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Applying for a new Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) in a different identity

What happens when you have been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK in one identity and want (or need) to apply for a replacement document confirming your status in a different identity? When a person...

Immigration options for discharged HM Forces personnel

The Immigration Rules provide for the possibility of those who have been discharged from the armed forces to make applications for leave to remain in the UK on temporary and permanent bases. The requirements are...

Deception, False Representations and Material facts not disclosed

As for all applications for leave, applications for leave to remain can be refused on general grounds which may be mandatory (rules 322(1) –322(1C)) or discretionary (rules 322(2) – 322(12)) but in respect...

7 Years Continuous Residence by a Child

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...

UKBA response to Supreme Court judgment in 'Alvi'

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has published guidance on its approach following the Supreme Court judgment in the case of Alvi. In this judgment, the Supreme Court set out that any requirement which, if not satisfied...