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Timeline of Recent and Forthcoming UK Immigration Rule Changes in 2024
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

As we step into the second month of 2024, the United Kingdom’s immigration landscape has already undergone significant transformations this year, fuelled by the government’s overarching goal of...

 reducing net migration. These immigration changes not only reflect the priorities of the present government, but also hold profound implications for individuals, businesses, and families. In this post, we present...

Section 117B Public Interest Considerations Explained
By Richmond Chambers -

When considering immigration matters involving Article 8 (ECHR), one of the most important factors that decision-makers, courts and tribunals will take into account when reaching their conclusion is whether any...

 of the issues raised run counter to the ‘public interest’. This concept is defined under S.117B of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 and comes into play when a court or tribunal has to...

Closed Material Procedures in Immigration Cases
By Thomas Hill - Immigration Barrister

When an individual challenges a decision made by a public body (as happens in immigration cases), it is generally considered a fundamental feature of natural justice and fairness that they must be shown the evidence...

 relied on by the decision-maker. In the words of Lord Denning: “If the right to be heard is to be a real right which is worth anything, it must carry with it a right in the accused man to know the case...

Previous Breaches of Immigration Law as a ‘Suitability’ Issue
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‘Suitability’ refers to grounds upon which the Home Office may (i) refuse to grant or (ii) cancel permission to enter or stay in the UK. The rules on suitability can be very complicated and differ between...

 visa categories. Some visa categories have specific suitability requirements. Applicants for spouse visas under Appendix FM, for example, must show that they meet the suitability requirements in section...

Overstayers: what about my partner’s children?
By Gillian McCall - Barrister Partner

Those who have overstayed and want to regularise their stay on the basis of their relationship with a partner in the UK have to show that there would be ‘insurmountable obstacles’ to their family life continuing...

 outside of the UK in order to succeed in an application for leave to remain. For those with children, though, the test is different. If an applicant has a child in the UK who is either British or has...

Immigrants should pay National Insurance upfront, says think tank
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Migrants should be required to pay a £2,000 ‘National Insurance Advance’ upon first entering the UK, a new think tank report has proposed.Contact Us

 Migrants should be required to pay a £2,000 ‘National Insurance Advance’ upon first entering the UK, a new think tank report has proposed.Contact Us

IOM and the European Commission streamline their cooperation
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The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Commission have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in the area of migration and mobility.

 The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Commission have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in the area of migration and mobility.

Border controls to focus on respect for human rights
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FRONTEX, the EU border control agency set up in 2004, is to appoint an inspector to ensure that EU border checks respect human rights, under changes to its mandate adopted by the European Parliament.

 FRONTEX, the EU border control agency set up in 2004, is to appoint an inspector to ensure that EU border checks respect human rights, under changes to its mandate adopted by the European Parliament.

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