by Ryan Rennison | Dec 7, 2016 | British Passports, Family Dependency
A UK partner or family visa refusal is serious, but it is not a reason to submit the same application again immediately. The first task is to understand exactly what the Home Office decided, which evidence it accepted, which requirement it says was not met and what... by Ryan Rennison | Dec 5, 2016 | News
Move Up has taken 2 years to finally get this new infrastructure up and running. In 2014, we began to roll out a three phase business development plan. Move Up took on new office premises, trained and developed key immigration consultants (phase 1) and aligned our... by Ryan Rennison | Aug 26, 2016 | News, Opinion Piece
The events building up to the 23rd June EU referendum vote as well as the chain reactions thereafter have served as an interesting learning experience. Especially when it comes to making predictions based on speculation. I am the first to admit that my previous... by Ryan Rennison | Mar 30, 2016 | Opinion Piece
o help give context to my subjective opinions relating to UK immigration legislation and how it impacts fellow South African passport holders in 2016, it is best to take past developments into consideration. This helps understand the motivations that serve as a... by Ryan Rennison | Mar 30, 2016 | Opinion Piece
As of the Friday (18th March 2016), the British government and their department of UK Visas and Immigration have implemented an annual fee increase. The biggest concern I have is that they have implemented a 25% increase on visas that grant working and settlement... by Ryan Rennison | Mar 30, 2016 | Opinion Piece
Starting off, let me clarify that I have taken into consideration that I might have over analysed this situation and I would not be surprised to hear from readers that I have drawn conclusions based on past events that might not necessarily be true. I stand to be... by Ryan Rennison | Feb 13, 2015 | Family Dependency, News, Opinion Piece, UK Visitor and Transit Visas, UK Work Permit, Unique Visas Available, Visas
Given that we are already half way through February, this year seems to be getting off to a busy start. We are nearly ready to roll out phase 1 of our business improvement plan (running a bit behind schedule but excited nonetheless). Over the past few months, the UK... by Ryan Rennison | Dec 4, 2014 | Move Up, News
What an interesting year 2014 has been. As the year begins to come to an end, I just want to take this opportunity to thank our fellow South Africans for your support and making us your favourite immigration consultancy. Office Closures? A common question that comes... by Ryan Rennison | Oct 27, 2014 | News, Opinion Piece
Please note that todays article is entirely subjective. This is my perspective of how immigration policies operate. Introduction It seems that many people know the basic facts about how immigration policies operate but few have pieced them together as healthy versus... by Ryan Rennison | Sep 16, 2014 | Move Up, News, Visas
The change of UK visa commercial agents in South Africa, from VFS Global to Teleperformance, took place earlier this year (effective April 2014). The UK government have cleverly “outsourced” its front of house (formally known as “Visa Application...