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Private Life Exception to Deportation: Domestic Framework Insights
By Alexander Ferguson - Legal Associate

In This Article 1. Introduction: The Private Life Exception to Deportation 2. Eligibility and Criteria  3. Lawful Residence Under the Private Life Exception: Meeting the First Requirement 4. Key Factors in Assessing...

 Social and Cultural Integration 5. The Impact of Criminal History on Integration for the Private Life Exception 6. Assessing Very Significant Obstacles to Integration 7. Factors Considered in Assessing...

Court of Appeal: Entry Clearance Refusals Can Breach Article 8
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

In Saleh Ahmed Handule Ali v Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 372 the Court of Appeal confirmed in principle that the right to respect for a person’s pre-existing private...

 life, developed whilst they were in the UK, can be engaged by a refusal of entry clearance sought in order to return to the UK. Factual Background The appellant, a national of Somalia, born on 1 July...

Appendix Private Life - Very Significant Obstacles to Integration
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

On 15 March 2022 a 205-page Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules was published.  Appendix Private Life was inserted into the rules and the new Appendix  took effect on 20 June 2022.  This Appendix replaced...

 paragraphs 276ADE to 276DH of the Immigration Rules.  We examined the changes and implications in an earlier post: Changes to the Private Life Route: Appendix Private Life (Leave to Remain) Appendix...

Private Life (Adult Dependent Relative) Appeal Allowed
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Immigration Barrister

In May 2022 Alexandra Pease and Jasmine Theilgaard, working together with Bernie Wood and Olivia Waddell and our dedicated team of legal associates, achieved a successful result on behalf of our client. ...

 She had entered the UK as a visitor, her health had deteriorated during the Covid-19 period and her family were deeply concerned, as was she, about her ability to return to Georgia without support. The matter...

Leave to Remain Granted on the Private Life Route
By Richmond Chambers -

In August 2022, Alexandra Pease and Alex Papasotiriou, working together with our team of legal associates, assisted a client who had been without leave since 2014, and who had been unsuccessful in regularising...

 his stay, to secure 30 months/2.5 years leave to remain on the private life route, placing him on a 10-year route to settlement.   Background  In November 2021, our client, a 32 year old Bangladeshi...

Dependent Children Born in the UK to a Person on the Private Life Route
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

In my previous articles, I set out the provisions of Appendix Private Life for limited leave to remain and indefinite leave to remain in the UK. In this article, I will set out the provisions of the new...

 category for dependent children born in the UK to a person on the Private Life route.  These provisions are for children born in the UK, who are not eligible for permission to  stay or for settlement on the Private...

Changes to the Private Life Route: Appendix Private Life (ILR/Settlement)
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

In my previous article, I set out the provisions of the new Appendix Private Life for leave to remain applications which will come into force on 20 June 2022. In this article, I will address the indefinite...

 leave to remain (settlement) provisions that will take effect on the same day. Those can be split into sub-categories as follows: ILR/Settlement on the Private Life route: For children born in the UK; For persons...

Changes to the Private Life Route: Appendix Private Life (Leave to Remain)
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

On 15 March 2022, the Home Office published a 205-page Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules. Amongst the various changes introduced was the insertion of a new Appendix Private Life. This will take effect on...

 20 June 2022 and will apply to all applications made on or after that date, replacing paragraphs 276ADE to 276DH. Applications made before 20 June 2022 will be considered under the Rules in force on 19 June...

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