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Can you rely on the parent route of Appendix FM if you are in a genuine and subsisting relationship with your partner?
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There are two routes that are most commonly used when applying for leave to remain in the UK under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules: the partner route and the parent route. It is generally thought that...

 the Rules have created a clear division between the two routes. The Home Office’s position on this is clear. Page 18 of the Home Office Guidance “Family Migration: Appendix FM Section 1.0b Family Life (as a...

100 to sue government for forced child migration
By Richmond Chambers -

After the second world war, 4,000 children were sent abroad to Australia and Zimbabwe as part of a government resettlement scheme. These forced child migrants, some as young as three years old, were vulnerable –...

 usually already in social care, often from deprived backgrounds – and many had never left their hometown. They were promised a better life in the Commonwealth, but went on to become victims of abuse and...

UK Investor Visa: Interest and Dividends, Fees, Transaction Costs and Tax
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

It is well known that in order to qualify for an extension of stay and/or settlement, Tier 1 Investor visa holders must maintain a qualifying investment of at least £2 million, £5 million or £10 million for a...

 specified continuous period of 2, 3 or 5 years.  During this time, interest may be accrued, dividends may be declared, fees and transaction costs may be incurred and liability for tax may arise.  In this...

Indefinite Leave to Remain as a Tier 1 Entrepreneur
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

Migrants can apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain as an Entrepreneur after 60 months in the Tier 1 Entrepreneur category (there are accelerated routes for those who meet further criteria, as set out below). In...

 the standard five year route, it is necessary to show that the Applicant’s  business was a genuine business and actively trading, that two full-time jobs lasting 12 months or more for members of the...

Mansur (immigration adviser's failings: Article 8) Bangladesh [2018] UKUT 00274 (IAC)
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In Mansur (immigration adviser’s failings: Article 8) Bangladesh [2018] UKUT 00274 (IAC) Mr Justice Lane considered the question of the relevance of a previous legal representative’s shortcomings to...

 an immigration appeal. As Mansur was distinguished from the precedent FP (Iran) & Anor v SSHD [2007] EWCA Civ 13, which established that fairness demands that an applicant or appellant should not be held...

Some UK asylum seekers waiting over 20 years for Home Office decisions on their application for asylum
By Richmond Chambers -

A detailed investigation by The Guardian newspaper into the length of time asylum seekers spend waiting for Home Office decisions on their claims for asylum has revealed that some people are hanging on for...

 over 20 years for a final decision. In 2017 alone, 17 people were advised on the final outcome of claims submitted over 15 years back, with four of these people waiting 20 years for the final decision. One asylum...

When Must the Seriously Ill or Dying Go Home? The Case of SL (St. Lucia)
By Richmond Chambers -

Over the years, a significant amount of case law has emerged giving guidance on removing or deporting individuals in heartbreaking circumstances from the UK; namely, when those individuals are severely ill or...

 dying, but are receiving ongoing medical treatment. In the recent case of SL (St. Lucia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1894, identifying when removing or deporting these...

The future of UK immigration
By Richmond Chambers -

However you voted on 23rd June 2016, the date of the UK’s departure from the EU is drawing ever nearer. And, as it does, the need for the nation to agree on a new plan for immigration becomes ever more urgent....

 For the last 45 years, since the UK joined what was then known as the EEC, the nation’s immigration policy has been part of a co-ordinated set of European ideals, based on the principle of Freedom...

AZ (error of law: jurisdiction; PTA practice) Iran [2018] UKUT 245 (IAC)
By Richmond Chambers -

AZ provides insight on the correct approach to be taken in ‘error of law’ decisions, where the decision is to be remade by the tribunal. It also indicates the circumstances under which permission to...

 appeal can be granted on grounds not brought by either party, as well as providing clarification on the effect of delay on tribunal decisions. Factual background The claimant is an ethnic kurd and citizen of Iran...

UK politicians calling for end to "nonsensical" net migration targets
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There is a growing call for the UK government to rethink its “nonsensical” targets for net migration, echoing similar recommendations from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). An appetite for reform The...

 immigration spokesman for the SNP, Stuart McDonald MP, has spoken about the findings of the CBI report. He claims that the UK business community has a strong desire to see reforms in the national...

Investor Visa Immigration Statistics Released
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

Yesterday the Home Office and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released the Investor visa immigration statistics for the second quarter of 2018.  The statistics included data on the number of...

 Tier 1 Investor visa applications approved in the period March to June 2018. Tier 1 Investor Visa Immigration Statistics An analysis of the Investor visa immigration statistics by Shard Capital and Guardian...

Home Secretary forced to make apology to Windrush migrants
By Richmond Chambers -

Home Secretary Sajid Javid was forced into an embarrassing apology yesterday after it emerged that up to 164 members of the Windrush generation had been illegally detained or deported from the UK. Javid’s mea...

 culpa was directed towards 18 of the migrants who had been subject to the worst treatment. Seven were detained by immigration officers, while 11 were forcibly removed. The Home Office has committed to...
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