UKDesk is an editorial site covering UK immigration, tax, property and council-level admin. We translate dense official rules into plain English so applicants can decide before they spend time or money on a form.
01, The team
Who writes the content
UK
UKDesk Editorial
Editor & Researcher
Reads gov.uk, HMRC and ONS source pages, verifies every figure, and writes the plain-English explainers on UKDesk.
UKDesk was founded in 2026 to make UK immigration rules, tax thresholds and council-level lookups understandable without legalese. Every figure on the site is traced back to the cited gov.uk page on the day it is published, and re-verified at each fee uplift. Not a solicitor and not an OISC-regulated adviser, UKDesk is editorial research, not legal advice.
Areas researched
UK visa routes (Skilled Worker, Student, Family, Health & Care, Talent, Graduate, BN(O), ILR, Citizenship)
Source-first, every figure links to its gov.uk page
Updated within 7 days of every fee uplift
Free to read; no paywall, no signup
What UKDesk isn’t
Not the UK Home Office or gov.uk
Not legal advice, we are not OISC/SRA regulated
Not a paid-placement site, ads do not influence content
Not anonymous, the editor is named on every page
03, How we work
Editorial methodology, in short
Source-first. Every fee, threshold and rule on this site traces to a gov.uk, HMRC or ONS page. The full bibliography lives at /sources.
Re-verified at each fee uplift. The entire site is re-audited within 7 days of a Home Office fee table change. Every article carries a visible “Verified” date.
Plain English, not paraphrased. We rewrite from the applicant's decision path, we do not copy or restate the gov.uk text verbatim.
Open to correction. Spotted an error? Email contact@ukvisainfo.co.uk corrections within 48 hours for material errors.
UKDesk is reader-supported through Google AdSense display ads and clearly-marked affiliate links to services applicants commonly need (English-language tests, money transfer, document scanning). Advertising has zero influence on which visa routes we cover or how we describe them. The full advertising disclosure is in the Terms of Use and the funding model is detailed in the editorial policy.