Category: UK Visas

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

UK Launched Scale-Up Visa

The new UK Scale-up visa officially launches today, 22 August 2022. The new visa route is aimed at foreign nationals who have been recruited by a UK sponsor.  The scale-up visa was created to make it quicker and easier for fast-growing businesses to bring highly skilled individuals to the UK.  In order to be eligible…
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Heathrow Airport Passenger Cap Extended

The UK’s busiest airport has extended its cap on passengers into late October. Due to chronic staff shortages plus a higher volume of passengers, London’s Heathrow Airport has extended its limits on daily passengers through late October. A maximum of 100,000 passengers can depart Heathrow every day through 29 October. The cap was originally scheduled…
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UK Resumes Priority Visa Services

Last March, the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) suspended the priority services for new applications made from outside the UK. After 5 months, UKVI has reinstated “priority services” for new work visa applications. The suspension was UKVI’s response to the large influx of applications under the Ukraine Family Scheme as those applications were to be…
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Spain’s Golden Visa: One of the Top Investor Choices in Europe for 2022

As the pandemic begins to subside, interest in foreign residency through property investment is rising again. Golden Visa programmes are investment schemes where purchasing a second home in a different country entitles buyers to a second passport or pathway to citizenship. According to research by Tranio, the Spanish Golden Visa program remains among the top…
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Contactless Digital Border: Electronic Travel Authorisation to Enter the UK

The British government reveals its plan to implement the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme, which obliges visitors to apply for permission to visit the country, including EU tourists. The new scheme intends to establish a ‘contactless’ border crossing from 2024, meaning that some passengers will be able to enter the country exempted from using an electronic…
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