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Settled Status or Permanent Residence Document?
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It now appears that the UK will remain a member state of the EU and therefore benefit from freedom of movement until 31 October 2019. The EU Settled Status Scheme opened to all applicants on 30 March 2019. This...

 means that at present there are two systems operating in parallel for EU nationals and any eligible non-EEA national family members to obtain evidence of their status in the UK: Applications for residence...

Safety concerns in UK immigration detention centres
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A Freedom of Information request submitted to the Home Office has revealed that inmates within UK immigration detention centres are being admitted to hospital at the rate of almost one per day. This has...

 sparked fresh concern over the safety of those who have fallen foul of UK immigration laws and found themselves being held in an immigration detention centre. These detainees are often at their most vulnerable, with...

Chancellor's Spring Statement indicates greater flexibility for PhD level migrants
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The Spring Statement from Chancellor Philip Hammond on 13 March 2019 provides good indications that UK visa Tier 2 worker applications for jobs at PhD levels will be removed from the cap. Many experts feel this...

 is a promising indication that the government are starting to address the current skills gap in the UK. What was announced about Tier 2 visas in the Spring Statement? The Chancellor’s statement made it...

UK to pay compensation to victims of Windrush scandal
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The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid has announced that the UK will pay up to £200 million in compensation to victims of the Windrush scandal. A fund has been established to cover these compensation payments to those...

 who were mistakenly classed as illegal immigrants despite being long-standing British citizens. The compensation will serve, in some small way to right the wrongs that victims of the Windrush generation...

MP committee concludes that UK government has totally failed on immigration detention
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An all-party parliamentary committee reported on 21 March that the UK Home Office is “careless and cavalier” in its approach towards UK immigration. This has resulted in a number of immigrants...

 being detained wrongfully. About the report on migrant detentions in the UK  The report from the Home Affairs Select Committee stated there were very serious failings in just about all areas of the UK’s...

The Court of Appeal interprets s.117B(6)
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

In Secretary of State for the Home Department v AB (Jamaica) & Anor [2019] EWCA Civ 661, the Court of Appeal further considered the interpretation of section 117B(6) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum...

 Act 2002. It did so in two respects: Whether s.117B(6) applies only in cases where the qualifying child will in fact leave the UK as a consequence of the parent’s removal; and Whether “genuine and...

Sponsor Licences: Application and Renewal Procedure - FAQs
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A Sponsor licence is a permission which is granted to an organisation or individual to sponsor workers in its business.  You may need a sponsor licence if you wish to employ someone from outside the EEA and Switzerland...

 to work in the UK.  A migrant must have a sponsor before they are able to apply to come and work in the UK.  A sponsor licence is valid for 4 years but can be revoked by the Home Office beforehand...

Long Residence and Human Rights Appeals
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

What happens when you complete 10 years’ long residence whilst a human rights appeal is pending?  This is essentially what the Upper Tribunal considered in OA and Others (human rights; ‘new matter’; s.120)...

 Nigeria [2019] UKUT 00065. Relevance of meeting the requirements of the Immigration Rules in a human rights appeal The first paragraph of the headnote, corresponding with paragraph 27 of the judgment,...

Deportation - Part 3: Detention
By Richmond Chambers -

In the first entry in this series of blogs, we clarified what deportation is, how deportation procedures can be engaged, and what the Secretary of State (via the Home Office) can do to enforce their decision...

 to deport an individual. In the second, the avenues of challenging such a decision were examined. In this third entry, we will take a look at perhaps the most controversial aspect of deportation law in England...

Changes to the Business Immigration Rules
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The UK government has made some changes to its Business Immigration Rules and states these change will help crack down on any abuse of the system while also indicating the UK’s commitment to bringing in top talent. What...

 are the Business Immigration Rule changes? The changes to Business Immigration Rules have provided two new routes for applicants seeking visas to start up businesses in the UK. The new Start-Up...

Home Office 'reckless' with detainment
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The Home Affairs Select Committee have released a highly critical report into the detention of immigrants as managed by the Home Office. They state that the government department has a ‘reckless’ attitude...

 towards the detainment of immigrants and that this has led to people being wrongfully detained. The report found that there are issues with almost every part of the detention process and that the Home...

Brexit day and Updates to EEA Guidance
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

On the day the UK was set to leave the EU, 29 March 2019, the Home Office has published updated guidance in relation to the extended family members of EEA nationals, and the family members of British citizens...

 under EU law. Extended family members – what has changed? The guidance published 27 March 2019 states that the appeal rights of extended family members have been updated: In the section ‘appeal...
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