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Plans to simplify ‘labyrinthine’ immigration rulebook
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Highly prescriptive, too long, and difficult to follow. Those are the conclusions drawn by the Law Commission on the UK’s 1,100 pages of immigration rules. The UK’s legislative overseer has suggested the rulebook...

 which governs the entry of people to the UK needs to be overhauled because it has become too complicated. The commission which reviews and recommends changes to legislation has begun consulting on a...

BSB publishes Vulnerability Good Practice Guide (Immigration Clients) for Immigration Barristers
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Richmond Chambers has been working with the Bar Standards Board to help produce a user guide for barristers working with vulnerable adult immigration clients, released this week. The Vulnerability Good Practice Guide...

 aims to help barristers to identify, assess and manage client vulnerabilities in line with good practice. This guide was a response to the recommendations made by the BSB’s Immigration Thematic Review...

Richmond Chambers celebrates 5 years of practice with re-brand and new website
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Today at Richmond Chambers we’re excited to reveal our rebrand, as well as the launch of a new website, www.richmondchambers.com, to enhance our offering to our clients. Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers Founded...

 in July 2013 as the first barrister-only immigration law firm to be authorised in the UK, our immigration barristers provide expert legal advice and representation, directly to individuals and...

An Alternative Immigration Route for Exceptionally Talented Investors
By Gillian McCall - Barrister Partner

Generally, an individual who is planning to come to the UK for the purpose of investing in businesses will be considering the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) or Tier 1 (Investor) categories. The Entrepreneur route is...

 designed for individuals who want to take an active role in running a business in the UK and have at least £200,000 to invest in their endeavour. The Investor route has a higher investment threshold of £2...

Government proposes a significant increase in fees for immigration applications
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On 11 January 2016, the government announced its intention to increase fees for visas, immigration applications and nationality applications, as well as fees for using the premium service. This will come into...

 force once legislation is laid by Parliament in April this year. The aim is to reduce taxpayer contributions towards the border, immigration and citizenship system so that the system eventually becomes...

10 year ILR applications: discretion to waive breaks in continuous residence
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

This is an update to an article posted earlier this year, concerning breaks in continuous residence and applications for indefinite leave to remain under paragraph 276B of the Immigration Rules (the 10...

 year ILR rule). As we noted previously, in order to qualify for settlement on the basis of long residence, applicants have to demonstrate at least 10 years continuous and lawful residence in the UK. Continuous...

7 Years Continuous Residence by a Child
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The Home Office used to have a seven-year child policy called DP5/96 under which there was a presumption that a child who had lived in the UK for a continuous seven year period should not be removed from the UK...

 if no other countervailing factors were present. This policy was withdrawn in December 2008. the child is under 18; the child is in the UK; the child has lived continuously in the UK for at least 7 years...

Citizenship for sale: One year on
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

Acquiring the nationality of one (or more) Member State(s) of the EU automatically means that EU citizenship is acquired under Article 20 TFEU. Viviane Reding, former vice-president of the European Commission,...

 saidin a speech delivered on 15th January 2014: “Citizenship must not be up for sale!” European Parliament Resolution On 16th January 2014, the European Parliament passed a resolution on EU citizenship...

Home Office Consultation – Sanctions for non-compliance with the Biometric Registration Regulations
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The Home Office has today (11 November 2014) launched an open consultation with the public over proposed amendments to the Code of Practice about the sanctions for non-compliance with the biometric...

 registration regulations issued by the Secretary of State under the UK Borders Act 2007.History apply for a BID in certain circumstances (including whenever applying for leave to remain, will extend to whenever applying...

Costs under the new Tribunal Procedure Rules
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The new Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014 laid before Parliament on 29 September 2014 will come into effect on 20 October 2014.  Amongst other developments, they...

 make provision for the awarding of costs in limited circumstances. Currently, costs cannot be awarded in circumstances other than to cover the cost of the appeal fee. any fee paid under the Fees Order that...

Richmond Chambers shortlisted in Modern Law Awards 2014
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Richmond Chambers is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted in the Modern Law Awards 2014 in the categories of 'New Entrant of the Year' and 'ABS of the Year – up to 25 employees'.

 Richmond Chambers is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted in the Modern Law Awards 2014 in the categories of 'New Entrant of the Year' and 'ABS of the Year – up to 25 employees'.

Work visa options for artists and entertainers
By Richmond Chambers -

In a previous article, we looked at the visa options available to artists and entertainers who wish to visit the UK for a short period. In this article, we examine the three main routes under the Points Based System...

 for artists and entertainers wishing to come and work in the UK. Temporary workers – Tier 5 (creative and sporting) Tier 5 is for paid, temporary work for up to 12 months (with a sponsor in the UK),...
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