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Oral Evidence From Abroad in the Immigration Tribunal

When can the First Tier Immigration Tribunal hear oral evidence from abroad? When the foreign state, from where oral evidence is to be taken, says so. Or rather, when the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office...

Immigration Tribunal Appeals - A Practical Guide (3)

We recently examined in parts one and two of this practical guide how and on what basis you might lodge an immigration appeal. In this third post, we examine the starting point for an immigration appeal and the...

Immigration Tribunal Appeals: A Practical Guide (2)

We recently examined immigration appeals in the context of the new digital MyHMCTS system and in the context of the Covid-19 Pandemic. We considered what immigration decisions you may appeal against in Part One,...

Immigration Appeals and the Covid-19 Pandemic

As many readers will be aware, over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial disruption to the immigration appeal process in the UK. This blog post will address the measures that have been put...

New Guidance on Implementing Allowed Immigration Appeals

On 04 August 2020, the Implementing allowed appeals Guidance, Version 1.0  was published for Home Office staff.  The 18 page document applies to “anyone responsible for implementing an allowed appeal  (including...

Vulnerable adult witnesses in immigration appeals

In certain circumstances, applications can be made for appellants and witnesses in the Immigration Tribunal to be treated as ‘vulnerable’. The Tribunal can also make a finding that an appellant or...

The Senior President of Tribunals’ Annual Report 2019

The Senior President of Tribunals’ Annual Report was published on 30 October 2019. A copy of the full report can be accessed: here.   The first report by the current Senior President was published in 2016.  ...

Rights of appeal after the Immigration Act 2014

The Immigration Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) reduced the circumstances in which the refusal of an immigration application will give rise to a right of appeal. The explanatory notes to the 2014 Act state that the...

Changes to appeals against immigration decisions

The UK Border Agency has announced that the Ministry of Justice is to introduce appeal fee charges for some asylum and immigration appeals from 19th December 2011.