Humanitarian Visa Route

In addition to its visa routes for British nationals and Ukrainians with family in the UK, the UK Government has announced a humanitarian visa route, allowing individuals or groups to sponsor and bring people to the UK. A government webpage reads:

"The Prime Minister also announced plans for a new scheme for Ukrainians with no ties to the UK to come here. An uncapped sponsored humanitarian visa route will allow sponsors, such as communities, private sponsors or local authorities, to bring people to the UK. They will be able to work and the sponsor would provide housing and integration support.

• Further details on the community sponsorship route are being worked up at pace and will be communicated in due course, including how people and organisations in the UK can apply to be sponsors."

The full webpage can be viewed at: Further support for Ukrainians fleeing Russia invasion - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The network will endeavour to find details about this visa option in due course.

Update 8th March 22: GOV.UK has added a page titled "Local Sponsorship Scheme for Ukraine". Details are still being put together and we will be monitoring the page for further information as it emerges.