# Celiksoy Law

> US & UK Immigration Lawyers


## Posts

- [How to Document the Source and Movement of E-2 Investment Funds](https://celiksoylaw.com/e-2-source-of-funds-money-trail/): A transaction-based guide to documenting E-2 funds from their lawful source through transfer and use in the U.S. enterprise.
- [How to Prepare for a Sponsor Licence Compliance Visit](https://celiksoylaw.com/sponsor-licence-compliance-visit-readiness/): A practical governance and evidence framework for announced, unannounced and digital sponsor compliance checks.
- [EB-1A for Industry Leaders: Proving Original Contributions and Critical Roles Without Academic Citation Metrics](https://celiksoylaw.com/eb-1a-industry-leaders-contributions-critical-roles/): A focused EB-1A evidence guide for commercial, technical, and organizational achievements outside academia.
- [Global Talent for Academics and Researchers: Which Endorsement Route Fits?](https://celiksoylaw.com/global-talent-academic-research-endorsement-routes/): A decision guide for academics and researchers choosing the correct Global Talent endorsement route and evidence set.
- [My Skilled Worker Sponsorship Is Ending – Do I Have Another Way to Stay in the UK?](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-skilled-worker-sponsorship-ending-alternative-routes/): Skilled Worker sponsorship coming to an end? Before assuming another sponsored job is the only option, Global Talent or Innovator Founder may be worth exploring.
- [E-2 or L-1A? How Founders Should Choose a US Route](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-e-2-or-l-1a-how-founders-should-choose/): Two routes dominate the founder conversation in the US, and neither involves a lottery. E-2 turns on treaty nationality and invested capital; L-1A turns on a year of employment abroad and a real corporate structure. The permanence question usually decides it.
- [H-1B Alternatives in 2026: What Actually Works Now](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-h-1b-alternatives-2026-what-works-now/): The H-1B is no longer a safe default. O-1, L-1, E-2, treaty routes such as TN and E-3, cap-exempt filing and self-petition Green Cards — an honest assessment of who each one actually suits.
- [EB-1A vs EB-2 NIW: Choosing Between the Two Self-Petition Routes](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-eb-1a-vs-eb-2-niw-self-petition-routes/): EB-1A and EB-2 NIW both let you petition for yourself, but they ask different questions. EB-1A looks back at proven acclaim; NIW looks forward at the national importance of your work. How to tell which one fits.
- [UK Family Visa as a Partner or Spouse in 2026: Requirements, Evidence, and Settlement](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-family-visa-partner-spouse-2026-requirements-evidence-settlement/): The partner route under Appendix FM is the most heavily evidenced family application in the system. Who can sponsor you, the £29,000 financial requirement, the English language rules, and where these applications go wrong.
- [Innovator Founder Visa in 2026: Endorsement, Requirements, and Settlement](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-innovator-founder-visa-2026-endorsement-requirements-settlement/): Only a handful of endorsing bodies remain active, students can now switch from inside the UK, and the settlement criteria are unforgiving. A practical guide to the Innovator Founder route as it stands in 2026.
- [Global Talent Visa in 2026: How to Build a Case](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-global-talent-visa-2026-how-to-build-a-case/): Two changes in 2026 widened the Global Talent route: industry researchers gained access through the UKRI endorsed funder pathway, and design became a pathway of its own. Here is how endorsement works and what a strong case looks like.

## Pages

- [Innovator Founder Visa Solicitor](https://celiksoylaw.com/innovator-founder-visa-solicitor/): Have an innovative business idea? Send us a short summary or your pitch deck for a free initial assessment.
- [Spouse & Partner Visa, ILR and Citizenship Solicitor](https://celiksoylaw.com/spouse-partner-visa-solicitor/): Planning your ILR? The English requirement for settlement on the family route rises from B1 to B2 for applications made on or after 26 March 2027.
- [Thank You – Spouse & Partner](https://celiksoylaw.com/spouse-partner-visa-solicitor/thank-you/): Dr Celiksoy’s team will review your situation and reply within 24 hours.
- [Thank You – Innovator Founder](https://celiksoylaw.com/innovator-founder-visa-solicitor/thank-you/): Dr Celiksoy’s team will review your business idea and reply within 24 hours.
