Gsn Immigration

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

In our previous article “Skilled Worker and Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence” (23 August) we provided a brief overview of the subject. In...Read More

Many years ago, back in the mists of time, there was the “Work Permit” visa. Then a few years ago came the...Read More

It quite frequently happens these days that the Home Office comes up with yet another visa route for entrepreneurs and highly-skilled/highly-qualified people....Read More

Maybe you know the story. There is a family with young children who were born in the UK. They are all overstayers....Read More

The Covid-19 pandemic has, for obvious reasons, disrupted UK immigration very considerably. When the pandemic started migrants who were in the UK...Read More

30 June 2021 was supposedly the deadline for Pre-Settled/Settled status applications for EEA nationals and their family members.  But, like everything else...Read More

Finally it has arrived – the new “Graduate” visa, which looks something like the old Tier 1 Post-Study Work visa but with...Read More

Brexit is done, more or less, and the UK is no longer part of the EU. In the immigration field there are...Read More

Many readers will know about the financial requirement for partner visas, and especially those who have read our blog “Financial requirements for...Read More

There have been in the last few months no less than three decisions from the courts/tribunals about the ten-year continuous lawful residence...Read More

If the relationship between a qualifying person settled in the UK and a migrant breaks down then, legally speaking, the visa that...Read More