Because we’re lawyers, not agents. Our team of UK qualified solicitors know the in’s-and-out’s of the immigration industry and are more than adept at ensuring that your Spouse visa gets accepted at all costs.
"We get it right the first time!" is our motto and we believe in living up to it, every single day.
Very happy with the service Surabhi and Falguni ma'am did an amazing job! Surabhi guided me during the entire process and listened patiently to all my queries! I highly recommend their services to everyone! I got my partner settlement UK visa approved within 30 days! Thank you so much to everyone at SmartMove2UK.
Our team of UK–qualified solicitors have extensive knowledge of the requirements applicants have to meet in order to ensure the success of their immigration (visa) applications. At SmartMove, we help you figure out how to (the right way) meet these requirements!
With SmartMove2UK, you’ll never have to worry filling tedious forms because we’ll do it for you! We’ll also review your documents for you to make sure they meet the required conditions.
At SmartMove, we truly understand the importance of professional and accurate immigration advice! We are equipped with an expert legal team, exclusively dedicated to Immigration law practice, providing you with sound legal solutions based on the unique facts of your case.
At SmartMove, we believe that assessment doesn’t end with paperwork. We go beyond the paperwork and learn as much as we can about you to make your case stronger. Every little bit helps!
Representation can make or break a case. For instance, if you are exempt from the English language requirement, you would be expected to represent the particulars of your situation in the right manner, in a way that would make the ECO understand that you are exempt from that requirement and that it has not just been left out of the application.
Child-dependant visas – Children intending to join you and your spouse in the UK, can apply at the same time as you! We will help you navigate the requirements (financial, relationship etc.) and advise you on the documentation required in support of their applications.
Providing information regarding your accommodation arrangements in the UK is an important aspect of a Spouse visa application. The accommodation must conform to the specific requirements of the Housing space standards. At the SmartMove2UK, we ensure that your application meets every requirement as per the Immigration Rules!
Showing your capability to support yourself through your funds is an important part of your application. SmartMove helps you meet these requirements through the use of your savings, fixed deposits, savings in the name of parents and even government funding! We’ll help you find the most optimal ways of meeting this requirement.
If the application for UK Fiancé Visa is approved, the applicant can enter the UK as a fiancé and register the marriage within six months. This will allow the applicant the further leave to remain in the UK based marriage. Applicants are not allowed to work between this time period.
Note: You would have to switch to the UK Spouse visa from within the UK before your Fiancée visa expires.
To apply for UK Spouse Visa the applicant must be above 18 years of age, should possess a marriage certificate while both, applicant and the sponsor should have met in person and are in a genuine relationship with no complication pending from their previous marriages. They should also,
To apply for UK Unmarried Partner Visa the sponsor should be a permanent resident of the UK or possess British citizenship. His annual income should at least meet the criteria of £18,600 or should have savings of £62,500. Both the partners should be in a genuine relationship or have been living with each other for at least two years. Also,
To apply for UK Same Sex Visa, the applicant can apply for entry clearance. In case of applicant residing outside the UK, then an entry clearance application as a same sex partner can be submitted to the British High Commission in the country of nationality or country of origin of the applicant.
If the applicant is already in the UK (with a visa issued for longer than six months) then they can switch into same sex partner visa in the UK by making FLR (M) application to the Home Office.
UK Marriage Visitor Visa entitles you to get married or register a civil partnership in the UK or to give a notice for the same. Apply for it if you are not planning to stay or settle in the UK after your marriage or civil partnership.
To apply for UK Marriage Visitor Visa the applicant must prove that they’re 18 or over and able to meet the cost of the return or onward journey as he/she is supposed to be leaving the UK at the end of their visit. He/she
Note: You can’t switch to spouse visa from marriage visitor visa in the UK
The applicant needs to make a UK spouse visa application to the Home Office. The applicant can make this application from overseas or from within the UK [subject to meeting the requirements]
The applicant, sponsor or their representative is required to complete an online application form, an appendix and provide the relevant supporting evidence in support of the application. They are required to pay the UK spouse visa fee and Immigration Health Surcharge as part of the process.
The applicants are required to submit the supporting documents along with their passports and biometrics, at the local VFS centre. If the sponsor chooses to submit any documents in the UK, they may visit a UKVCAS centre and submit the said documents in support of your application.
The government since 2017 has introduced the minimum income threshold for a British or settled person wishing to sponsor their Non-EU Spouse / partner for a UK spouse visa without dependent children, is £18,600.
An additional gross annual income of £3,800 is required for the first child sponsored in addition to the partner and an additional £2,400 for each further child.
Note: If the financial requirement and other requirements are not met, all the applicants will be refused.
Children under 18 years of age can enter the UK as their parent’s dependants. The applicant can make an application for their dependant at the same time when they make their spouse visa application.
Note: That the sponsor must show income of £22,400 if one child is accompanying the applicant. The level of minimum income varies depending on the number of dependant children being sponsored.
If your UK spouse visa application has been refused- you would be eligible to file an appeal if you feel the decision is incorrect. Any UK spouse visa refusal application is assessed in entirety in order to understand whether the application has merits for an appeal. Over the past 10 years we have come across a wide variety of complex cases with refusals on different parameters.
It indeed becomes a tense situation to see a refusal but the applicants should understand that such applications need to be closely and carefully dealt with while being assessed in order to see whether filing for a fresh application or filing an appeal would be a win-win solution or not.
SmartMove2UK – Mumbai
905, B-Wing, Sagar Tech Plaza,
Near Saki Naka Junction, Andheri (East),
Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400 072
INDIA
Tel : +91 22 2850 9883 | +91 22 2850 9857
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SmartMove2UK – Bangalore
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26-27 Mahatma Gandhi Road,
Bangalore – 560 001
INDIA
Tel : +91 80679 20729
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SmartMove2UK – Delhi
4th floor, 410, Statesman House,
Barakhamba Road, Connaught Place,
New Delhi - 110 001
INDIA
Tel : +91 11 3044 6825
Mobile : +91 98191 27002
