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Apr 01, 2022 - Ukraine Family Scheme and Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) - visa data as of 1 April 2022
Total Ukraine Scheme visa applications received: 65,000
Data is as of 1 April 2022 and comprised of:
- Ukraine Family Scheme: 32,800
- Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme: 32,200
Total Ukraine Scheme visas issued to people: 29,200
Data is as of 1 April 2022 and comprised of:
- Ukraine Family Scheme visas: 24,400
- Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme visas: 4,700
Of those issued under the Sponsorship Scheme, visas issued where the sponsor was from:
- Scotland: 210
- Wales: 120
- Northern Ireland: 40
Mar 30, 2022 - Homes for Ukraine Scheme, Ukraine Family Scheme, Ukraine Extension Scheme and Asylum in the UK – what benefits are provided to applicants
The UK has a welfare system which is designed to help those who face financial hardship, or who have specific needs. All those from Ukraine coming to the country under the scheme will be able to seek and take up employment.
Those who are allowed to stay in the UK as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, Ukraine Family Scheme and the Ukraine Extension Scheme will have three years’ permission to stay in the UK, with the right to work and study, and they will have immediate access to benefits.
Successful applicants would be apple to get free healthcare from the National Health Service (NHS) and t...
Mar 29, 2022 - Visa program for Ukrainian nationals - Ukraine Extension Scheme
Closes on 16 May 2024.
At the same time, children born in the UK after 18 March 2022 from those who have a permit under the Ukraine visa scheme (including the now closed Ukraine Family Scheme), will be given the right to apply under this route after 16 May 2024, and they will be granted a permit corresponding to the validity period permits, issued under the Ukraine scheme, which are available to their parents.
A. Overview
The visa program for Ukrainian nationals under the Ukraine Extension Scheme, provides an opportunity for applicants or their family members to live, work and study in the UK ...
Mar 29, 2022 - Ukraine Family Scheme: application data as of 29 March 2022
The Ukraine Family Scheme allows applicants to join family members or extend their stay in the UK.
As at 9am on 29 March 2022:
Total applications opened: 77,800
Total applications submitted: 38,000
- of which, appointments made at a visa application centre: 12,500
Total applications confirmed for processing: 30,400
- of which, outstanding applications to be processed: 5,300
Total visas issued: 22,100
Mar 28, 2022 - Late applications under the Surinder Singh immigration route
Under EU free movement law, British citizens who had been exercising “treaty rights” in the European Economic Area and then decided to move back to the UK could sponsor their family members to come with them. This allowed them to use the friendlier EU law rules on family migration, rather than the harsher domestic rules (i.e. Appendix FM or Part 8 of the Immigration Rules). This became known as the “Surinder Singh” route after the judgment that first established the right of British people to use EU law in this way.
The Surinder Singh route continued after Brexit, allowing Brits exercising tre...
Mar 25, 2022 - Ukraine Family Scheme: application data 25 March 2022
The Ukraine Family Scheme allows applicants to join family members or extend their stay in the UK.
As at 5pm on 25 March 2022:
Total applications opened: 73,200
Total applications submitted: 36,300
- of which, appointments made at a visa application centre: 12,400
Total applications confirmed for processing: 29,300
- of which, outstanding applications to be processed: 4,700
Total visas issued: 21,000
Mar 23, 2022 - 2022 Spring Statement: Key points at a glance
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled the contents of his Spring Statement in the House of Commons
Delivering the Spring Statement, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said:
“This statement puts billions back into the pockets of people across the UK and delivers the biggest net cut to personal taxes in over a quarter of a century.
Like our actions against Russia, I have been able to do this because of our strong economy and the difficult but responsible decisions I have had to make to rebuild our finances following the pandemic.
Cutting taxes means people have immediate help with the rising cost of living, b...
Mar 21, 2022 - Intended parents can bring Ukrainian surrogate mothers to the UK
The Home Office has promised to give UK visas to Ukrainian surrogate mothers and their families, casting a lifeline to intended parents.
Provision will also be made for babies born outside the UK to Ukrainian surrogate mothers, according to Home Secretary Priti Patel, in a letter to leading surrogacy lawyers.
So far no public announcement has been made and the letter provides only the broadest of details.
Visas will be granted “outside the Immigration Rules”, meaning the scheme will be a discretionary one. While this sounds alarmingly vague, much of the UK’s immigration and nationality law o...
Mar 18, 2022 - Visa under the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine)
A. General overview
The Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme allows Ukrainian nationals and their family members to come to the UK if they have a named sponsor under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
It is free to apply.
You will be able to live, work and study in the UK and access public funds.
If you’re Ukrainian and need any assistance, please call the 24/7 free helpline +44 808 164 8810 (0808 164 8810 if you’re in the UK).
If you cannot contact UK 0808 numbers, please use +44 (0)175 390 7510.
B. Eligibility requirements
To apply to the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme you must be Ukrainian, or the immediate f...
Mar 17, 2022 - Bank of England raises interest rates again to curb inflation
Interest rates have increased for the third time in four months as the Bank of England tries to calm the rise in the cost of living.
The rise to 0.75% from 0.5% means rates are now at their highest level since March 2020, when the pandemic began.
Energy bills and food costs are increasing and there is concern the war in Ukraine will push prices up further.
The Bank has warned inflation, the rate at which prices rise, may reach 8% and possibly higher, in the coming months.
Prices rose by 5.5% in the year to January, the fastest rate for 30 years and well above the Bank's 2% inflation target.
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