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Home Office Failures on Family Reunion

Last month the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration published a report criticising the Home Office for its handling of family reunion applications. Family reunion applications are sponsored...

Home Office issues guidance on ‘remove first, appeal later’ in human rights appeals

The Home Office has published guidance on how the new certification process will operate under the Immigration Act 2016. Legislation Section 94B of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 contains a process...

Judicial review for EEA extended family members

The headnote in the Upper Tribunal decision in Sala (EFMs: Right of Appeal: Albania) [2016] UKUT 411 (IAC) states simply: “There is no statutory right of appeal against the decision of the Secretary of...

Asylum applicants can be returned to Italy under Dublin regime, says Court of Appeal

In NA (Sudan) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 1060 (01 November 2016), the Court of Appeal had two appeals before it. The First Appellant was from Sudan and the Second Appellant...

Latest ONS figures reveal work as main reason for immigration

The Office of National Statistics has released their immigration statistics for the Year Ending (YE) June 2016. Key Statistics. Net migration stood at +335,000. 284,000 EU citizens migrated to the UK, up from...

80% increase in Tier 1 (Investor) visas granted in Q3 of 2016

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics today reveal an 80% increase in the number of Tier 1 (Investor) visa applications approved during the period July to September 2016. Meanwhile, the number...

Immigration Act 2016 introduces criminal sanctions for landlords

Landlords will from today face criminal sanctions for renting to individuals without valid immigration status. Commencement Order No.2 brings into force s. 39, 40 and 41 of the Immigration Act 2016, which seek...

‘Remove First, Appeal Later’ Extended

Today, Commencement Order No.2 brings into force key sections of the Immigration Act 2016. The ‘remove first, appeal later’ policy is substantially extended. The...

ETS / TOEIC - MA (ETS – TOEIC testing) [2016] UKUT 00450

MA (ETS – TOEIC testing) [2016] UKUT 00450 is the latest case in the string of cases involving those who have had their leave to remain or enter, refused, curtailed, or cancelled. This is generally done on the...

U-turn on proposed immigration appeal fee increases

The Minister of State for Courts and Justice has announced that the government’s proposed Immigration Tribunal fee increases will no longer go ahead. The Proposed Changes Last month, notable changes to the fee...

House of Lords Debates Position Of EU Citizens Post Brexit

The House of Lords Debate of 24 October 2016 outlines some of the very legitimate concerns of the Lords as to what will happen to EU nationals in the UK, and UK nationals elsewhere in the EU. The following questions...

Changes to validity of applications and administrative review

The Immigration Rules have today been amended with the aim of clarifying how to make a valid application for leave to remain, and the circumstances in which fresh evidence can be submitted in administrative review...