2025 UK Immigration Rules Q&A PDF

Here are your updated answers, based on the 2025 UK Immigration Rules and the EU Settlement Scheme guidelines, as outlined in the official gov.uk document: 1. The Immigration Rules can also be referred to as Answer: (f) HC 395. 2. Your client, a German national, wants to come to the...

Here are your updated answers, based on the 2025 UK Immigration Rules and the EU Settlement Scheme guidelines, as outlined in the official gov.uk document: 1. The Immigration Rules can also be referred to as Answer: (f) HC 395. 2. Your client, a German national, wants to come to the UK to work for a company as a PR assistant. He has not lived and worked in the UK before. Where will you look to see if he can qualify for entry clearance? Answer: (g) In Appendix Skilled Worker. 3. What level of English language is required for an applicant seeking to come to the UK on the Start-Up route? Answer: (d) B2. 4. Your client, a non-EEA national, wants to apply for entry clearance to come to the UK to study a degree. They will need to score points for the Study requirement. Which one of the following requirements will they not need to meet? Answer: (c) Have a valid Certificate of Sponsorship. 5. Your client, a non-EEA national, has leave to enter as a Tier 4 Student. She has completed her degree and wants to apply for leave to remain under the Skilled Worker route. What will be the relevant financial requirement? Answer: (e) There is no financial requirement. 6. You can switch into the (Temporary Worker) Religious Worker from which of the following? Answer: (d) None of the above. 7. Your client, a Nigerian national, aged 30, wants to come to the UK under the Ancestry rules. His grandmother was born in the UK. What will be the relevant financial requirement? Answer: (b) The client must be able to maintain themselves adequately in the UK without recourse to public funds. 8. For a non-EEA national who seeks to demonstrate they have had 10 years continuous lawful residence in the UK, they will need to meet the continuity of residence requirements which can be found in: Answer: (c) Paragraph 276A, Immigration Rules. 9. In addition to the Suitability criteria in Appendix FM, an applicant for entry clearance as an adult dependent relative will need to consider: Answer: (a) Paragraph 9.82 (a) and (c) of the general grounds of refusal in Part 9 of the Rules. 10. Your client wants you to make an application to extend his leave as a partner. However, having taken instructions, you note that although the client meets the requirements of the partner rules, his current leave has expired on the day of your meeting. How will you advise him? Answer: (b) You can help him make an application within 14 days, but he must provide a good reason beyond his control as to why the application could not be made in time. 11. Your client, a non-EEA national, wants to join her British partner in the UK. Her husband has been working part-time over the last year; earning a gross annual income of £16,900. He has some savings. How much in cash savings will your client require to meet the financial requirements? Answer: As of January 2025, the minimum income threshold for a spouse visa has increased to £38,700. Your client’s partner earns £16,900, creating a shortfall of £21,800. To cover this shortfall with savings, the required amount is calculated using the formula: (Shortfall x 2.5) + £16,000. This results in a total savings requirement of £70,500, which must be held for at least six months before applying. 12. Your client, a Jamaican national, aged 29, wants to apply to extend her leave under the partner rules. She seeks your advice on the English language requirements. She does not have a degree and has not sat a language test. You inform your client that: Answer: (a) She will meet the English language requirement because she is a national of a majority English-speaking country. 13. An EEA national, who had been continuously residing and working in the UK for 5 years, will be able to continue their residence in the UK after 31 December 2020 if they applied for and were granted: Answer: (b) Indefinite Leave to Remain. 14. Your client’s application for pre-settled status under Appendix EU has been refused because the Home Office considers they do not meet the eligibility requirements. How will you advise them? Answer: (b) They can seek an Administrative Review of the decision. 15. Your client, a non-EEA national, has recently been granted indefinite leave to enter as a parent of a child in the UK. When can they apply for naturalisation? Answer: (c) In one year. 16. Which of the following children (born in 2018) will not be able to register as a British citizen under the British Nationality Act 1981 in any circumstances? Answer: (d) A child born in the UK to a parent with a document certifying permanent residence. 17. Your client, a non-EEA national, left the UK one year ago after he was granted Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) to look after his father’s business. He now wants to return to live in the UK permanently. You advise your client that he: Answer: (c) Will be unlikely to gain entry to the UK because his ILR lapsed on his departure. 18. Who of the following will need a TB test certificate in order to apply for entry clearance? Answer: (c) A US national resident in Nepal applying to come to the UK as a skilled worker. 19. Your client, who has indefinite leave to remain, wants to sponsor his son (a Pakistani national, aged 15) to join him in the UK. His son has been living with his aunt and uncle in Karachi since his mother passed away. Which of the following is the best answer? Answer: (b) His son may qualify under the rules if the client can show he has sole responsibility for him. 20. Your client is applying for indefinite leave to remain as a parent of a child in the UK. Where in the rules would you look to find out if she meets the Knowledge of language and life requirements? Answer: (d) In Appendix KOLL.