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Home Office Publishes Changes to UK Immigration Rules
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

In its latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC1160), presented to Parliament on 9 March 2023, the Home Office has announced various changes to a number of UK immigration routes, including...

 the closure of one immigration route and the opening of another.  In this post we highlight some of the key changes to the Immigration Rules that applicants should be aware of, including: Introduction of the...

Previous Breaches of Immigration Law as a ‘Suitability’ Issue
By Richmond Chambers -

‘Suitability’ refers to grounds upon which the Home Office may (i) refuse to grant or (ii) cancel permission to enter or stay in the UK. The rules on suitability can be very complicated and differ between...

 visa categories. Some visa categories have specific suitability requirements. Applicants for spouse visas under Appendix FM, for example, must show that they meet the suitability requirements in section...

Home Office Evidential Flexibility Policy Explained
By Richmond Chambers -

Evidential flexibility is the name given to the set of provisions allowing decision-makers to take a more pragmatic approach to gaps in evidence. When evidential requirements are nearly met, decision-makers...

 may treat them as met anyway or else request further information or documents from the applicant or third parties. Evidential flexibility is not applied uniformly across the different visa categories. Applicants...

Home Office Announces Changes to UK Immigration Rules
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

In its latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC719), published on 18 October 2022, the Home Office has announced various changes to a number of UK immigration routes, as well as the introduction...

 of two new immigration routes.  In this post we highlight some of the key changes to the Immigration Rules that applicants should be aware of, including: The introduction of a new immigration route for...

The Lawfulness of Home Office Guidance on Victims of Modern Slavery
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

In R (on the application of SV) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (ECAT: lawfulness of policy guidance) [2022] UKUT 39 (IAC), the Upper Tribunal considered the lawfulness of the Secretary of State...

 for the Home Department’s policy guidance titled Discretionary Leave Considerations for Victims of Modern Slavery (version 4.0). There is now a  further iteration of this guidance, (version 5.0). The Decision...

The 'Ethical Decision-Making Model' Tool For Home Office Staff
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

On 11 November 2021, the Home Office published guidance for its caseworker titled ‘The Ethical Decision-Making Model’, described as a tool to help Home Office staff when making decisions involving difficult...

 ethical issues. The ‘Ethical Decision-Making Model’ Tool For Home Office Staff This guidance was created and published in the aftermath of the Windrush Scandal and at the recommendation of the...

UKVI Front End Services Under Scrutiny
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

An Inspection of UK Visa and Immigration Front End Services (August 2020 – June 2021) was published on 25 November 2021 by David Neal, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration.  The Inspection...

 was presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 50(2) of the Borders Act 2007.  All Inspection Reports are available to access: here. Purpose of the UK Visas & Immigration Inspection The purpose...

Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee Report - Immigration enforcement
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee published a report on  Immigration enforcement on 18 September 2020.  The report considers the work of the Home Office’s Immigration Enforcement Directorate, ...

 which has a £400 million annual spend. The report is 22 pages and can be accessed: here.  Making Decisions on ‘Anecdote, Assumption and Prejudice’ The summary points out the real and substantial concerns the...

Immigration Health Surcharge To Increase on 27 October 2020
By Bernard Wood - Immigration Barrister

The Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2020 (SI 2020 No. 1086) will come into force as law on 27 October 2020 after being signed by Kevin Foster, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for...

 Future Borders and Immigration) on 01 October 2020.  The Order implements a further increase in the Immigration Health Surcharge (“IHS”) fee and provides an IHS exemption for certain Tier 2 (General)...

Changes to dates of birth - New Guidance
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

There are many circumstances in which individuals can face challenges where their date of birth is incorrectly recorded, they cannot prove it or there is a dispute as to the correct date of birth of an individual. ...

 The process for changing personal details can be hard to navigate. New guidance: Changes to dates of birth, version 1.0 was published on 14 September 2020 dealing with this issue and states: “A date of...

Home Office Guidance on Coronavirus
By Richmond Chambers -

The Home Office has published Guidance on the Coronavirus on 17 February 2020 for those unable to return to China from the UK, due to circumstances outside of their control.  If you are in the UK, and your immigration...

 status is affected by the coronavirus outbreak the guidance states that “most people” will receive an “automatic extension of their visa until 31 March 2020”. Coronavirus Guidance for Chinese...

Immigration Health Surcharge Set To Increase
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

In a written statement from The Minister of State for Immigration, Caroline Noakes, the Government expressed the intention to increase the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) payment. Immigration Health Surcharge...

 (IHS) The IHS payment has not increased since it was introduced in April 2015.  It applies to migrants from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who want to stay in Britain for at least six months....
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