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New Rules for UK Visa Customers
By Richmond Chambers -

The UK Government has recently announced the introduction of new rules for people interested in acquiring (or extending) a UK visa. The new rules, published earlier this month, require those who are applying for...

 a UK visa to apply for a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) at the same time. What is a Biometric Residence Permit? It is a kind of residence permit that contains a variety of different pieces of information...

Impact of the Removal of Full Appeal Rights from Family Visitor Applicants
By Richmond Chambers -

The Chief Inspector of Immigration has recently published the results of a review of the impact of the removal of full appeal rights from Family Visitor applicants. Foreign nationals wishing to visit family members...

 in the UK can apply by making a Family Visitor visa application from overseas to the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Directorate of the Home Office. In 2013, the full right of appeal for applicants...

New evidence in combined appeals involving Points Based System applications
By Richmond Chambers -

In Olatunde v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 670, (Judgment dated 1 July 2015) the Court of Appeal considered section 85A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (“NIA Act...

 2002”) and its applicability to appeals against the refusal of Points Based System (PBS) applications when combined with other appeals against an immigration decision of another kind under section 82(2)...

UK Visa Processing Times - How Quickly Will You Receive A Decision?
By Richmond Chambers -

This article was written in 2015.  For the latest information on UK visa processing times, please read: UK Visa Processing & Decision Waiting Times What Are the Current Home Office UK Visa Processing Times? Once...

 you have submitted a visa application to the Home Office, it is helpful to know when to expect a decision, and what you may be able to do if no decision is received within a reasonable time.  In this...

Migration Statistics Quarterly Report
By Richmond Chambers -

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released its latest quarterly report on UK Migration, which shows that net long-term migration to the UK was estimated to be 298,000 in the year ending September 2014. According...

 to the ONS, this was a statistically significant increase from 210,000 in the previous 12 months, but it is apparently below the peak of 320,000 that was reached in the year ending June 2005. The...

Changes Made To The Way Invalid Applications Will Be Considered
By Gillian McCall - Barrister Partner

When an application is submitted to the Home Office it must be valid. This means that, amongst other things, it must be on the correct application form and accompanied by the correct fee, the applicant’s passport...

 and photograph. Previously, if an application did not conform to these requirements, the Home Office would have rejected the application as invalid and it would be returned to the applicant as if the...

ONS Publishes Latest Migration Statistics Report
By Richmond Chambers -

The Office for National Statistics has recently published its Migration Statistics Quarterly Report for the year ending June 2014. The figures show that net long-term migration to the UK was estimated to be 260,000...

 in the year ending June 2014, which is a statistically significant increase from 182,000 in the previous 12 months. The statistics also show that: There was a statistically significant increase in...

Specified evidence requirements of the Immigration Rules for UK Visas
By Richmond Chambers -

Whilst it has always been necessary to submit evidence demonstrating that the requirements of a particular rule, policy or other provision are met, the Immigration Rules increasingly include requirements for specified...

 evidence – setting out not just the type of evidence required but also the format for that evidence. Get the evidence wrong and the application will be refused, irrespective of any other perceived...

Changes to the Visa System in China
By Richmond Chambers -

The Government has recently announced a number of improvements to the UK visa system in China, as part of measures to promote the UK’s visa service to key tourism and business partners. The improvements include...

 making the mobile biometric service, which allows customers to give their fingerprints and details to visa staff in offices, available at all 12 of the Chinese regions served by the UK’ visa application...

NAO Reports on UK Border and Immigration Reforms
By Richmond Chambers -

The National Audit Office (NAO) has recently published its report ‘Reforming the UK border and immigration system’, in which it says that the two new Home Office directorates that replaced the former UKBA...

 have made progress in some areas but not across the whole business. In March 2013, the Home Secretary abolished the remaining Agency and brought its work into the Department under two new directorates: UK...

Short-Term Migration Report
By Richmond Chambers -

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has recently published its Short-Term International Migration Annual Report for the year ending mid-2012. The ONS defines a short-term migrant as someone who visits a country...

 other than that of his or her usual residence for a period of less than one year, as opposed to a long-term migrant, who changes their country of usual residence for a year or more. Highlights of the...

Court of Justice Gives Opinion on Entry Visa Requirements
By Richmond Chambers -

An Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has recently given his opinion in a case (Case C‑202/13) concerning the requirement for a person to obtain a visa to enter a Member State when...

 they already hold a residence card issued by another Member State. An EU directive provides that possession of a valid residence card exempts third-country nationals who are members of the family of an EU...
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