- [Thank You – Global Talent](https://celiksoylaw.com/global-talent-visa-solicitor/thank-you/): Dr Celiksoy’s team will assess your Global Talent eligibility and reply within 24 hours.
- [Home – Hero Preview](https://celiksoylaw.com/home-hero-preview/): Clear, strategic and modern immigration advice for individuals, families and businesses across the US and UK.
- [Thank You – EB-2 NIW](https://celiksoylaw.com/eb-2-niw-lawyer/thank-you/): Dr Celiksoy’s team will assess your EB‑2 NIW eligibility and reply within 24 hours.
- [UK Global Talent Visa Solicitors](https://celiksoylaw.com/global-talent-visa-solicitor/): Working in research, academia, digital technology, design, or arts and culture? Send us your CV for a free initial assessment.
- [EB-2 NIW Green Card Lawyers](https://celiksoylaw.com/eb-2-niw-lawyer/): Your research, expertise, or professional achievements could support a path to a US Green Card.
- [Approvals](https://celiksoylaw.com/approvals/): A selection of recent immigration approvals secured for our clients in the US and the UK, from extraordinary ability and national interest cases to investor and business transfer routes.
- [US Privacy Policy](https://celiksoylaw.com/privacy-policy/us/): This Privacy Policy explains how Celiksoy Law Firm PC collects, uses, stores and protects personal information in connection with its United States legal services.
- [UK Privacy Policy](https://celiksoylaw.com/privacy-policy/uk/): This Privacy Policy explains how Bekenbey Solicitors Ltd, trading as Celiksoy Immigration Lawyers, collects, uses, stores and protects personal information in connection with its United Kingdom legal services.
- [Legal & Regulatory Information](https://celiksoylaw.com/legal-regulatory-information/): Legal services presented on this website are provided by two separate law firms operating in different jurisdictions: Bekenbey Solicitors Ltd in England and Wales and Celiksoy Law Firm PC in California.
- [Complaints Procedure](https://celiksoylaw.com/complaints-procedure/): We would much rather hear about a problem than not.
- [UK Innovator Founder Visa Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/innovator-founder-visa-applications/): The Innovator Founder visa is designed for entrepreneurs who want to establish and develop an innovative business in the UK.
- [Extension of Visitor Status](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/extension-of-visitor-status/): If you are in the United States as a B-1 or B-2 visitor and need more time, you may apply to extend your authorized stay.
- [Change of Status to F-1](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/change-of-status-to-f-1/): If you are already in the United States in another nonimmigrant category, you may be able to become an F-1 student without leaving the country.
- [B-2 Tourism and Medical Treatment Visitor Visa](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/b-2-tourism-and-medical-treatment-visitor-visa/): Planning a vacation, visiting relatives or arranging treatment in the United States? The B-2 category is for qualifying temporary personal visits.
- [B-1 Business Visitor Visa](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/b-1-business-visitor-visa/): The B-1 category is for temporary visits to the United States for qualifying business activities, such as meetings, contract negotiations and conferences.
- [Family Preference Immigrant Visas](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/family-preference-immigrant-visas/): Family preference immigration allows qualifying relatives of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to pursue a Green Card.
- [Fiancé(e) Visas](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/fiance-visas/): The K-1 visa allows the foreign fiancé of a U.S. citizen to travel to the United States to marry that citizen within 90 days of admission.
- [Consular Processing for Spouses and Family Members](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/consular-processing-for-spouses-and-family-members/): Consular processing is the route to a family based immigrant visa through a U.S. embassy or consulate outside the United States.
- [Adjustment of Status through Marriage](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/adjustment-of-status-through-marriage/): If you are in the United States and married to a U.S.
- [Marriage-Based Green Card Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/marriage-based-green-card-applications/): Marriage to a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident may provide a route to a Green Card.
- [Change or Extension of Nonimmigrant Status](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/change-or-extension-of-nonimmigrant-status/): A new job, education plan or need for more time can change your immigration priorities.
- [J-1 Waivers](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/j-1-waivers/): If your J-1 exchange program makes you subject to the two-year home-country physical presence requirement under INA 212(e), it can affect your plans for work or permanent residence in the United States.
- [J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/j-1-exchange-visitor-visa/): A research invitation, internship placement or medical training offer can create an opportunity to spend time in the United States through a J-1 exchange program.
