Find the right route
We help separate possible visa, nationality and mobility routes from the options that do not fit the facts.
About Move Up
Clear guidance for an important next move.
Move Up exists to make UK visa, immigration, British nationality and mobility decisions easier to understand — and more meaningful to act on.
Why Move Up started
Because moving countries is never just a form.
A visa, nationality claim or relocation decision can affect your family, work, finances, timing and sense of security all at once. Yet the information people need is often scattered across government guidance, forums and conflicting advice.
Move Up was started to close that gap. We wanted people to have a clearer way to understand their options, identify what matters in their circumstances and decide what to do next with greater confidence.
That still shapes how we work today: start with the real situation, make the complexity visible, and give each person a useful next step.
The problem we solve
Turning uncertainty into a route you can understand.
The hardest part is often not finding information. It is knowing which information applies, what evidence will matter and where a small mistake could create a much bigger problem.
See the full picture
We bring eligibility, evidence, timing, cost and practical dependencies into one clearer conversation.
Move forward well
When a matter needs deeper legal input, we help identify the right specialist support and next step.
The people behind the work
Experience, legal insight and a genuine interest in getting it right.
Move Up is built around people who care about the detail because we understand what is at stake for the person on the other side of the application.
Founder
Ryan Rennison
Ryan’s connection with the UK began in 2004, when he travelled there as a gap-year student on an Ancestry work permit. He fell in love with the exposure to international working environments — and came home with an even deeper appreciation for being South African. Nothing quite builds South African gees like representing your country abroad.
In 2008, Ryan joined an internationally established immigration firm. He thoroughly enjoyed finding practical solutions for clients who valued his input. The longer he worked in immigration, the more he learned and the more he could help. The legislation kept changing, but the years of expertise and experience kept building.
In 2010, Ryan set out on his own with a simple intention: to do things better than the competitors he had come to know. That intention became Move Up — a business built to solve immigration complexities with working solutions that reduce risk and stress.
Confidence with substance. For eligible cases accepted under its written service terms, Move Up offers a first-time-success guarantee. If the case is not awarded first time round, Move Up refunds its case fees — with no hidden administration charges.
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Legal expertise
Gwen Vermeulen
Gwen brings experience in family litigation and has fallen in love with British nationality law — especially the challenge of working through its history, detail and complexity.
Her legal perspective helps Move Up approach nationality and immigration questions with more care, clearer reasoning and the right level of professional input.
View Gwen on LinkedInWhat makes us different
Resolution matters more than volume.
We are not numbers driven. A large number of applications or a fast-moving pipeline does not, on its own, tell you whether the right problem has been solved.
We are resolution driven and value-add driven. That means helping you understand what is possible, what is not, what needs attention and which investment of time or money is genuinely worthwhile.
Sometimes the right answer is to proceed. Sometimes it is to pause, investigate further or choose a different route. Our job is to help you make that decision with confidence.