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Richmond Chambers welcomes four new members to our Immigration Team
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We are delighted to announce that four new immigration practitioners have joined the immigration team at Richmond Chambers.

 We are delighted to announce that four new immigration practitioners have joined the immigration team at Richmond Chambers.

Family Migration Income Threshold is Too High
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The minimum income requirement to be able to sponsor family members to come to the UK is out of reach for too many people, according to recent research. The research, by campaign group Migrant Rights Network, found...

 that 47% of the working population earn less than the required £18,600 threshold. Many people can be in full time employment and still fall short of the threshold, because the national minimum wage only...

Extending your UK entrepreneur visa: The Job Creation Requirement
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When you come to make your extension application in the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category, the Immigration Rules require that you must have created the equivalent of at least two new full time jobs for persons settled...

 in the UK. These jobs must have existed for at least 12 months of the period for which your previous leave was granted. This is our guide to ensuring that you meet this requirement when you come to make...

Extending your UK entrepreneur visa: Five tips to ensure a successful extension application
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The process of submitting an Entrepreneur application and awaiting a response can be stressful and time-consuming. After it is all over, you may feel nothing but relief and excitement at the prospect of starting...

 your new business. However, there are a number of steps that you must take with regard to your business, to ensure that your leave to remain as an entrepreneur in the UK is not curtailed. Planning ahead at...

Getting your UK entrepreneur visa: Seven tips on passing the genuine entrepreneur test
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In January 2013 the Home Office introduced the ‘Genuine Entrepreneur test’ for individuals seeking to enter or remain in the UK under the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category. The entrepreneur category is designed...

 for those who have access to the relevant level of funds (whether this is £50,000 or £200,000) and who also intend to run a business in the UK. The genuine entrepreneur test has been added to...

Education Testing Service (ETS) removed as approved English language test provider
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In a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules presented to Parliament today, 10 June 2014, the Home Secretary has announced the removal of Educational Testing Service (ETS) as an approved English language...

 test provider. if an applicant has made an application for leave to remain before 1 July 2014, Appendix O will be applied as in force on 30 June 2014; if an applicant has made an application for entry...

Short-Term Migration Report
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has recently published its Short-Term International Migration Annual Report for the year ending mid-2012. The ONS defines a short-term migrant as someone who visits a country...

 other than that of his or her usual residence for a period of less than one year, as opposed to a long-term migrant, who changes their country of usual residence for a year or more. Highlights of the...

Court of Justice Gives Opinion on Entry Visa Requirements
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An Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has recently given his opinion in a case (Case C‑202/13) concerning the requirement for a person to obtain a visa to enter a Member State when...

 they already hold a residence card issued by another Member State. An EU directive provides that possession of a valid residence card exempts third-country nationals who are members of the family of an EU...

Immigration Bill Becomes Law While EU Immigration Surges
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On 14 May the Immigration Bill received Royal Assent and became the Immigration Act 2014, making fundamental changes to the UK’s immigration system. Cutting the number of immigration decisions that can be appealed...

 from 17 to 4, while allowing the Government to return certain harmful individuals before their appeals are heard if there is no risk of serious irreversible harm; Ensuring that the courts have regard to...

Latest Migration Statistics Quarterly Report
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The Office for National Statistics has published its latest Migration Statistics Quarterly Report, which contains provisional estimates of international migration for the year ending December 2013. The report...

 gives an interesting insight into UK immigration trends, and shows that 526,000 people immigrated to the UK over the period and 314,000 people emigrated from the UK, leaving a net migration figure of...

Case Comment: R (on the application of Fitzroy George) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] UKSC 28
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The Supreme Court recently handed down its judgment in the case of R (on the application of Fitzroy George) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] UKSC 28. This case concerns the provisions of...

 s5(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 (“s5(1)”) and overturns the Court of Appeal judgment in the matter: [2012] EWCA Civ 1362. The issue was whether a successful appeal against a decision to refuse to...

Immigration Bill Becomes Law
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The Government’s Immigration Bill received Royal Assent on 14th May and has now become law. The Immigration Act 2014 brings a number of fundamental changes to the system of immigration in the UK, including: Cutting...

 the number of immigration decisions that can be appealed from 17 to 4, while allowing the UK to return certain harmful individuals before their appeals are heard if there is no risk of serious...
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