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The Tier 2 Cooling Off Period

The ‘cooling off’ period means that most skilled workers cannot apply to come to the UK if they have had entry clearance or leave to remain as a Tier 2 migrant at any time during the 12 months immediately before...

Acquisition of Permanent Residence under EEA law

The right of permanent residence under EU law is acquired by Union citizens and their family members after five years’ continuous legal residence in a host member state. What constitutes 5 years’...

Illegal Migrants Could Face a Jail Sentence

Measures to be introduced under the new Immigration Bill will include the possibility of a jail sentence for migrants working illegally in the UK, the Government has announced. The Immigration Bill, due to be introduced...

British citizenship for children born in the UK

Establishing British citizenship can often be a complex matter. However, children born in the UK may, in certain circumstances, have an entitlement to British citizenship. A child’s claim to British citizenship...

New Rules for UK Visa Customers

The UK Government has recently announced the introduction of new rules for people interested in acquiring (or extending) a UK visa. The new rules, published earlier this month, require those who are applying for...

Concerns Raised Over Immigration Removal Centre

Concerns have been raised about the ability of one of the UK’s main immigration removal centres to meet the needs of the vulnerable women held there. The concerns were highlighted in a report of the...

Number of Non-EU IT Professionals in UK Increases by 13%

In 2014, the number of IT professionals from outwith Europe, who came to work in the United Kingdom (UK), increased by thirteen per cent (13%) since 2013 and by fifty-six per cent (56%) since...

The principle of proportionality in EU law – Part 2

In R (on the application of Lumsdon and others) (Appellants) v Legal Services Board (Respondent) [2015] UKSC 41, [2015] 3 WLR 121, the Supreme Court (Lord Reed and Lord Toulson with whom Lord Neuberger, Lady...

The principle of proportionality in EU law – Part 1

In R (on the application of Lumsdon and others) (Appellants) v Legal Services Board (Respondent) [2015] UKSC 41, [2015] 3 WLR 121, the Supreme Court (Lord Reed and Lord Toulson with whom Lord Neuberger, Lady Hale...

Impact of the Removal of Full Appeal Rights from Family Visitor Applicants

The Chief Inspector of Immigration has recently published the results of a review of the impact of the removal of full appeal rights from Family Visitor applicants. Foreign nationals wishing to visit family members...

Adjei (visit visas – Article 8) [2015] UKUT 0261 (IAC)

Recently the Upper Tribunal handed down a judgment in respect of Article 8 and visit visas in the case of Adjei (visit visas – Article 8) [2015] UKUT 0261 (IAC).

New evidence in combined appeals involving Points Based System applications

In Olatunde v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 670, (Judgment dated 1 July 2015) the Court of Appeal considered section 85A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (“NIA Act...