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New immigration opportunities for Islamic Investors
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Yesterday, at the World Islamic Economic Forum, David Cameron announced new schemes to encourage investment from the Middle East and the flourishing Islamic investments market. The plans include a new Islamic...

 index on the London Stock Exchange which bans investing in alcohol, tobacco and gambling, aimed at assisting managers of sharia compliant funds to identify investment opportunities which match their...

Investigation into investment thresholds under the Tier 1 (Investor) route
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The Government has asked the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to advise on whether the current investment limits required under the Tier 1 (Investor) route are appropriate to deliver significant economic benefits...

 for the UK. Tier 1 of the Points Based System provides a means by which the highest value migrants can come to the UK. There are four routes within Tier 1: Entrepreneur; Graduate Entrepreneur; Investor;...

Obstacle course in the EU for asylum seekers
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Recent research has highlighted that there is still a long way to go in the establishment of a fair and efficient Common European Asylum System despite more than 12 years of harmonising national asylum policies...

 and the adoption of the ‘asylum package’ in June 2013. The research, which was published by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) on asylum systems in 14 EU Member States, illustrates huge...

Settlement and naturalisation applications after 28 October 2013
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Since 2005, applicants seeking to obtain British citizenship have had to satisfy the Knowledge of Language and Life requirement. This requirement was then extended in 2007 to those who were applying for settlement...

 (also known as Indefinite Leave to Remain). This requirement was met by the applicant by either taking the Life in the UK test or by obtaining an ‘English for Speakers of Other Languages’ (ESOL)...

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...

Government faces investigation into “Go Home” advertising campaign
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The Advertising Standards Authority has launched an investigation into the Government’s controversial advertising campaign targeting illegal immigrants, after receiving a number of complaints, reports the Independent. The...

 Home Office campaign involved advertising vans driving round certain boroughs of London displaying billboards that advised illegal immigrants to “go home”, or face the prospect of arrest and...

Government consults over immigration reforms
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The Government has recently launched a series of consultations over proposals to toughen civil penalties against employers who take on illegal immigrants, and to reduce illegal migrants’ access to free NHS care...

 and rented accommodation. The proposals will apparently form part of the Immigration Bill, which the Government intends to introduce to Parliament later this year. Tackling illegal working With regards to...

Right of appeal for family visit visas abolished
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The right of appeal against the refusal of a family visit visa application has been removed with effect from 25th June 2013, unless the appeal is on human rights or race discrimination grounds. Previously,...

 the right of appeal was being used by applicants to submit further information to support their claim, instead of making a fresh application. Under the new system, anyone refused a visit visa may reapply as many...

Opportunities for immigration barristers at Richmond Chambers LLP
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Based in the heart of Covent Garden, Richmond Chambers LLP is a forward looking alternative business structure for barristers, whose members are committed to providing immigration law advice and representation...

 directly to the public. Our barristers and associates operate as a team rather than as individuals and we consistently strive to provide our clients with the highest standards of advice and representation.

Report into the impact of family migration rules
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The results of an inquiry into family migration rules introduced by the Government in July 2012 have been published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Migration. The inquiry was launched after cross-party...

 concern that the rules could be causing family members to be separated from each other in a way that was unnecessary and unfair. The inquiry The APPG on Migration was established to provide a...

New phase of tuberculosis screening launched
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The second phase of the Home Office’s life-saving pre-entry tuberculosis (TB) screening programme has been introduced as part of the new immigration rules laid on Monday 10th June. The programme means that migrants...

 who want to enter the UK for more than six months, from 67 countries with a high incidence of TB, have to be screened before they are granted a visa for the UK. The first phase of pre-entry screening...

The English language requirement under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules
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Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules imposes an English language requirement on those seeking entry clearance or leave to remain in the UK as a partner or as a parent of a child in the UK. The applicant is a national...

 of a majority English speaking country which currently includes Antigua and Barbuda; Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados; Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, New Zealand, St Kitts and...
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