Immigration News

• 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
• 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
• 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
• Home Secretary - non-EEA immigration - EEA immigration after Brexit
  The history of a country such as England shows something interesting about migration and psychology....
  Posted on 16 October 2018
• New “start-up” business visa - what’s it all about?
  Brexit is scheduled to happen in less than six months’ time. Anyone who reads the papers will be awa...
  Posted on 24 September 2018
• Immigration rules - something of a disgrace - Appendix FM - EEA Regulations
  The Immigration Rules and Regulations are the voluminous bodies of rules that UKVI caseworkers use i...
  Posted on 12 September 2018
• Tier 2 relaxes a bit - doctors and nurses are welcome
  It has been suggested now and again that one of the effects of forthcoming Brexit has been to create...
  Posted on 23 August 2018
• 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