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No Statutory Right of Appeal for Extended Family Members

The Upper Tribunal in Sala (EFMs: Right of Appeal) [2016] UKUT 411 (IAC) has ruled that there is no statutory right of appeal against a Home Office decision to deny an EEA Residence Card to the Extended...

EU Referendum - A Message to Our Clients

As you will be aware, the outcome of the EU Referendum held in the UK on 23 June 2016 is that the United Kingdom has voted to leave the EU.

5 years since end of Workers Registration Scheme brings opportunity for A8 nationals

Under the Workers Registration Scheme, which was in operation from 1 May 2004 until 30 April 2011, EU citizens from the following countries had to register to work for an employer in the UK: Czech Republic; Estonia; Hungary; Latvia; Lithuania; Poland; Slovakia; Slovenia. There...

Influx in EU Expats Applying for UK Citizenship

There has been a significant increase in the number of Europeans living in the UK applying for British Citizenships, with many fearing that the country could leave the UK according to solicitors and community leaders. The...

The rights of dual-British and EU nationals - referral to the Court of Justice

The High Court recently referred an important question to the Court of Justice of the European Union in R (Toufik Lounes) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWHC 436 (Admin). The case was heard...

EU Citizens Bring Higher Skills if Born Outside the EU

EU citizens living in the UK are more likely to be working in high-skilled jobs if they were born outside of the EU, according to new analysis from the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford. The analysis,...

Opinion Given on Social Benefits Entitlement

An Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has given his opinion on the legality of excluding EU citizens from certain social benefits in another Member State. This case is one of a series...

Van der Elst: Using EU law to send non-EU employees to the UK

If you are a business established in an EU country other than the UK, you may be able to send your employees to the UK on temporary assignments using EU free movement law, providing that the worker meets the following...

EU free movement, the NHS and comprehensive sickness insurance

With the government’s ‘immigration health surcharge’ having come into force on 6 April, efforts to gain funds from non-EEA ‘temporary’ migrants have been stepped up. There is to be an annual charge and...

Analysis of Recent Migrant Workers

The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford has published a new commentary analysing the numbers and characteristics of recent migrant workers in the UK. The authors of the commentary say that it provides...

Do Non-EU Family Members Require a Visa to Enter UK?

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has decided that non-EU family members of EU Citizens can enter freely into the UK without a visa, if they are settled in another EU member state.Contact Us - EU Nationals and Family Barristers London

Surinder Singh and the Centre of Life Test

Surinder Singh was decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in 1992 and established the ‘return principle’, enabling...