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A recent case in the Upper Immigration Tribunal called “Ganeshamoorthy” summarised the law and created new caselaw on some important issues. Mr...Read More

An overstayer is a migrant whose leave has expired but who is still in the UK. Such a person is on the...Read More

It would be fair to say that there have been over time a lot of changes in the Skilled Worker route and...Read More

The £29,000 rule for sponsors probably not increasing You may remember that some while ago, in 2024, the minimum earnings requirement for...Read More

The basic rules for switching from Pre-Settled Status to Settled Status under the EUSS were that the applicant must have spent five...Read More

In recent months the High Court has made a few judgements that have been helpful to migrants, and a consistent theme has...Read More

Last month we reported on the Government’s ideas or plans about asylum hubs (“Asylum-seekers and return hubs”, 29th April). Things have moved...Read More

The IAA (Immigration Advice Authority), formerly the OISC, often reminds us that an important part of its function is to protect the...Read More

You may be familiar with the previous Government’s Rwanda asylum scheme, whereby asylum-seekers who arrived in the UK would be sent to...Read More

We recently told you about the case of Ms Ancy Andrews (“Care worker detained and removed for illegal working”, 28 February) and...Read More

In our fairly recent vlog and blog (28 February, “Care Worker Removed”) we told you about the sad case of Ms Ancy...Read More

They say that what goes up must come down, but this does not seem entirely reliable, not with Home Office immigration fees...Read More

Back in the old days – before 1 January 1983 to be exact – if you were born in the UK you...Read More

We have been reading a lot recently about how the Labour Government is being tough on migrants who are or who are...Read More

The previous Conservative Government introduced some very draconian laws in its Illegal Migration Act 2023, which imposed severe penalties on asylum-seekers who...Read More

In our blog of 14 January, we discussed cancellation/revocation of visas or settlement status. This time we are discussing the revocation of...Read More

The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) is – or more accurately was – the organisation that regulates immigration services firms...Read More

Well, it can, but the Home Office would have to give a good reason, or at least what they think is a...Read More

As we have informed you more than once, hard-copy immigration documents like BRPs and vignettes are supposed to be dead and buried...Read More

Back in November 2022 we informed you that Columbian nationals had been given non-visa national status. In other words, they were now...Read More

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

You may sometimes read in the media about somebody being “deported” from the UK – ie being expelled from the country. The...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

If your visa application is refused (for example a family or long residence visa) you may have the right to appeal before...Read More

Home Offices statistics tell us that 5.7 million people have taken advantage of the EU Settlement Scheme and hold either Settled Status...Read More

Earlier this month the £29,000 income requirement for sponsors under Appendix FM (family members) came into effect. The basic rule is now...Read More

We have already warned readers about significant forthcoming changes in the immigration rules in April 2024, specifically a large increase in the...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