Personal Immigration
Business Immigration
About Us
LATEST NEWS:
Annual Migration Plan: A New Strategy for UK Immigration? UK Visa Processing & Decision Waiting Times 2025 Innovator Founder Visa ILR: Top 8 FAQ's Answered A Second Chance for the UK Investor Visa? Lessons from the Past and a Vision for the Future Proposed Changes to ILR: What UK Businesses Need to Know UK to Tighten Immigration Rules: Highlights from the 2025 White Paper UK ETA Scams: How to Avoid Fake UK ETA Application Websites Client Success: Turning a Global Talent Endorsement Refusal into an Approval Windrush Compensation Scheme: 2025 Guide UK Expansion Worker Sponsor Licence Guidance [2025 Updates]

Please filter our resources:

LOCATION: Home » Immigration News » News » Page 4

KNOWLEDGE
CENTRE

Further embedded Home Office immigration check staff scrapped
By Richmond Chambers -

Labour councils across the UK are beginning to remove Home Office immigration officers which have previously been “embedded” among local authorities. The move comes after calls from councillors to stop creating...

 hostile environments for migrants. Embedded Home Office officials typically sit in on meetings arranged between councils and vulnerable migrants. This is to ensure the Home Office can keep track of each...

Apology issued to woman refused help under Windrush scheme
By Richmond Chambers -

Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, has issued an apology to Willow Sims after she was incorrectly informed that she was not eligible for help in proving her status from the Windrush Taskforce team. The lawyer working...

 on compensation claims for victims of the Windrush scandal asked the Government to urgently clarify which group of people the Windrush Taskforce will assist after they wrongly informed Ms Sims that she...

UK immigration legal aid to get additional money after cuts
By Richmond Chambers -

The UK government has announced additional money for the legal aid system in an attempt to help those who cannot afford legal representation. The pledge comes after an anticipated review into legal aid cuts made...

 by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government. In April 2013, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) came into force, and with few exceptions, it removed legal aid...

Android-only app for EU citizens seeking settled status
By Richmond Chambers -

Come March 29th, Britain will leave the European Union. When we voted, we understood that would mean that we have to give up our rights to free and easy access to the rest of Europe, and likewise it would...

 make UK immigration more difficult for Europeans. The problem is, however, what about the 3.7 million Europeans who currently live here? They can apply for ‘settled status’ so that they are...

How Brexit will affect UK immigration
By Richmond Chambers -

As Brexit looms, the rest of world wonders what it will mean for UK immigration. For starters, the news headlines have mentioned that the UK will be controlling the numbers and the type of people that are coming...

 into and settling in the UK. Brexit brings an end to many things, including the right for EU citizens to automatically settle and work in the UK. Theresa May on UK migration Theresa May struck fear into the...

Migration levels remain constant, despite drop in EU numbers
By Richmond Chambers -

Although the recently reported drop in EU migration numbers clearly has implications against the Brexit backdrop, overall migration numbers to the UK have remained relatively constant. Figures released by...

 the ONS show that EU net migration was 74,000 during the first half of the year. In comparison, non-EU net migration to the UK was 248,000 – the largest number since 2004. The ONS figures also show that the...

Plans to simplify ‘labyrinthine’ immigration rulebook
By Richmond Chambers -

Highly prescriptive, too long, and difficult to follow. Those are the conclusions drawn by the Law Commission on the UK’s 1,100 pages of immigration rules. The UK’s legislative overseer has suggested the rulebook...

 which governs the entry of people to the UK needs to be overhauled because it has become too complicated. The commission which reviews and recommends changes to legislation has begun consulting on a...

Suspended sentence for offering unqualified immigration advice
By Richmond Chambers -

Ms Ghazala Nazir of Jubilee Close in Pinner, Middlesex has been given a suspended sentence by Southwark Crown Court for offering unqualified advice on immigration and associated immigration services. The 44-year-old...

 was found guilty on two counts of providing unqualified immigration advice at a trial on 12 December 2018.  What the case was about This trial indicates just how important it is for migrants to seek...

Revised UK childhood good character test should be scrapped
By Richmond Chambers -

Campaigners say the government’s revised guidance on how the good character test is applied to children does not go far enough and still does not protect the rights of young people who have grown up in the UK...

 and wish to naturalise. Good character requirement The good character requirement applies to children aged 10 and over, as this is the age of criminal responsibility. The review of the policy comes after a...

Home Office has doubled NHS charge for immigrants
By Richmond Chambers -

Starting 8th January 2019, immigrants in the United Kingdom will be charged twice the standard amount to use the NHS. The UK Immigration Health Surcharge has now gone up from £200 to £400 per year of leave. This...

 will affect a wide range of foreign citizens, including those who have lived within the country since childhood. Immigrant nurses who work for the National Health Service are not exempt from this price...

UK visa outsourcing criticised by immigration lawyers
By Richmond Chambers -

The French provider Sopra Steria has been criticised for its handling of UK visa applications for migrants already living and working in the UK.  Some people are at risk of being removed, as they have found it difficult...

 to book appointments and Sopra Steria employees have been unable to offer correct information.  Furthermore, many applicants have to travel considerable distances to access the facilities. About UK...

'Major incident' declared over spike in migrant boats crossing channel
By Richmond Chambers -

The festive period has seen a sharp increase in the number of migrant boats attempting to cross the English Channel from mainland Europe, prompting Home Secretary Sajid Javid to declare a major incident. More than...

 200 people are said to have reached the UK in this way since November 2018.  As a result, heavier border control measures have been established between the UK and France. However, opposition officials...
More

DOWNLOAD OUR
BROCHURE

Expert advice & representation from immigration barristers that you can rely on.

Google+ - Five Stars

Read the 600+ five out of five star Google reviews of our immigration barristers.

More
AWARDS