Harsh consequences can follow from completing an application form incorrectly
In what seems likely to be a controversial move the new Home Secretary today announced that spouses, civil partners and fiances of British nationals and others settled in the United Kingdom will have to pass a compulsory test for command of the English language in order to qualify for entry clearance or leave to remain.
Until relatively recently German nationals lost their German citizenship if they obtained citizenship of another Member State of the European Union. The change in the law took place in 2007 but was hardly reported, leaving many German nationals unaware of their new rights.
From the Advocate General's recently published opinion it looks probable that the UK will be the loser in the Court of Appeal's reference to the European Court of Justice regarding the acquisition of a permanent right of residence under the European Union's Citizens' Directive.
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In one of its first published determinations the Asylum and Immigration Chamber of the Upper Tribunal has accepted that its role as a primary decision maker has widened. It has also noted that a second application for leave to remain as a Tier 1 (Post Study Work) Migrant should not be certified as clearly unfounded by the Secretary of State.
Currently applications from Turkish nationals who establish themselves in business having entered the UK in a different capacity appear to be unlikely to succeed following the Court of Appeal's judgment in Filiz Sonmez last year. But, as Gherson predicted, the issue on which Ms Sonmez lost - the application of the "abuse principle" in European Community law - has now been referred by the Court of Appeal to the European Court of Justice.
The senior courts are beginning to consider the points based system and its accompanying regime of sponsorship management.
The points based system is further adjusted by complex new Immigration Rules.
The European Court of Justice has interpreted European Union law to show that the parent of a child who is at school in Member State of the European Union has the right to reside there