your visit;
• you have enough money to support and accommodate yourself without working or help from public funds, or you and any dependants will be supported and accommodated by relatives or friends;
• you are based abroad and do not intend to transfer your base to the UK, even temporarily;
• you receive your salary from abroad (although it is acceptable for you to receive reasonable travel and subsistence expenses while you are in the UK);
• not be replacing someone in the UK, including for temporary leave periods;
• you can meet the cost of the return or onward journey; and
• you are not in transit to a country outside the ‘Common Travel Area’ (Ireland, the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands).

Our immigration solicitors in London do also assert that businessman who would like to visit London or rest of UK  must demonstrate that, during your visit, you do not intend to:

• take paid or unpaid employment, produce goods or provide services, including the selling of goods or services directly to members of the public;
• do a course of study;
• marry or register a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership; or
• receive private medical treatment.

Theva Immigration Solicitors in London are second to none when it comes to meet the business immigration requirements for various businesses in London in general and UK in particular.

Immigration Solicitors in London on Family Visitor Visa

Our Immigration Solicitors in London receive almost various enquiries literally everyday asking for prerequisite for family visitor visa. UK immigration solicitor at Theva Solicitors London always assert that applicant must meet the minimum requirements to apply for family visit visa.

In order to visit the United Kingdom as family member applicant has to substantiate that he/she may be coming to to see the following family members:

• your husband, wife, civil partner, father, mother, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece or first cousin (the son or daughter of your uncle or aunt);
• the father, mother, brother or sister of your husband, wife or civil partner;
• the husband, wife or civil partner of your son or daughter;
• your stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother or stepsister; and/or
• a person who has lived with you as an unmarried couple for at least 2 of the 3 years before the day when you apply for entry clearance.

If a child is adopted under an adoption order recognised in UK law, we treat them as if they are the natural children of the adoptive parents.

Our immigration solicitors assert that If you want to visit a family member who is not listed above, you should come to the UK as a general visitor under the different category. We have also explained the General Visit visa.  Please scroll down to get to know further about the visa.

The family visitor must demonstrate that, during your visit, you do not intend to:

• take paid or unpaid employment, produce goods or provide services, including the selling of goods or services directly to members of the public;
• do a course of study;
• marry or register a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership;
• carry out the activities of a business or related activities; or
• receive private medical treatment.

The family visitor also demonstrates that: :

• you are 18 or over;
• you intend to visit the UK for no more than 6 months (or 12 months if you will be accompanying an academic visitor);
• you intend to leave the UK at the end of your visit;
• you have enough money to support and accommodate yourself without working or help from public funds, or you and any dependants will be supported and accommodated by relatives or friends;
• you can meet the cost of the return or onward journey; and
• you are not in transit to a country outside the ‘Common Travel Area’ (Ireland, the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands).

Theva Immigration Solicitors in London  do provide further assistance to fill up the forms, executing statutory or sponsorship declaration and certifying various documents for  the applicant and sponsor in cost effective professional fee.

Immigration Solicitors London on Visitor Visa (ADS) Agreement

Immigration Solicitors London lay down general guidelines for visitors from Peoples’s Republic of China under the ADS agreement. You must demonstrate that

• intend to visit the UK for no more than 30 days;
• intend to enter, leave and travel within the UK as a member of a tourist group of 5 or more people under the ADS Memorandum of Understanding;
• intend to leave the UK at the end of your visit;
• have enough money to support and accommodate yourself without working or help from public funds, or you and any dependants will be supported and accommodated by relatives or friends; and
• can meet the cost of the return or onward journey.

Under the immigration rules you do not intend to:

• take paid or unpaid employment, produce goods or provide services, including the selling of goods or services directly to members of the public; or
• do a course of study.

City of London is enriched with rich culture. Many immigrations complying with immigration law enjoy the beauty of British Culture. We at Theva Immigration Solicitors in London deal with visitor visa applications for Chinese Nationals.