- [H-2B Temporary Non-Agricultural Worker Visa](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/h-2b-temporary-non-agricultural-worker-visa/): H-2B allows a U.S. employer to sponsor foreign workers for temporary, non-agricultural employment.
- [H-1B Specialty Occupation Visa](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/h-1b-specialty-occupation-visa/): H-1B allows a U.S. employer to sponsor a professional for temporary work in a specialty occupation.
- [PERM Labor Certification](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/perm-labor-certification/): PERM is the Department of Labor's permanent labor certification process.
- [EB-2 and EB-3 Employer-Sponsored Green Cards](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/eb-2-and-eb-3-employer-sponsored-green-cards/): A US employer can sponsor a foreign worker for permanent residence through EB-2 or EB-3.
- [EB-1C Multinational Managers and Executives](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/eb-1c-multinational-managers-and-executives/): EB-1C is an employment-based Green Card category for qualifying multinational managers and executives.
- [EB-1B Outstanding Professors and Researchers](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/eb-1b-outstanding-professors-and-researchers/): EB-1B is an employment-based Green Card category for professors and researchers who are internationally recognized as outstanding in a specific academic field.
- [L-1B Intracompany Transferee Visa for Specialized Knowledge Employees](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/l-1b-intracompany-transferee-specialized-knowledge/): Moving an employee to a U.S. office requires more than a job title or years of experience.
- [L-1A Intracompany Transferee Visa for Managers and Executives](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/l-1a-intracompany-transferee-managers-executives/): The L-1A visa allows a qualifying business to transfer a manager or executive from an overseas operation to a related business in the United States.
- [E-1 Treaty Trader Visa](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/e-1-treaty-trader-visa/): If your business already trades between the United States and a treaty country, the E-1 visa may allow you to carry on that trade from the United States.
- [E-2 Treaty Investor Visa](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/e-2-treaty-investor-visa/): The E-2 treaty investor visa allows qualifying nationals of treaty countries to develop and direct a U.S.
- [O-1B Extraordinary Ability in the Arts, Motion Picture or Television](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/o-1b-extraordinary-ability-in-the-arts/): The O-1B category allows qualifying artists and film and television professionals to work temporarily in the United States.
- [O-1A Extraordinary Ability in Sciences, Education, Business or Athletics](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/o-1a-extraordinary-ability-visa/): O-1A can allow a professional with sustained national or international recognition to work temporarily in the United States in their area of extraordinary ability.
- [EB-1A Extraordinary Ability Green Card](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/eb-1a-extraordinary-ability-green-card/): EB-1A is a first-preference immigrant category for people with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics.
- [Document-Checking Service](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/document-checking-service/): If you are preparing your own application, we review your forms and supporting evidence against the requirements before you submit, and tell you what is missing or wrong.
- [Initial Consultation](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/initial-consultation/): An initial consultation provides an opportunity to discuss your UK immigration circumstances, understand the options that may be available to you and identify the appropriate next steps.
- [Administrative Review and Review of Decisions](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/administrative-review-applications/): Administrative Review allows certain Home Office immigration decisions to be reconsidered where a caseworking error may have been made.
- [EU Settlement Scheme Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/eu-settlement-scheme-applications/): The EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) continues to provide immigration status for eligible EU, EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members.
- [UK Ancestry Visa Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/uk-ancestry-visa-applications/): The UK Ancestry visa allows eligible Commonwealth citizens with a qualifying grandparent to live and work in the UK without employer sponsorship.
- [UK Visitor Visa Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/visitor-visa-applications/): The Standard Visitor route allows people to come to the UK temporarily for purposes including tourism, visiting family or friends, certain business activities, short-term study and private medical treatment.
- [Domestic Violence Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/domestic-violence-applications/): If your immigration status depends on your partner and your relationship has permanently broken down because of domestic abuse, you may have options to remain in the UK independently.
- [Applications for Leave Outside the Immigration Rules](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/applications-for-leave-outside-the-immigration-rules/): Leave Outside the Immigration Rules (LOTR) may be considered where an applicant does not meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules but there are compelling compassionate circumstances which may justify a grant of permission.
- [Human Rights Claims](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/human-rights-claims/): A human rights claim may arise where an immigration decision would interfere with rights protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.
- [Private and Family Life Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/private-and-family-life-applications/): UK immigration law recognises that, in some circumstances, a person’s established private or family life in the UK may mean that requiring them to leave would be incompatible with their human rights.
