Increase in Home Office Fees Announced

An announcement has been made by the government on 13/07/2023, that confirms an increase in immigration fees. This comes as part of the public sector pay review, and the increase is aimed at offsetting public sector pay rises. This is the first immigration fee...

Special circumstance submissions

Since the first of December 2022, we are now able to submit “special circumstance” submissions, by discretion of the case workers. One such an example, would be a British Grandmother born in Ireland prior to 1922, England, Scotland and Wales, being part of your own...

It is that time of year again!

It is that time of year again! With a very short December at hand in the immigration world, as well as the additional strain COVID and the subsequent Ukrainian war have caused, we ask all current and potential clients that would like to settle in or travel to the...

Current turn around times of visas on ground level

Dear BTG client Now that all the long weekends have come to an end, I thought it would be a good time to update clients with the current turn around times of visas on ground level. The holidays were not the only contributing aspect in prolonged turnaround times, that...