Legal · UK Immigration
UK immigration, for the people actually moving
Skilled Worker visas. ILR after five years. Spouse and family visas. Naturalisation. Founder visas. The rules as they actually work, for the people they actually affect.
Written from a practitioner's view. Qualified at the Nigerian Bar with common law training, ten-plus years in financial services compliance, and a working understanding of the UK rules as they actually operate. What gets refused, what gets approved, what the evidence has to look like.
Articles in this cluster
Published
- UK Spouse Visa Financial Requirement (2026): The £29,000 Threshold, How to Meet It, and What Counts as Evidence
The five categories under Appendix FM, the £88,500 cash savings alternative, the adequate maintenance exception where the sponsor receives certain benefits, and the refusal patterns that cost applicants months.
- Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK (2026): The Current 5-Year Rules, the 180-Day Absence Trap, and the Earned Settlement Reform
The current five-year qualifying period, the rolling 180-day absence limit that refuses more applications than anything else, the tests, and the proposed earned settlement reform that may extend the standard period to ten years.
- Naturalisation as a British Citizen (2026): Residence, Good Character, English and Life in the UK, and the £1,839 Fee
The five core requirements, the absence limits (450 days over five years, 270 days over three years for spouses), the February 2025 illegal-entry change to good character, the £1,839 fee structure, and the common refusal patterns.
Planned
- Skilled Worker visa for tech professionals: eligibility, sponsorship, switching
- Settlement (ILR) after 5 years on a Skilled Worker visa
- Spouse and family visas: the £29K threshold and what counts as evidence
- Naturalisation as a British citizen: good character, residence, ceremony
- Innovator and founder visas for diaspora entrepreneurs
- Article 8 ECHR family life claims: when they apply and what wins
- Travel rules for Nigerian passport holders with UK residency
Not legal advice
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