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Credibility in asylum claims
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Lack of credibility is the most common reason for the refusal of an asylum claim in the UK.  In order to establish the validity of an asylum claim, the UN Refugee Convention of 1951 requires a ‘well-founded fear...

 of persecution’ on the basis of one of five convention reasons (race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group).  There are two aspects to the possession of a...

UK to launch fast track visa for scientists and researchers
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UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced on Thursday, 8 August 2019 that UK visa systems will be amended to attract more top scientists into the UK. The UK Home Office, the Department for Business, Energy and...

 Industrial Strategy, and the Immigration Department have been instructed to work out a fast-track system for visas so the scheme can be up and running in the shortest possible time. How will the fast-track...

Home Office faces backlash over immigration detention
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The Home Office has been widely criticised by various groups over immigration detention without time limits. The department has, for a long time, refused to introduce a specific time limit for immigration detention....

 The government has rejected calls and proposals to end the indefinite incarceration of UK immigrants. It argues that it would severely constrain efforts aimed at ensuring effective control of...

Varying Immigration Bail Conditions
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This guide is primarily for persons who have been granted immigration bail and are interested in applying to vary their immigration bail conditions. If, rather than seeking a variation of immigration bail conditions,...

 you are interested in making an application for immigration bail, please see A Short Guide to Applying for Immigration Bail. What are immigration bail conditions? When a person is granted immigration...

Unreasonable Costs in Immigration Appeals
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Immigration Barrister

Prior to 2014, it was not possible to get an award for unreasonable costs in immigration appeals. However, Rule 9(2) of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chambers) Rules 2014...

 changed this, stating that the Tribunal may make an order in respect of costs if a person has acted unreasonably in bringing, defending or conducting proceedings.  Unreasonable costs orders should not be...

Latest government plans on immigration set to be 'devastating'
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They say that a week is a long time in politics, but given that the outspoken Boris Johnson is now the Prime Minister, those weeks could very well start to feel a little longer. Johnson has been creating headlines...

 for years with his unusual metaphors, but now that he finds himself at the head of the government, it is quickly becoming clear that his words now carry more weight. And that’s especially true with...

Entrepreneur visa extension: Required documents
By Richmond Chambers -

The Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa route closed to new applicants on 29 March 2019. However, if you entered the category prior to this date, a Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa extension application may well be within your sights....

 In this post we look at two recent decisions of the Court of Appeal and Administrative Court which emphasise the importance of ensuring that a Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa extension application is supported...

“Fairly liberal” Johnson set to ditch immigration targets
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With Home Office minister Kit Malthouse describing his new boss as “fairly liberal” in his approach to UK immigration, all the signs suggest Boris Johnson will scrap the pledge first made by David Cameron and...

 repeated by Theresa May to limit immigration to the UK to tens of thousands. That target has never come close to being met with the new prime minister’s spokesman suggesting Johnson isn’t “interested...

Tier 2 Sponsor Licence Application - A Guide For Employers
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

This article was first published in July 2019. Read our updated employer’s guide to making a Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence Application. In order to employ skilled workers with a long-term job offer from outside...

 the EU, UK employers must first submit a Tier 2 Sponsor Licence application.  Non-EEA nationals must have a job offer from an employer that has made a successful Tier 2 Sponsor Licence application...

Africans most likely to be denied UK visas
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African visitors to the UK are twice as likely to be denied a visa than applicants from other parts of the world according to a cross-party inquiry. Research by the all-party parliamentary group for Africa found...

 that in the two years to September 2018, over a quarter of African visa requests were rejected compared with a total average refusal rate of just 12%. The figures raise fresh concerns around discrimination...

A Short Guide To Applying For Immigration Bail
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New immigration detention powers came into force on 15 January 2018, primarily contained in Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016. The new framework provides for a single power to grant immigration bail, available...

 to both the Secretary of State and the First Tier Tribunal. The newly published Guidance, which also replaces all previous guidance on temporary admission, temporary release on immigration bail and...

ECAA Turkish Businessperson Visa: The Standstill Clause
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

The European Communities Association Agreement (ECAA) was set up under the Ankara Agreement of 1963 – before the UK joined the EU.  The aim was to promote economic relations between Turkey and the community...

 and lead to accession of Turkey to the (now) EU.  In this post, which forms part of a series of posts on the Turkish Businessperson visa, we ask what is the standstill clause and what does it mean for...
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