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Counting maternity leave towards the qualifying period for permanent residence
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Regulation 15(1) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 (the ‘Regulations’) provides that an EEA national will acquire the right of permanent residence where they have resided in the UK...

 in accordance with the Regulations for a continuous five year period. The term ‘residing in the United Kingdom accordance with’ the Regulations requires evidence that the EEA national has been living in...

Calls for more Action on EU Family Reunification
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The beneficiaries of international protection in the European Union (EU) often face excessive red tape when seeking to reunite with their families, according to a new report from the European Council on Refugees...

 and Exiles and the Red Cross EU Office. The report highlights the inadequacy of the family reunification procedure when compared to the realities of refugee flight. For example, requiring family members to...

Minimum Income Requirement for Spouse Visas Ruled ‘Lawful’
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The requirement for UK citizens to have a minimum income before being allowed to sponsor their spouse’s visa has been ruled ‘lawful’ by the Court of Appeal. In 2012, a Minimum Income Requirement...

 (MIR) policy was introduced by the UK Government, meaning that only British citizens, or those having obtained refugee status, earning £18,600 or more per annum can sponsor their non-European spouse’s visa....

Fall in immigration of non-EU citizens
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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...

 year. According to the Office for National Statistics, this is down to a fall in the number of people from New Commonwealth countries coming to the UK to study. The statistics reveal that over the same period: The net flow...

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...

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...

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...

Immigration Rules challenge fails in court
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The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by two women who were challenging the lawfulness of a section of the Government’s family Immigration Rules. English language requirements Mrs Saiqa Bibi and Mrs Saffana...

 Abdulla Mohammed Ali had raised a legal challenge against a rule requiring spouses and partners to demonstrate a basic knowledge of the English language before they are granted a visa to enter or remain...

Making immigration work
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Making immigration work in the national interest can be ensured by bringing down net migration to sustainable levels, while still attracting the best talent the rest of the world has to offer, said Home Secretary...

 Theresa May in a recent speech at the Policy Exchange. The speech discussed measures the Government has taken, and plans to take, to make sure that the UK immigration system works in the country’s...

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