Fast-track UK visa services. Get a faster decision on your visa or settlement application. The fastest service is by next working day after the biometrics for most categories.
Spouses and partners of UK citizens and of settled persons: all types under the standard 5-year route. Switching from another visa, such as Student, Graduate, Youth Mobility, Global Mobility etc. Extension after the initial 2.5 years. Indefinite Leave (permanent residency) after 5 years. The standard waiting time is within 8 weeks, or within 6 months for Indefinite Leave, and you cannot travel abroad while waiting for a visa. For extra £1,000 the Home Office would make a decision by next working day.
Workers and dependants: applications for a Skilled Worker, Global Talent, Global Mobility, Graduate, Health and Care Worker visas. Plus dependants. Switching, extension, change of employment, settlement (Indefinite Leave). The standard waiting time is within 8 weeks, or within 6 months for Indefinite Leave, and you cannot travel abroad while waiting. For extra £500 the Home Office would make a decision within 5 working days. For extra £1,000 the Home Office would make a decision by next working day.
Indefinite Leave to Remain (permanent residency): applications in the above categories, plus UK Ancestry and Hong Kong BNO. The standard waiting time for ILR is within 6 months, and you cannot travel while waiting. For extra £500 or £1,000 the Home Office makes a decision within 5 work days or by next working day respectively. Some categories are available on both. Some only on 5 work days, like BNO. Some only on next-day, like spouses of British citizens.
Partner, Spouse and Fiancee visas are eligible for a Priority service. The standard waiting time is approximately 3 months, but Priority service reduces that to 6 weeks. In practice, we often see sooner. It costs extra £500 in Home Office fees.
Work, Student, Dependant, Visitor visas are eligible for 2 types of Priority services. The standard turnaround in these categories is 3 weeks. For extra £500 the Home Office makes a decision within 5 working days; for extra £1,000 – decision by next working day.
All applications for British Citizenship for adults and children: Naturalisation and Registration. All Nationality cases have a processing time within 6 months. In practice, we often see sooner, especially with a recent ILR, although it wouldn’t be guaranteed.
Applications under EU Settlement Scheme, although most applications are already considered quickly. If your pre-settled status expires, it will be automatically renewed for 2 years, unless you apply for a settled status. Most applications are decided automatically unless your case requires further evidence.
Partner and Parent 10-year route and generally, complex or compassionate cases, Tier 1 Entrepreneurs.
We started this company 15 years ago after our own experience. Our Immigration Advice Authority (formerly OISC) reference is F200800152, in which 2008 stands for the year of accreditation. From our London office, we serve customers of all nationalities to come to the UK to live with a partner or family, to remain and settle here. You can book a consultation with an Immigration Lawyer here.
If you are applying inside the UK and you submitted a new application before your previous expired (even on its last day), your status automatically extends in the same category until the decision. This is known as a Section 3C leave. For as long as it takes, doesn’t matter if it runs beyond the old visa expiry date.
Example #1: you had a Student visa, before it expired you applied for a Partner visa, Your status remains Student until the decision, then it changes to a Partner visa. During the waiting time you retain the rights of a Student visa, including the right to work.
Example #2: you had a Skilled Worker visa, before it expired you applied for Indefinite Leave. It is taking up to 6 months for that category, so your status would continue as Skilled Worker during the waiting time, meaning you can only work for your Sponsor until the approval of your ILR.
You can re-apply within 14 days, which is allowed as “disregarded overstaying”. However, you won’t have a 3C leave, so your status extended for the purpose of continuous residence in the UK. The waiting time for the re-submitted application would be deducted when calculating “your” qualifying period for the purpose of Indefinite Leave.