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Police Registration Certificate Scheme Suspended
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

The Home Office has confirmed that the Government has decided to abolish the Police Registration Scheme, with immediate effect.  This means that the Police Registration Scheme is now suspended and foreign nationals...

 of specified nationalities, aged 16 or over, usually granted more than six months’ leave in certain migration categories are no longer required to register with the police when they arrive in the...

An Introduction to UK Visas and Immigration
By Richmond Chambers -

It is a widely-acknowledged contradiction that UK laws are detailed, complex and archaic, and yet UK visa applicants often seek (initially at least) to navigate the Immigration Rules without legal assistance. Readers...

 may have already encountered the detailed requirements and evidential rules associated with visa or citizenship applications but may not know the legal principles which govern these. The purpose of this...

Fee Waivers for UK Immigration Applications: Part 2
By Richmond Chambers -

This is the second part of a guide on fee waivers for certain in-country immigration applications, where you apply from within the UK. Please follow this link for Part 1, which covers what fee waivers mean in...

 the context of UK immigration applications, which immigration applications are eligible for fee waivers and how to apply for a  fee waiver.  This post covers the requirements for fee waivers for human...

Fee Waivers for UK Immigration Applications: Part 1
By Richmond Chambers -

This is a two-part post that explains fee waivers the Home Office can grant for certain in-country immigration applications, where you apply from within the UK. Part 1 covers what fee waivers mean in the...

 context of UK immigration applications, which immigration applications are eligible for fee waivers and how to apply for a fee waiver.  Part 2 will cover the requirements of a fee waiver application, the supporting...

UK Visa Application Fees 2022
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

If you are applying for a UK visa from outside the UK, you will need to pay a visa application fee as part of your UK visa application.  If you are applying for an extension of stay or indefinite leave to remain,...

 you will also need to pay a Home Office application fee. The exact amount you will need to pay by way of a visa application fee will depend on the type of visa or immigration application you are making,...

UK Visa Processing Times and Home Office Delay
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

Home Office decision making is sometimes delayed and many have experienced delay during the Covid-19 Pandemic.  Delays in UK visa and immigration decision making may cause significant prejudice, for example, not...

 being able to commence a course of study, not being able to work or travel when there is a family emergency and may impact on an individual’s health and mental well being.  For a long time there have...

Immigration Health Surcharge - What Is It and Who Needs to Pay?
By Richmond Chambers -

The majority of UK visa applicants will be required to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) on top of their application fees. If you are outside of the UK, and applying for limited leave to remain in the UK...

 for more than 6 months, you will need to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge fee unless you fall into one of few exceptions. If you are applying for a visa from within the UK, you will be required to pay...

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...

Criminality, Serious Harm & Immigration Decisions
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

When making an application for entry clearance or leave to remain (permission to stay) in the UK, migrants must meet various suitability requirements and must show that their application does not fall for refusal...

 or cancellation under the general grounds. The general grounds for refusal are set out in Part 9 of the Immigration Rules. They apply to all applications, though there are some limits in their application...

Expert Evidence In Immigration Applications and Appeals
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

We recently examined, in Parts One, Two, Three and Four of our Practical Guide to Immigration Appeals and in First-tier Tribunal Onward Immigration Appeals – A Practical Guide, how and on what basis an immigration...

 appeal can be pursued. We have examined both legal and practical considerations for an appeal. One of the considerations for an appeal might be the use of expert evidence, usually in the form of a...

UK Visa Fees 2021 - Work & Business Immigration Routes
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

The UK offers a range of immigration routes for overseas nationals seeking to work or conduct business in the UK.  As part of any application for a UK work or business visa, applicants will need to pay a UK visa...

 fee to the UK Home Office.  Each immigration route has its own UK visa application fee and these are regularly reviewed, with the latest update (at the date of this article) having been published on 26...

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)...
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