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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...

Suspended sentence for offering unqualified immigration advice
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Ms Ghazala Nazir of Jubilee Close in Pinner, Middlesex has been given a suspended sentence by Southwark Crown Court for offering unqualified advice on immigration and associated immigration services. The 44-year-old...

 was found guilty on two counts of providing unqualified immigration advice at a trial on 12 December 2018.  What the case was about This trial indicates just how important it is for migrants to seek...

Review of Tier 1 (General) refusals under paragraph 322(5)
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

The government published the review of applications by Tier 1 (General) Migrants refused under paragraph 322(5) of the Immigration Rules on 22 November 2018.   Background Tier 1 (General) replaced the Highly Skilled...

 Migrant Programme in 2008 and was intended to allow people to work without requiring sponsorship.  The government closed the Tier 1 (General) route in 2011 as a result of concern about abuse of the...

Making a Fast-Track Subject Access Request via the Pilot Scheme
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An individual is entitled to exercise their right to obtain information that is held about them under the Data Protection Act 1998. This process is known as a Subject Access Request. The ‘subject’ or ‘data...

 subject’ means an individual. ‘Access’ is the statutory right that an individual has to obtain a copy of the information. In the immigration context, a Subject Access Request allows an individual to...

New Appendix SN: Service of Notices
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Appendix SN is a new appendix to the Immigration Rules introduced by Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC877 and deals with service by the Home Office of various decisions in relation to immigration matters....

 It has effect for all applications made on or after 6 April 2016 and for some applications submitted before that date. It has the potential to infect almost every area of immigration practice. The...

Investigation of marriages under the Immigration Act 2014
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The Immigration Act 2014 makes provision for the Home Office to investigate whether marriages may be sham marriages or marriages of convenience during an extended notice.  This is the period after the...

 couple have notified the registrar of their intention to marry and before the marriage is able to take place.  If a decision is made to investigate, the notice period will be extended from 28 days to 70 days. The...

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...

Immigration (EEA) Regulations Amended: EU Jobseekers and Qualified Person Status
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

The Immigration Regulations are amended regularly. The most recent amendment came into force on 10th November 2014: The Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2761).“Qualified...

 person” 6. (1) In these Regulations, “qualified person” means a person who is an EEA national and in the United Kingdom as— They have registered as a jobseeker with the relevant...

Report published on benefits of foreign workers
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A recent report published by the European Commission makes interesting reading as it looks into the reasons why EU citizens move from one member state to another and the benefits this mobility can bring. The report...

 was based on a study of six European cities: Barcelona, Dublin, Hamburg, Lille, Prague and Turin, which were chosen on the basis of the multinational composition of their population. In general terms the...

More rights for non-EU seasonal workers
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Seasonal workers from outside the EU will be entitled to better working and living conditions, including proper accommodation and a limit on working hours, under a law passed by the European Parliament this...

 week. The European Commission estimates that over 100,000 third-country seasonal workers come to the EU every year. The new rules, the first to be agreed at EU level for these workers, aim to both end...

Join Us - Barrister or Solicitor - Up to 5 years PQE - Full-time - Permanent
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Richmond Chambers LLP is an innovative partnership of specialist immigration barristers and other immigration law professionals who share a core commitment to providing high quality immigration law...

 advice and representation directly to members of the public.  An opportunity has now arisen for a talented and ambitious barrister or solicitor of up to 5 years PQE to join our immigration team.

EU Immigration is good for UK economy
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If the UK were to leave the EU or impose tighter controls on immigration from within the EU it would have a negative impact on the UK in terms of restricted economic growth and a worsening in public finances, according...

 to a recent report. The report, by Harvey Nash and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), found that immigration from the EU brings a number of important benefits to the UK. Migrants...
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