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Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 - Commencement and General Interpretation
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

The new Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2016 were laid before Parliament on 3 November 2016. They consolidate many of the previous changes, but also make important changes, including in relation to the Surinder...

 Singh route, which will be addressed in separate posts. Regulation 1 sets out the commencement – the Regulations take effect from 25 November 2016 for Regulation 44 and Schedule 5, and from 1 February...

EEA Retained Rights: Divorce and Domestic Violence
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

NA is a citizen of Pakistan, and was married to a German national from 2003 until a purported talaq divorce in March 2007, with divorce proceedings in the UK instituted by NA in September 2008, with decree absolute...

 issued on 4 August 2009.  NA and her husband moved to the UK in March 2004, she was the victim of domestic violence and finally left the matrimonial home around October 2006.  NA’s husband left the...

Administrative Removal of EEA nationals and family members
By Alexis Slatter - Immigration Barrister

On 29 March 2016, a new Instruction for Home Office staff was published:‘European Economic Area administrative removal: consideration and decision’.  The guidance explains the operational process for assessing...

 whether to administratively remove a European Economic Area (EEA) national (or a family member of an EEA national). The guidance explains the criteria for the removal of an EEA national or their family...

Applications for British citizenship by EU nationals
By Richmond Chambers -

British nationality law is often a complex subject and, after 12 November 2015, this is an area which has increased in complexity for citizens of EU Member States who wish to apply for naturalisation as British...

 citizens in accordance with the British Nationality Act 1981 (the ‘BNA1981’). Applications for naturalisation as a British citizen will be considered by the Secretary of State in accordance with section...

What impact will BREXIT actually have on migration?
By Richmond Chambers -

On Saturday 20 February 2016, Prime Minister David Cameron announced a referendum on 23 June 2016 to determine whether Britain should exit the European Union (EU). The recently released figure of net migration into...

 Britain of 323,000 has prompted those in the ‘Vote Leave’ camp to argue that the only way to manage (reduce) this level is to leave the EU. Leaving aside any comment on whether net migration ought to...

EU national worried about Brexit? Immigration options if the UK votes to leave the EU
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

For EU nationals who have built a life in the UK, the forthcoming EU referendum on 23 June 2016 may be a cause of great concern. If, as the “leave” campaign gains momentum, the UK votes to leave the EU...

 and the dreaded ‘Brexit’ occurs, the fundamental EU freedom of free movement of persons would no longer give the residence rights upon which many rely in the UK. Prospective transitional arrangements are as...

Retained Rights of Residence following separation and / or divorce from an EEA national
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

The non-EEA Spouse of an EEA national exercising Treaty rights in the UK is entitled to live in the UK with their spouse. The Court of Justice of the European Union established long ago in the Diatta decision...

 of 1985, that a spouse remains a spouse until formally divorced – there is no requirement that the family member must live under the same roof permanently to benefit from the right of residence under EU...

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