- [British Passport Applications from Outside the UK](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/british-passport-applications-from-outside-the-uk/): British citizens and other eligible British nationals living overseas can apply for a British passport from abroad.
- [British Passport Applications from Within the UK](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/british-passport-applications-from-within-the-uk/): We assist with British passport applications made from within the UK, particularly first applications and cases where British nationality, identity, parentage or the basis of entitlement requires detailed evidence.
- [British Citizenship Applications for Children](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/british-citizenship-applications-for-children/): Depending on their circumstances, a child may already be a British citizen automatically, may have an entitlement to registration or may be registered at the Home Secretary’s discretion.
- [British Citizenship Applications for Adults](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/british-citizenship-applications-for-adults/): Adults may become British citizens by naturalisation or registration, depending on their individual circumstances and nationality history.
- [No Time Limit Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/no-time-limit-applications/): A No Time Limit application allows a person who already holds Indefinite Leave to Enter or Indefinite Leave to Remain to obtain digital confirmation of that status in the form of an eVisa.
- [Indefinite Leave to Remain under Other Immigration Routes](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/indefinite-leave-to-remain-other-immigration-routes/): Settlement is available under several immigration routes beyond the partner and Skilled Worker categories.
- [Skilled Worker Indefinite Leave to Remain](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/skilled-worker-indefinite-leave-to-remain/): Skilled Worker visa holders can normally apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain after completing five years of continuous residence on qualifying routes, provided they meet the settlement requirements.
- [Indefinite Leave to Remain as a Spouse, Partner or Family Member](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/indefinite-leave-to-remain-spouse-partner-family-member/): After completing the relevant qualifying period on a partner or family route, you may be eligible to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain.
- [UK Global Talent Visa Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/global-talent-visa-applications/): The Global Talent visa is for people aged 18 or over who are recognised as leaders or potential leaders in academia and research, arts and culture, or digital technology.
- [UK Graduate Visa Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/graduate-visa-applications/): The Graduate visa allows eligible international students who have successfully completed a qualifying UK course to remain in the UK and work or look for work without requiring an employer sponsor.
- [UK Skilled Worker Dependant Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/skilled-worker-dependant-applications/): Eligible partners and children of Skilled Worker visa holders may be able to join them in the UK or remain with them as dependants.
- [UK Adult Dependent Relative Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/adult-dependent-relative-applications/): The Adult Dependent Relative route allows certain adult relatives who require long-term personal care to join an eligible family member in the UK.
- [UK Dependant Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/dependant-applications/): Dependant applications allow eligible partners and children of a main applicant on a qualifying work, study or other immigration route to come to or remain in the UK.
- [Further Leave to Remain and Extension Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/further-leave-to-remain-and-extension-applications/): “Further Leave to Remain” is commonly used to describe an application made from within the UK to extend or obtain further permission to stay.
- [UK Civil Partner Visa Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/civil-partner-visa-applications/): The civil partner visa allows the civil partner of a British or Irish citizen, a person settled in the UK, or a person with another qualifying immigration status to live in the UK.
- [UK Unmarried Partner Visa Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/unmarried-partner-visa-applications/): The unmarried partner visa allows a person in a long-term relationship similar to marriage or civil partnership to join or remain with an eligible partner in the UK without marrying or entering into a civil partnership.
- [UK Spouse Visa Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/spouse-visa-applications/): A spouse visa allows the husband, wife or civil partner of a British or Irish citizen, a person settled in the UK, or a person with another qualifying immigration status to live in the UK.
- [UK Fiancé(e) Visa Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/fiance-visa-applications/): A fiancé(e) visa allows an eligible applicant to come to the UK to marry or form a civil partnership with their sponsoring partner.
- [Success Stories](https://celiksoylaw.com/success-stories/): Real cases, real outcomes. A selection of applications we have prepared for clients across the US and UK.
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- [EB-2 NIW National Interest Waiver](https://celiksoylaw.com/us-immigration/eb-2-national-interest-waiver/): EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) allows qualifying professionals to pursue a U.S.
- [UK Skilled Worker Visa Applications](https://celiksoylaw.com/uk-immigration/skilled-worker-visa-applications/): The Skilled Worker visa allows an approved UK employer to sponsor an overseas worker to undertake a specific job in an eligible occupation.
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