Personal Immigration
Business Immigration
About Us
LATEST NEWS:
Requirements for Indefinite Leave as a Spouse Client Success: Overcoming Home Office Decision to Secure ILR for Digital Technology Entrepreneur UK Graduate Visa: Requirements and Reforms (May 2025 Update) Client Success: Adult Dependent Relative Appeal Allowed After Initial Refusal Annual Migration Plan: A New Strategy for UK Immigration? UK Visa Processing & Decision Waiting Times 2025 Innovator Founder Visa ILR: Top 8 FAQ's Answered A Second Chance for the UK Investor Visa? Lessons from the Past and a Vision for the Future Proposed Changes to ILR: What UK Businesses Need to Know UK to Tighten Immigration Rules: Highlights from the 2025 White Paper

Please filter our resources:

LOCATION: Home » Knowledge Centre

KNOWLEDGE
CENTRE

'Sorry, getting a UK visa is just too humiliating and difficult,' say world-renowned music artists.
By Richmond Chambers -

The founders and organisers of the annual WOMAD (World of Music Arts and Dance) festival in Wiltshire, have said that attracting performers is becoming increasingly challenging. Invited acts are,...

 they say, turning down invitations because they don’t want to go through the “difficult and humiliating” UK visa process. WOMAD, by it’s nature, attracts performers from around the world; with a...

Time Spent As Extended Family Member Without Recognition Does Not Count
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

In Selim Macastena v SSHD [2018] EWCA Civ 1558 the Court of Appeal considered whether the time spent in a  durable relationship with a woman, who is an EEA national with permanent residence, can be added to...

 the 5 year requirement of continuous residence in order to obtain permanent right of residence. Facts Mr Macastena is a Kosovan national and entered the UK unlawfully on 3 July 2005.  He formed a relationship...

Upper Tribunal Rules on Protection Claims by Ukraine Draft-Evaders
By Richmond Chambers -

As the war in Eastern Ukraine rages on, there has been a marked increase in the number of Ukrainians migrating to the UK. Many of them are young men seeking asylum, evading the military draft re-introduced in Ukraine...

 on 1 May 2014. The scope of the draft was expanded in January 2015, and now all men between the ages of 20 and 27 are required to serve in the armed forces for at least one year. This latest conflict on...

Work Visa Success Stories
By Richmond Chambers -

Our business immigration barristers assist national and international businesses to recruit and retain the skilled workers that they need in the UK. We have assisted company directors, self-employed persons and...

 employees to acquire the immigration status that they need to work in the UK. The following are just a few examples of the many successful outcomes that we have achieved for our clients: Our immigration...

To EU or not to EU: A rise in immigration, but not from where you expect
By Richmond Chambers -

The 2017 immigration statistics released with little fanfare by the Home Office last week make for interesting reading. The headline: net migration is higher now than at any time in the last five years. Despite...

 Brexit and the government’s “Hostile Environment Policy”, the number of people entering the UK to live has increased. Total net migration into the UK in 2017 was 282,000, according to the Office for...

Red Cross calls for end to indefinite detention in UK immigration system
By Richmond Chambers -

The British Red Cross has become the first major charity to call for an overhaul of the UK immigration detention system, with proposed policy changes including a 28 day maximum detention time for migrants and asylum...

 seekers. Figures obtained by the charity via freedom of information requests showed that of the asylum seekers who were released from detention in 2016 – some 14,733 people – a shocking 42% had been...

Latest on TOEIC/ETS cases - Court of Appeal case of Khan
By Richmond Chambers -

Those familiar with TOEIC/ETS deception cases will be aware that these cases have led to a considerable amount of litigation. The latest Court of Appeal case of Khan & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department...

 [2018] EWCA Civ 1684 follows from the relatively recent Court of Appeal case of Ahsan v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Rev 1) [2017] EWCA Civ 2009. In Ahsan, it was held that an...

Campaigners call for a judicial review of £1,000+ child citizenship fees
By Richmond Chambers -

In the midst of more Brexit based confusion, the Home Office is facing a challenge in the courts over the level of fees it charges children to register as a British citizen. Critics of the current charges of...

 more than £1,000 per child, accuse the Home Office of putting a desire to make profit above their ethical responsibilities, and destroying the futures of often vulnerable children. Thousands of children...

What has changed for Returning Residents?
By Richmond Chambers -

The changes to the Immigration Rules announced in the statement of changes laid before Parliament on 15 June 2018, came into effect on 6 July 2018. These included changes to the Rules on returning residents, at...

 Paragraphs 18 and 19, which will be discussed in this article, along with the newly issued Home Office guidance. What is a returning resident? A returning resident is  a person who resided in the UK with...

EU businesspeople will not require UK Visa post Brexit
By Richmond Chambers -

Following the recent release of the White Paper on Future Working Relations with the EU from the UK Government, it seems likely that the rules around business trips by EU businesspeople may not be too strict. The...

 White Paper came out following the Government meeting at Chequers which sought to tie down what would be looked for in the Brexit deal for the UK. No UK Visa needed for work purposes The major takeaway for...

How has the EU Referendum affected professional migration to the UK?
By Richmond Chambers -

It was inevitable that the decision of the UK to leave the European Union would have an impact on the movement of people to and from the two entities. As previously reported, the population growth of the UK...

 has a hit a 14-year low due to a stagnation in the flow of EU migrants in the wake of Brexit. The migration of EU professionals to the UK, however, has been even more significantly affected, with latest reports...

Is your business eligible to establish a UK branch or subsidiary?
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

The sole representative of an overseas business visa is an excellent route for some companies to set-up a new presence in the UK, and offers an alternative to applying for a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa in some circumstances....

 However, not all businesses are able to set up a branch or subsidiary in the UK in reliance on the sole representative of an overseas business route. Place of business The employer must have...
More

DOWNLOAD OUR
BROCHURE

Expert advice & representation from immigration barristers that you can rely on.

Google+ - Five Stars

Read the 600+ five out of five star Google reviews of our immigration barristers.

More
AWARDS