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Costs under the new Tribunal Procedure Rules
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The new Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014 laid before Parliament on 29 September 2014 will come into effect on 20 October 2014.  Amongst other developments, they...

make provision for the awarding of costs in limited circumstances. Currently, costs cannot be awarded in circumstances other than to cover the cost of the appeal fee. any fee paid under the Fees Order that...

Education Testing Service (ETS) removed as approved English language test provider
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In a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules presented to Parliament today, 10 June 2014, the Home Secretary has announced the removal of Educational Testing Service (ETS) as an approved English language...

test provider. if an applicant has made an application for leave to remain before 1 July 2014, Appendix O will be applied as in force on 30 June 2014; if an applicant has made an application for entry...

Immigration Bill Becomes Law
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The Government’s Immigration Bill received Royal Assent on 14th May and has now become law. The Immigration Act 2014 brings a number of fundamental changes to the system of immigration in the UK, including: Cutting...

the number of immigration decisions that can be appealed from 17 to 4, while allowing the UK to return certain harmful individuals before their appeals are heard if there is no risk of serious...

Balance of Competences Review
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On 12 July 2012, the Foreign Secretary launched the ‘Balance of Competences Review’ in Parliament taking forward the Coalition commitment to examine the balance of competences between the UK and the EU.

On 12 July 2012, the Foreign Secretary launched the ‘Balance of Competences Review’ in Parliament taking forward the Coalition commitment to examine the balance of competences between the UK and the EU.

First Fundamental Review of the First-tier Tribunal (IAC)
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HM Courts and Tribunals Service have recently published their findings from a Fundamental Review of the First-Tier Immigration and Asylum Chamber. This has been conducted differently to previous reviews, having...

been undertaken by both the judicial and administrative arms of the First Tier Tribunal (IAC) Previous reviews of the Immigration Appellate Authority and the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal have focused...

Fall in immigration of non-EU citizens
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The latest Government figures reveal that there was a fall in the numbers of non-EU citizens immigrating to the UK in the year to September 2013 – down to 244,000 from 269,000 in the preceding...

year. According to the Office for National Statistics, this is down to a fall in the number of people from New Commonwealth countries coming to the UK to study. The statistics reveal that over the same period: The net flow...

Immigrants should pay National Insurance upfront, says think tank
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Migrants should be required to pay a £2,000 ‘National Insurance Advance’ upon first entering the UK, a new think tank report has proposed.Contact Us

Migrants should be required to pay a £2,000 ‘National Insurance Advance’ upon first entering the UK, a new think tank report has proposed.Contact Us

Immigration Bill laid in Parliament
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The Home Office has introduced new legislation that will bring about significant changes to the UK immigration system. According to the Home Office, the Immigration Bill will stop migrants using public...

services where they are not entitled to do so, reduce the pull factors which encourage people to come to the UK and make it easier to remove people who should not be here. The Bill includes provisions that will: cut...

Home Office guidance relating to requests for a removal decision
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The Home Office has recently issued guidance to its caseworkers relating to requests for a removal decision to be made.

The Home Office has recently issued guidance to its caseworkers relating to requests for a removal decision to be made.

Government's migrant charging proposals could damage the NHS
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The government’s proposals for an extended charging system for migrants and short term visitors attempting to access healthcare in UK are impractical, inefficient, and uneconomic and could cause unintended...

damage to NHS services, according to the BMA. Responding to the government’s recent consultations on migrant and short term visitor access to the NHS, the BMA has outlined serious concerns about these...

Migration statistics not fit for purpose
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Migration statistics that are produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Home Office are nothing more than a “blunt instrument” when it comes to measuring, managing and understanding migration...

to and from the UK. This is the opinion expressed by the Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) in a recently published report, in which PASC calls for new sources of statistics to provide...

Landlords seek revisions to immigration proposals
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Responding to a government consultation on tackling illegal immigration via rented homes, the British Property Federation (BPF) has warned that the proposals, which could see landlords prosecuted for...

failing to recognise complex immigration documents, were disproportionate in their current form, and could prove ineffective in efforts to identify illegal immigrants. Home Office proposals will force landlords to...
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