Gather facts before documents
Start with current status, deadline, objective, family members and sponsor position before assembling evidence.
UK Immigration Checklists
Practical preparation lists before you pay for deeper advice.
Use these checklists to understand what information matters, which documents may cause difficulty, and when a paid review is worth considering.
How To Use These
A checklist is not a decision, but it shows where the decision may become difficult.
These lists help you prepare for a consultation. They are not a substitute for applying the rules to your facts, deadlines, family members, sponsor position or previous immigration history.
Mark weak or uncertain points
Note anything involving mixed income, heavy travel, employer readiness, previous refusals or status gaps.
Use paid review where judgement is needed
If the checklist reveals timing, evidence or route uncertainty, start with assessment or strategy.
Partner visa evidence checklist
Family applications usually need a coherent evidence story, not a pile of unrelated documents. The main pressure points are relationship, finances, accommodation, English and future renewal timing.
- Sponsor status and immigration position
- Marriage, civil partnership or durable relationship evidence
- Income route: employment, savings, self-employment or mixed income
- Accommodation position and household details
- English language and TB requirements where relevant
- Children or dependant family members
- Previous refusals, overstaying or status issues
- Renewal and ILR timing after grant
Skilled Worker offer checklist
A job offer is only one part of the route. Sponsor licence, CoS availability, salary, occupation code and start date need to align before the offer can be relied on.
- Employer sponsor licence status
- CoS availability and timing
- Job title, duties and occupation code
- Salary, hours and going-rate position
- Start date, notice period and travel plans
- Switching position from current visa
- Dependants and family timing
- Future ILR impact and sponsor continuity
Graduate visa deadline checklist
The Graduate route is a bridge, not usually the end plan. Start comparing sponsorship, further study, family route and other options before the final months become urgent.
- Exact visa expiry date
- Current job, employer and sponsor status
- Whether role could meet Skilled Worker requirements
- Further study options and consequences
- Partner or family route possibility
- Global Talent, HPI or founder route relevance
- Settlement objective and timing
- Risk if no route is available before expiry
ILR absence review checklist
Settlement should be reviewed before the application window. Travel records, route continuity, documents and address history can create problems if checked too late.
- Qualifying route and earliest application date
- Full travel history and absence pattern
- Work travel versus personal travel evidence
- Route switching and status continuity
- Address, employment and tax record consistency
- Life in the UK and English requirements
- Dependants applying with or after the main applicant
- Citizenship timing after ILR
British citizenship readiness checklist
Naturalisation or registration should be timed around residence, absences, good character, referees, identity evidence and travel plans.
- ILR or settled status date
- Residence and absence limits
- Good character and immigration history
- Tax, employment or historic status issues
- Referee suitability and identity evidence
- Children registration options
- Travel plans around application and ceremony
- Passport and nationality considerations
Found uncertainty in a checklist?
Submit a private assessment and UKIMMI will recommend whether intake, strategy, readiness review or referral is the sensible next step.