Homes for Ukraine

Homes for Ukraine is a charitable sponsorship program that was opened to help citizens of Ukraine who wish to live in the UK. It was opened after the suspension of issuing family visas for family members of British citizens. Despite the fact that as of today this program is closed, it can be extended in cases where the applicant has an existing sponsor.

We suggest you learn more about the program, as well as consider how the services of lawyers from the law firm "Prykhodko and Partners", who work in the field of migration law, can be useful. Given that the international dimension of this area of ​​jurisprudence is one of the key areas of our practice focus, you can order professional and high-quality consulting services and legal support in such requests.

What is worth knowing about the program itself?

A sponsor under the Homes for Ukraine program must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United Kingdom. He must be registered in the British Sponsor System in order to have the right to host Ukrainian citizens under this program. Further, most of the steps in the application process and the outcome of receiving an invitation under the Sponsorship Program will directly depend on the documents prepared and submitted by the sponsor or actions taken on his behalf.

It should be noted that, unlike the Uniting For Ukraine (U4U) sponsorship program to the United States, under the Homes for Ukraine program, documents for each applicant are submitted in a separate application. In addition, it is worth knowing that all immediate relatives of a citizen of Ukraine who received an application are also eligible to participate in this program.

The Homes for Ukraine program provides for a fairly clear list of requirements for the applicant. Only a citizen of Ukraine who was permanently resident in Ukraine before 1 January 2022, or who lived there before that date (including those who have already left Ukraine, are outside the UK and have a sponsor), can be an eligible person.

All applications are submitted exclusively online by citizens of Ukraine who are outside the UK. The application period is 18 months and entitles the applicant to the following benefits:

• Residence;
• Work;
• Study;
• Access to government programs.

The program can be extended if the applicant continues to have an existing sponsor.

How will our services be useful?

When you contact the specialists of the law firm "Prikhodko and Partners", we can help you in this direction with the following services:

• Consultative assistance. The lawyers of our law firm will carefully analyze your situation and help you understand it. We will tell you what prospects you have in the legal field and what algorithm of actions is needed to implement them. This will free you from the need to search for the necessary information on your own among numerous sources on the Internet, among which there is quite a lot of unreliable information. The lawyer will orientate himself in those aspects that are relevant within the framework of your case.
• Legal support. This service will be relevant for those who wish to delegate all processes in the legal sphere to a specialist who will take care of them. Our migration law experts know how to do this. If you still have an existing sponsor within the framework of the Homes for Ukraine program, this will make it possible to continue it.

In addition, in some cases, other categories of services may be relevant. For example, this may include consulting not only on the continuation of participation in the program, but also on changing the grounds for staying in the UK. We will guide you through the current types of visas and tell you which ones may be appropriate in your case, taking into account the opportunities offered by the visa and whether you have grounds for applying for it. If you know that your participation in the Homes for Ukraine program will soon end, it is worth taking care of other legal grounds in advance that will help you stay in the country if you have such plans (for example, work, study, etc.).

And for those who did not have time to participate in this program before its closure, consulting services will become relevant, aimed at either choosing other visa opportunities for moving to the UK, or choosing another country that is more accessible to Ukrainians in the context of such opportunities as of today. The lawyers of our law firm will help with this.

Why should you contact us?

When you contact the lawyers of the law firm "Prikhodko and Partners" with your migration law inquiries, you choose a team that is well-versed in its field, because:

• it has been working in this area of ​​law for a long time;
• regularly monitors changes in the legal field;
• works transparently, recording all its responsibilities within the framework of case management in the contract with the client.

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