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Using Family Court Documents in the Immigration Tribunal

Although often characterised by the Home Office as a largely administrative process, the reality of many immigration, asylum and nationality applications is that they incorporate diverse and complex legal and personal...

SIAC Can Make Findings in Deprivation Appeals

In U3 v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2023] EWCA Civ 811, the Court of Appeal resolved the purported conundrum formed by the notion that, whilst deprivation appeals (before SIAC) are governed...

High Court Considers Cart JR Ouster Clause

Oceana, R (On the Application Of) v Upper Tribunal (Immigration And Asylum Chamber) (Rev1) [2023] EWHC 791 (Admin) is a High Court judgment on a preliminary issue as to jurisdiction in a claim for...

Closed Material Procedures in Immigration Cases

When an individual challenges a decision made by a public body (as happens in immigration cases), it is generally considered a fundamental feature of natural justice and fairness that they must be shown the evidence...

The Relevance of Chikwamba to Human Rights Appeals

In Alam & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 30, the Court of Appeal had to consider the relevance of the decision of the House of Lords in Chikwamba v Secretary of State for...

UK Government Announces Measures To Speed Up Immigration Decisions

As many UK visa applicants and those with appeals pending before the Immigration Tribunal continue to face delays in the immigration system, the UK Government has announced two measures that it hopes will speed...

Immigration Appeal Disposal: Should the Upper Tribunal Remake or Remit?

The “disposal” of an appeal by the Upper Tribunal, namely whether the appeal should have been remitted to the First-tier Tribunal rather than retained at the Upper Tribunal for remaking, was at the heart of...

My UK Visa Has Been Cancelled - Why and What Can I Do?

In this post, we look at the reasons why a UK visa may be cancelled by the Home Office, what happens if a UK visa is cancelled by the Home Office, when cancellation of a UK visa takes effect and your options if...

Refusals on 'Not Conducive to the Public Good' Grounds

Where an individual’s presence in the UK is non-conducive to the public good, Part 9 of the Immigration Rules sets out that this is a mandatory ground for refusal or cancellation under the suitability requirements....

Home Office Withdraws Spouse Extension Refusal

Alex Papasotiriou and Alexandra Pease, working together with Olivia Waddell and our experienced team of legal associates, have achieved another successful result on behalf of a client of Richmond Chambers. ...

How to Appeal a UK Visa or Immigration Refusal

In Part 1 of this comprehensive two-part guide to appealing against a Home Office visa or immigration refusal decision, we looked at which immigration decisions have a right of appeal, what constitutes an appealable...

How to Appeal a UK Visa or Immigration Decision

In Part 1 of this comprehensive two-part guide to appealing against a Home Office visa or immigration refusal decision, we look at which immigration decisions have a right of appeal, what constitutes an appealable...