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Your Guide to Satisfying the Resident Labour Market Test
By Richmond Chambers -

In order to successfully fill a position via a Tier 2 (General) Visa, the sponsor must satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test (RLMT) to establish that there are no settled workers suitable for the position. Settled...

 workers by this definition includes: UK nationals EEA nationals exercising EU Treaty Rights in the UK Citizens of British Overseas Territories (See Tier 2 and 5: guidance for sponsors for exclusions)...

Turkish Businesspersons and Workers under the Ankara Agreement
By Geraldine Peterson - Immigration Barrister

In a previous article we looked at the history of the ECAA with Turkey (the ‘Ankara Agreement’) and the ‘standstill clause’.  In this article we look at the requirements of the Ankara Agreement for Turkish...

 Businesspersons and Workers. Provisions governing Turkish workers – Article 6 (1) of Decision 1/80 Once a worker is already registered as belonging to the UK’s labour force (students, work permit...

Ankara Agreement - ECAA - A brief history and the ‘standstill clause’
By Geraldine Peterson - Immigration Barrister

The ECAA with Turkey – the Ankara Agreement – is a hidden backwater of the immigration rules, unchartered by many experienced immigration professionals.  However obscure, these provisions have facilitated...

 the establishment of extensive numbers of successful businesses by Turkish Businessperson visa holders, created opportunities for employment, and have contributed to vibrant communities throughout the...

Prime Minister claims EU migrants “jumping the queue”
By Richmond Chambers -

In an announcement earlier this week, Theresa May continued her efforts to promote the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement by stating that it will prevent migrants from EU countries from “jumping the queue”....

 In an attempt to reassure MPs and the public alike, the Prime Minister continued to say that her Brexit deal would see immigration requirements based upon skills-based considerations, and that European...

Brexit: the draft withdrawal bill and immigration
By Richmond Chambers -

The ongoing Brexit negotiations have, two-and-a-half years after the referendum, finally produced a draft agreement for Britain’s withdrawal from the EU. However, the 585-page document is not without its opponents....

 It has already caused mass resignations from the Conservative government and will doubtlessly be debated over and argued about in the coming months. Of course, one of the main areas covered in the...

Campsfield House Removal Centre Set To Close
By Richmond Chambers -

The Home office looks set to close Campsfield House, one of the immigration removal centres it currently operates. The decision has come after a barrage of condemnation from a variety of sources. The immigration...

 detention centre, which holds 282 detainees, has been the subject of intense criticism in the last few months. The British Red Cross called for a massive rethink and overhaul of the UK immigration detention...

Court of Appeal considers failure to enrol biometrics
By Richmond Chambers -

In R (on the application of) Jayaraman v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 2545 (15 November 2018), Peter Jackson LJ (with Sharp LJ’s agreement) considered the requirement to provide...

 biometric information for an application for indefinite leave to remain and the grave consequences of failing to so do.  Jayaraman’s failure to enrol his biometrics led to the invalidity of his...

Home Office: "the EU Settled Status Scheme works."
By Richmond Chambers -

A Home Office report insists that the EU Settled Status scheme works well, despite people with iPhones being unable to apply. Over the last three months, 1053 EU citizens living or working in Liverpool...

 took part in the ‘Private Beta 1’ test, where they used an early version of the system to apply for Settled Status. All completed their applications using a Home Office laptop, with support from UK Visas...

The Definition of “Precarious” - Precarious No More? The Case of Rhuppiah v SSHD
By Richmond Chambers -

On 14 November 2018, the Supreme Court delivered their judgment in Rhuppiah v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 58. In making this judgment, the Justices have clarified when an individual’s...

 immigration status should be considered ‘precarious’. As we will see, whether their status is considered precarious or not  will determine the extent to which their private life in the UK is protected...

Immigration Minister issues “heartfelt apology” to Windrush migrants
By Richmond Chambers -

Caroline Nokes, immigration minister in the Home Office, has made a “heartfelt apology” to members of the Windrush generation at an event in South London. Nokes, who admitted she felt “ashamed” of how the...

 migrants had been treated by the Home Office, was at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton where several people told her their own personal experiences of the controversy earlier this year. In a heated...

Home Office issues apology to UK visa applicants forced to submit DNA samples
By Richmond Chambers -

Home secretary Sajid Javid has issued an apology to immigrants that wrongly faced demands for DNA testing as part of their UK visa application. People that are looking to settle and find work in the UK on the strength...

 of a family relationship can decide to submit DNA evidence to strengthen their application. However, in June the home secretary informed the House of Commons that in a number of UK visa applications...

Court of Appeal gives guidance on invalid applications
By Richmond Chambers -

In Kousar & Ors v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 2462 (07 November 2018) Irwin LJ gave the judgment to which both Baker LJ and Lindblom LJ agreed. The judgment revolved around...

 whether the First-tier Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear the purported appeal against an invalid application. Kousar made two Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) applications for leave to remain. The first was deemed...
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