Foreign and Commonwealth

Complex casework

AFF’s Foreign & Commonwealth team is made up of qualified immigration advisors and responds to thousands of visa and immigration enquiries a yea...

The detail on COBSEO clusters

The Confederation of Service Charities (COBSEO) hosts a number of different cluster groups to help collaborative working between charities and to en...

Immigration rules for young people

The immigration rules for children and young people differ widely to those for adults, allowing caseworkers to exercise discretion in line with the ...

Life after the army for F&C soldiers

As well as all the other challenges that leaving the army brings, non-UK serving personnel have the extra complication of proving to potential emplo...

Pressure points for F&C families

AFF’s Foreign & Commonwealth team is being approached by an increasing number of non-UK families struggling to cope with the additional cost of ...
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Your right to work as a non-UK spouse

Christobell Kamdaya contacted AFF after being suspended by her employer because her visa had expired. She had made an in-time application so was, in...