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High Court and Court of Appeal criticise conduct of legal representatives

The High Court and Court of Appeal have been very vocal over the past week in their criticism of legal representatives’ preparation of immigration cases. As I set out in detail in an earlier post, in Parveen...

Migration and the UK Labour Market

Growing businesses are engaging migrant labour for their experience and commitment, but are also more likely to offer job entry opportunities in their local communities, according to a new report by the CIPD. Drawing...

Richmond Chambers wins 'Best Immigration Set of the Year - UK' award

Richmond Chambers is pleased to announce that it has won the 'Best Immigration Set of the Year - UK' award at the 2014 Acquisition International Global Mobility & Immigration Awards.

NAO Reports on UK Border and Immigration Reforms

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...

Leave to Remain on Private Life Grounds - Amendment to the Immigration Rules

Since 9 July 2012 the Secretary of State has primarily considered Article 8 claims within the context of the Immigration Rules. Appendix FM to those Rules sets out the circumstances in which entry clearance...

First Fundamental Review of the First-tier Tribunal (IAC)

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...

Fall in immigration of non-EU citizens

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...

Immigrants should pay National Insurance upfront, says think tank

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

ECJ rules on EU citizen dependency requirements

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently gave its opinion in an interesting case that considered what constitutes dependency for a direct descendent of an EU citizen over the age of 21, in order to obtain...

Human rights concerns over Immigration Bill

A recent report from the Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has raised concerns over certain provisions contained within the Government’s Immigration Bill. The provisions in question relate to restrictions...

UK immigration policy could deter many students

An interesting new poll commissioned by think tank IPPR suggests that not being able to stay and work after completing studies in the UK is becoming a real issue for overseas students. The poll by Ipsos MORI questioned...