Immigration News

• Ankara Agreement/ECAA settlement route - new rules
  Turkish migrants (and their lawyers for that matter) got rather a shock in May 2017 when the Upper I...
  Posted on 23 June 2018
• Ryanair - carriers’ liability - incorrect visa
  An interesting tale recently emerged from the Court of Appeal.
  
  Mr Mevludin Alibegovic, a nat...
  Posted on 11 June 2018
• Abramovich - a Russian tale
  It has been difficult to avoid reading about Roman Abramovich in the media recently. He is more famo...
  Posted on 04 June 2018
• New Home Secretary - end of the “hostile environment”? - and alleged tax deception
  Following the resignation of Ms Amber Rudd a new Home Secretary has been appointed: he is Mr Sajid J...
  Posted on 20 May 2018
• Immigration appeals - do you have the right?
  Because of some draconian provisions in the Immigration Act 2014 the rights of appeal to the Immigra...
  Posted on 28 April 2018
• Best interests of the child - can it save the parents?
  In the immigration law of both the UK and the EU the “best interests of the child” are specifically ...
  Posted on 15 April 2018
• Tier 1 Entrepreneurs - human rights private life?
  The question is, if a migrant runs a business in the UK and they would like to acquire Tier 1 Entrep...
  Posted on 05 April 2018
• Ankara Agreement - Indefinite Leave to Remain - Abolished
  Readers may well be familiar with the Upper Immigration Tribunal case of “Aydogdu”, which was heard ...
  Posted on 22 March 2018
• Serious health cases - harsh immigration caselaw
  You might get the impression from certain sections of the media that the European Court of Human Rig...
  Posted on 10 March 2018
• Evidential flexibility in visa applications - points-based system complexity
  “Evidential flexibility” sounds helpful and reasonable. As its name might suggest, it is a principle...
  Posted on 22 February 2018
• Tier 1 Entrepreneur - Upper Tribunal gives a hand
  It is fair to say that Tier 1 Entrepreneur visas are a tricky subject. The refusal rate is around 50...
  Posted on 03 February 2018
• Rights of appeal - interesting developments - domestic violence cases
  As many readers will know (and as sometimes discussed in this blog), immigration appeal rights have ...
  Posted on 24 January 2018
• British citizenship - entitlement
  A couple of months ago there was a curious case about British citizenship which got into the mainstr...
  Posted on 22 December 2017
• European free movement law - it changes
  One of the things that one might like about European free movement law, as opposed to British immigr...
  Posted on 10 December 2017
• Home Office in trouble with courts and tribunal
  Not for the first time, the Home Office is finding itself in trouble with the judiciary. In an extra...
  Posted on 19 November 2017
• Withdrawal of immigration appeals
  These days immigration applicants do not in many cases have the right of appeal to the Immigration T...
  Posted on 05 November 2017
• Appendix FM family visa rules changed, a bit
  
  
  Appendix FM of the UK immigration rules is the monumental and voluminous part of the rules t...
  Posted on 22 September 2017
• European Marriages - Genuineness - Burden of Proof
  If a non-EEA migrant marries or forms a civil partnership with an EEA national who is in the UK exer...
  Posted on 16 August 2017
• Ankara Agreement - Indefinite Leave to Remain - More News
  We previously reported on a case in the Upper Tribunal called “Aydogdu” (“Ankara Agreement - Dependa...
  Posted on 04 August 2017
• British Citizenship Not Lawfully Acquired by EEA Nationals?
  We recently reported (“Statelessness - British Citizenship - Interesting Decision in the High Court”...
  Posted on 27 July 2017