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Tier 1 Entrepreneur: Recent updates in UKVI policy guidance

Within the space of 4 weeks at the end of 2014, UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) introduced several key amendments to its Tier 1 Entrepreneur policy guidance. On 21 November 2014 and 18 December 2014, UKVI provided...

The Exceptional Talent Route for Tech Experts

In recognition of the expanding tech sector and to further the government policy of encouraging the best tech talent to come to the UK, in April 2014 the Immigration...

Report into Migrants’ Immigration Journeys Published

The Home Office has recently published the fifth in a series of reports that explore migrants’ journeys through the UK’s immigration system. It explains that understanding the processes that migrants go through...

Increased Number of Eastern Europeans Coming to UK to Work

According to recent labour market statistics released by Office for National Statistics, over the last year, there has been a 23 per cent increase in the number of eastern Europeans, such as individuals from Poland,...

Decisions to curtail leave to remain: when are they effective?

In R (Hafiz Muhammad Zubair Javed) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 4426 (Admin) the Administrative Court was asked to consider when a written notice of a decision to curtail leave to remain...

Employer Right to Work Checks

Employers in the UK have a responsibility to ensure that anyone that they employ has a legal right to work in the UK.  Employers must ensure that appropriate right to work checks are carried out on all potential...

Independent Review of Welfare in Detention

An independent review of policies and procedures affecting the welfare of those held in immigration removal centres has been announced by the Home Secretary. The purpose of the review is to identify whether improvements...

Durable relationships under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006

Regulation 8 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 (the ‘2006 Regulations’) sets out circumstances in which a person will be considered the ‘extended family member’ of an EEA national....

Update on the Civil Penalty Scheme

In December 2014, the Home Office produced ‘An employer’s guide to right to work checks’ which applies, where an initial check on a potential employee or a repeat check on an existing employee is...

Citizenship for sale: One year on

Acquiring the nationality of one (or more) Member State(s) of the EU automatically means that EU citizenship is acquired under Article 20 TFEU. Viviane Reding, former vice-president of the European Commission,...

Calls for Policy Change on International Students

An Early Day Motion (EDM) calling for overseas university students to be removed from UK net migration targets has been submitted to the UK Parliament, reports Times Higher Education. EDMs are formal motions submitted...

Changes Made To The Way Invalid Applications Will Be Considered

When an application is submitted to the Home Office it must be valid. This means that, amongst other things, it must be on the correct application form and accompanied by the correct fee, the applicant’s passport...