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The Electronic Travel Authorisation Scheme – update Sometime last year we warned you that the electronic travel authorisation scheme (ETA) – under...Read More

Official figures from the Office of National Statistics show that net migration into the UK has fallen significantly in the past few...Read More

Some will no doubt be pleased to learn that the Home Office has changed its definition of an unmarried partner. Previously an...Read More

As we have already informed readers, the Immigration Health Surcharge is going to increase substantially on 6 February 2024.  We can now...Read More

Readers may be aware of the ten-year long residence route to settlement. Briefly and basically, if a migrant has ten years’ continuous...Read More

As we informed you a while ago in our blog, the Government has made the decision to substantially increase the Immigration Health...Read More

Last month we informed you (“Forthcoming drastic changes to the immigration rules”, 14th December) that from January 2024 there would be new,...Read More

Last month we reported on forthcoming drastic changes to the immigration rules, including a particularly drastic increase in the minimum salary requirements...Read More

One of the arguments in the long-running Brexit debate was that by being in the EU the UK had lost control of...Read More

The Home Office has finally consolidated the immigration rules about “returning residents”, ie migrants who previously held settlement but who have lost...Read More

The Home Office has made a subtle change to the rules about overstaying which is advantageous for some migrants. This change relates...Read More

In our blog in November last year we gave you the good news for some that nationals of Columbia, Guyana and Peru...Read More

The Home Office has announced a new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme for visitors to the UK, which will start to come...Read More

The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 has introduced a few changes in the law and rules about acquisition of British citizenship.  Some...Read More

In 2019 the Start-Up and Innovator visa schemes were created for those who wanted to set up new businesses in the UK....Read More

In an interesting and significant judgement in the case of “Independent Monitoring Authority v Home Secretary” the High Court has ruled that...Read More

It is often truly said that Britain’s imperial history has produced a highly complex scheme of British nationality. It comes in different...Read More

There is good news for South America from the Home Office: from 9 November 2022 nationals of Columbia, Guyana and Peru will...Read More

Because of the war in Ukraine, and the consequent high demand for visas from Ukrainians, expedited visa and settlement application schemes have...Read More

Until very recently there was a slightly complicated scheme whereby certain nationalities on certain types of visa had to register with the...Read More

We recently reported about changes in asylum claims and procedure (“Asylum and Humanitarian Protection – big changes”, 11 August). And, on this...Read More

We have very recently experienced significant and important changes in the law as it relates to asylum and Humanitarian Protection.  The Nationality...Read More

At GSN Immigration we sometimes find it necessary to deal with the intricacies of developing case law in the Upper Immigration Tribunal....Read More

Immigration practitioners often talk about CSI but this is nothing to do with Crime Scene Investigation and Las Vegas (well, not in...Read More

A lot of people spend time money and effort in acquiring British citizenship but some people in some circumstances want to renounce...Read More

We would like to announce the sad news that the Tier 1 (Investor) route is now closed to new entrants. Those who...Read More

In some cases a migrant who holds immigration leave to remain in the UK can “switch” their visa to a different kind...Read More

Until a while ago there was a visa called Representative of an Overseas Newspaper, News Agency or Broadcasting Organisation, but this visa...Read More

If the question were posed “What work visas can EEA nationals now apply for?”, the initial answer is simple: the same visas...Read More

This subject got into the news recently because of some proposed provisions in the Nationality and Borders Bill currently going through Parliament...Read More

The Youth Mobility Scheme is a scheme that enables young people (aged 18 to 30) from certain countries or territories or of...Read More

Migrants in the UK in various situations can apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), also known as settlement. ILR confers the...Read More

Under the immigration rules a foreign migrant can apply for leave to come to the UK or to remain in the UK...Read More

As we have previously said in this blog, if you are in the UK with immigration leave and you want to extend...Read More

A visa for a spouse, civil partner or unmarried partner may be granted either from outside the UK or within the UK,...Read More

Asylum/Humanitarian Protection/right to work We often read articles in the media about “asylum-seekers”, migrants “claiming asylum” and “refugees”. A lot of the...Read More

“Indefinite leave to remain” sounds as though it is, well, indefinite, but it is not necessarily. A person who holds indefinite leave...Read More