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Tier 1 Entrepreneur refusals - new evidence
The Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa route is now closed to new entrants but still exists for those already ...
Posted on 21 August 2019
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Tier 2 skilled job vacancies - genuineness
The majority of non-EEA skilled workers are governed by the Tier 2 Work Permit scheme. Some other vi...
Posted on 22 July 2019
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Indefinite leave to remain - ten-year route - overstaying
We have had a few shocks from the courts in the last couple of years in the form of hard decisions i...
Posted on 09 July 2019
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Tier 1 Post-Study Work visa is dead - or is it?
Over the last few years there has been a significant tightening of the UK immigration rules. More on...
Posted on 02 July 2019
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Start-Up and Innovator visas for entrepreneurs
The rather complicated Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa is not yet history, but it is no longer possible for...
Posted on 18 June 2019
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Global Immigration Seminar - Istanbul, Turkey
Coates Global, UK’s leading immigration consultants, proudly welcomes attendees to join us at our fr...
Posted on 11 June 2019
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Carers of British citizens - Zambrano rules
It sometimes happens that the Home Office is accused of delaying changing the rules in response to c...
Posted on 29 May 2019
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Tier 1 Entrepreneur - permitted means of investment
The Tier 1 Entrepreneur route, although closed to new entrants, is still in existence for those alre...
Posted on 23 May 2019
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Revocation of indefinite leave to remain - was it fair?
Mr Ullah, a Pakistani national who had had his indefinite leave to remain revoked by the Home Office...
Posted on 22 April 2019
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Alliance of Turkish Businesspeople unsuccessful at High Court
Some readers will know that in 2018 the law changed regarding Turkish businesspeople and their right...
Posted on 07 April 2019
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Right to rent - right or wrong?
The Immigration Act 2014 introduced, amongst a number of other things, the so-called “right to rent”...
Posted on 06 April 2019
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Ten years’ continuous lawful residence - Upper Tribunal puts it straight
It sometimes happens that a case comes before the First-Tier Immigration Tribunal but the judge deci...
Posted on 11 March 2019
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Brexit update - February 2019
This Brexit thing felt as if it was going on for ever. It all got very dramatic and, from some peopl...
Posted on 23 February 2019
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Does an Immigration Judge’s verbal decision stand?
Experienced practitioners might tell you that you never really know what is going to happen at an im...
Posted on 11 February 2019
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The Immigration Rules are just too complicated
It is often said, not least by us, that the Immigration Rules - the rules which by and large govern ...
Posted on 09 February 2019
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Turkish businesspeople lose the right of appeal - again
Some while ago in early 2017 the High Court made a decision that no doubt pleased some members of th...
Posted on 15 January 2019
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Visa applicants - the requirement for biometric enrolment
Christmas and New Year is for many people a time to catch up on their reading and tackle the great n...
Posted on 04 January 2019
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Tier 2 sponsor licences - when things go wrong
As many employers will no doubt attest, obtaining a Tier 2 sponsor licence from the Home Office can ...
Posted on 16 December 2018
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Latest statement of changes to the Immigration Rules - original documents and evidential flexibility
Amidst the news of the continuing steep increase in visa application costs (the IHS health surcharge...
Posted on 20 November 2018
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Home Office - Immigration Tribunal - unreasonable behaviour
“Unreasonable behaviour” sounds like something out of the divorce courts, but it is a concept which ...
Posted on 29 October 2018