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London Attracts Chinese Investors
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A recent report has revealed that London proved to be the biggest magnet for Chinese commercial and residential investors in the first half of 2014. The report, from company Jones Lang Lasalle, found...

 that outward investment from China in the first six months of 2014 amounted to US$5.4 billion, which is 17% higher than in the same period last year. The majority of this money came in the form of commercial...

Asylum Support Rates: Home Office Defiant Despite High Court Ruling
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Despite a ruling from the High Court ordering the Government to review the asylum support rates, it has been announced by the Home Office that there will be no increase. In a recent case, Refugee Action, R v The...

 Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 1033 (Admin), the High Court held that a rational judgment could not have been made by the Home Secretary in setting the asylum support rates, because...

Ahmed and another (PBS: admissible evidence) [2014] UKUT 365 (IAC)
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In the recent case of Ahmed and another (PBS: admissible evidence) [2014] UKUT 365 (IAC), the Upper Tribunal held that the prohibition of new evidence under s.85A(4) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act...

 2002 applies to the non-points scoring aspect of the rules, even though the prohibition relates to new evidence that goes to the scoring of points. In this case, the Tier 1 entrepreneur applications of Mr...

Specified evidence requirements of the Immigration Rules for UK Visas
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Whilst it has always been necessary to submit evidence demonstrating that the requirements of a particular rule, policy or other provision are met, the Immigration Rules increasingly include requirements for specified...

 evidence – setting out not just the type of evidence required but also the format for that evidence. Get the evidence wrong and the application will be refused, irrespective of any other perceived...

Low Levels of Asylum Support Push Children into Poverty
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Over 10,000 children seeking safety from war, violence and persecution with their families are being pushed into poverty by alarmingly low-levels of support, according to The Children’s Society. Financial support...

 for families seeking asylum in the UK has been frozen since April 2011. As a result, asylum seekers have faced a 7.5% cut in real terms as a result of rising costs for food, clothing, and other basic...

Moving your tech business from Silicon Valley to Silicon Roundabout
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Silicon Roundabout (or Tech City) may be the plucky younger sibling to the established Silicon Valley, but this hasn’t stopped businesses shunning California’s sunshine shores and flocking to London’s...

 tech hub. London may be a smaller centre but with a series of beneficial tax policies and funding on offer, it is easy to see why London is attracting some of the world’s best digital talent....

New Immigration Measures Affecting Students
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The Government has recently announced a series of measures that it says are designed to tackle potential abuse of the student visa system.Contact Us

 The Government has recently announced a series of measures that it says are designed to tackle potential abuse of the student visa system.Contact Us

Tier 1 Entrepreneur: Complying with visa requirements during your stay in the UK
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Once your Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa has been granted, it is important that you comply with the requirements of the Immigration Rules throughout your stay in the UK. If you fail to comply with the requirements as...

 set out in Immigration Rules, your leave to remain may be curtailed by Home Office. In what circumstances will the Home Office consider curtailing a migrant’s Tier 1 Entrepreneur leave? The Home Office...

Adult Dependent Relative Visa: Bringing your parents to the UK
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The law in relation to adult dependant relatives changed on 9th July 2012. Two years on, there is still confusion amongst those wishing to bring their elderly relatives to the United Kingdom, about what criteria...

 have to be met and whether they should make this expensive application. This is the first of three blog posts on the topic. This post will examine what the criteria are, and common problems faced by persons...

Changes to the Visa System in China
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The Government has recently announced a number of improvements to the UK visa system in China, as part of measures to promote the UK’s visa service to key tourism and business partners. The improvements include...

 making the mobile biometric service, which allows customers to give their fingerprints and details to visa staff in offices, available at all 12 of the Chinese regions served by the UK’ visa application...

Extending your UK Tier 1 Investor visa: the main requirements
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In order to extend your leave to remain in the UK as a Tier 1 Investor, you must show that you have £1 million in the UK, you have invested £750,000 in specified ways within 3 months of your specified date and...

 that you have maintained your investment since. 1. £1 million in the UK The £1 million held in the UK should include a minimum of £750,000 invested in specified ways and any further money necessary to...

NAO Reports on UK Border and Immigration Reforms
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The National Audit Office (NAO) has recently published its report ‘Reforming the UK border and immigration system’, in which it says that the two new Home Office directorates that replaced the former UKBA...

 have made progress in some areas but not across the whole business. In March 2013, the Home Secretary abolished the remaining Agency and brought its work into the Department under two new directorates: UK...
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