You can apply for ILR as a Health and Care Worker dependent partner 28 days before completion of 5 years in the UK under Health and Care worker / Tier 2 General dependant visa. An application for ILR as a Health and Care worker dependant visa is made online using SET (O) application form. The application is submitted in accordance with requirements as set out in Appendix Skilled Worker of the Immigration Rules.

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To apply for ILR as a Health and Care worker dependant, the Health and Care worker should either be applying for ILR at the same time or should have already have been granted ILR as a Health and Care worker. A person applying for settlement as a dependent partner or dependent child of a Health and Care Worker must apply online on the gov.uk website on the specified form, “Settle in the UK in various immigration categories: form SET(O)”.

Eligibility Requirements For ILR As A Health and Care Worker Dependant

As a dependant of Health and Care Worker migrant, you should satisfy the following requirements to be eligible for ILR as a Health and Care Worker dependant:

  • Your sponsor (Health and Care Worker) must either be applying for ILR as a Health and Care Worker at the same time or must have obtained ILR already as a Health and Care Worker;
  • You must have lived in the UK for 5 years continuously with dependant visa. You can apply for ILR as a Health and Care Worker dependant 28 days before completion of 5 years residence on dependant visa;
  • You must prove your genuine and subsisting relationship with your Health and Care Worker sponsor with appropriate documents;
  • You must provide evidence of adequate accommodation in the UK for you to  be accommodated without any public funds;
  • You must have evidence of funds for maintenance to support yourself in the UK without public funds;
  • You must have passed the Life in the UK test;
  • You must meet the English language requirement;
  • You must not fall for refusal under general grounds for refusal.

Fast Track Service For ILR As A Health and Care Worker Dependant

Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide fast track visa service to get you decision on your application faster under the Priority Service or Super Priority service. This way you will get decision on your application faster and will not to wait for a decision on your application for months (some time years).

Our fast track immigration solicitors can prepare your application faster and submit your application under the Priority Service or Super Priority Service to get you faster decision on your application.

As specialist immigration solicitors in London, we are registered with the Home Office, UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) and its commercial partners UKVCAS Sopra Steria to provide Priority Service or Super Priority Service for your application whereby decision on your application will be made by the Home Office UKVI faster. An application submitted through Priority Service is normally decided within 5 working days and an application submitted through Super Priority Service is normally decided within 24 hours (usually by end of next working day).

One-Off Service for submission of your ILR Application Through Super Priority Service

Our specialist team of fast-track immigration solicitors can provide a one-off service to submit your completed ILR application through Super Priority Service so that you get a decision on your ILR application within 24 hours.  We will submit your ILR application through Super Priority Service based on no submission, no fee, which means if we fail to submit your ILR application through Super Priority Service within 48 hours of fees being paid to us, we will issue the full refund of the fees paid to us, without any deductions. 

We will act for you under a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA), under which we will issue a full refund of the fees paid to us, without any deductions if we fail to submit your ILR application through Super Priority Service within 48 hours of payment being made.

If we successfully submit your ILR application through Super Priority Service within 48 hours of receiving payment, we will charge a fixed fee of £250 + VAT (£300 including VAT) based on the conditional fee agreement (CFA) signed between you and us.

How Can We Help?

Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis in relation to your ILR application. Our fixed fee for your ILR application will cover all the work of our immigration solicitors on your ILR application until a decision is made by the Home Office UKVI on your application. The casework to be carried out by our immigration solicitors in relation to your ILR application will entail the following:

  • Advice on requirements: Our immigration solicitors will advise you on the relevant requirements you have to meet for your ILR application to succeed.
  • Advised on documents: Our immigration lawyers will prepare and email you a comprehensive list of supporting documents to be submitted in support of your ILR application;
  • Assessment of documents: Our immigration lawyers will assess your documents to make sure that all the documents you provide in support of your application are in accordance with the requirement of the immigration rules.
  • Completing application form: Our immigration lawyers will complete the relevant application form your ILR application.
  • Submitting application through Priority or Super Priority Service: Where possible, our immigration lawyers will submit your online immigration application through priority or super priority service to get faster decision on your ILR application.
  • Booking an appointment with the application centre: After the online submission of your ILR application, our immigration lawyers will book your appointment with the application centre for you to enrol your biometrics.
  • Preparing a detailed cover letter: Our specialist immigration solicitors will prepare a detailed cover letter in support of the ILR application to explain all the relevant legal requirements and how such requirements have been satisfied by the applicant with the documents being submitted with the application.
  • Uploading documents online: Before the biometrics enrolment date, our immigration lawyers will upload online all the supporting documents to be considered in support of the ILR application.
  • Follow up work: Our immigration lawyers will carry out all the follow up work until decision by the Home Office UKVI on the ILR application.

Our One-Off Services For Immigration Applications

Our immigration solicitors can also provide a wide range of one-off legal services for UK visa and immigration applications. Using our one-off services can help those who do not want to use our full service for the immigration application. You can use one of the following one-off legal services offered for UK visa and immigration applications:

Our Fixed Fees For Dependant Visa Applications

Our fixed fees for dependant visa applications are as given in the fee table below:

Our Service Our Fixed Fees Range
Full service for dependant visa Entry Clearance to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £800 To £1,500 (no VAT)
Full service for switching into a dependant visa from inside the UK through Super Priority Service to cover our work until a decision on your application From £800 + VAT To £1,500 + VAT
Full service for the extension of dependant visa from inside the UK through Super Priority Service to cover our work until a decision on your application From £800 + VAT To £1,500 + VAT
Full service for ILR as a dependant from inside the UK through Super Priority Service to cover our work until decision on your application From £800 + VAT To £1,500 + VAT

The agreed fixed fee will depend on the complexity of the application and the volume of casework involved. In addition to our fixed fee, the applicant also has to pay the Home Office UKVI fees for the application.

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