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23 June 2011
Tier 2 of the Points Based System was introduced by Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules HC 113 in November of 2008. Because Tier 2 replaced the long-standing work permit regime the new Immigration...
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21 June 2011
Yet more changes to the Immigration Rules have been laid before Parliament. Most of the changes will come into force on 4 July 2011 (although there are various amendments to the regime governing the...
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06 June 2011
Back in July of 2008 the European Court of Justice issued its ruling in Metock v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Ireland) Case C – 127/08, [2009] QB 318. The content and effect...
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20 May 2011
In the same week that the Ministry for Justice announced that from October of this year (2011) fees will be payable by people wishing to appeal against immigration decisions (with exceptions for people...
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08 May 2011
People who are nationals of the countries comprising the European Union are known, in European Union law, as "Union Citizens”. They and their family members are free to move throughout the European...
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03 May 2011
The demarcation of the right to reside in the United Kingdom conferred on family members of nationals of the countries which make up the European Economic Area (the European Union countries...
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17 April 2011
The Upper Tribunal’s recent decision in Thakur (PBS decision - common law fairness) Bangladesh [2011] UKUT 00151 (IAC) comes as a welcome injection of common sense into the increasing complexity...
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03 April 2011
Just two weeks after the "overhaul” of the structure of the Immigration Rules covering Tiers 1 and 2 of the Points Based System contained in Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules HC 863,...
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25 March 2011
As was pointed out on this site there was a striking omission from the most recent statement of changes in the Immigration Rules (HC863) regarding the Tier 1 (Post Study Work) sub category of Tier 1....
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17 March 2011
The government yesterday (17 March 2011) laid a new Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules (HC 863) before Parliament.
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11 March 2011
The Supreme Court's landmark decision in ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC4 of 1 February 2011 relating to children's rights in immigration cases generally,...
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11 March 2011
The Immigration Minister Damian Green yesterday announced the closure of the Worker Registration Scheme for workers from those Member States from Eastern Europe that joined the EU on 1 May 2004....
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04 March 2011
Depending upon what kind of leave it is, people who have "leave to remain” in the UK can usually apply to the Home Office for an extension of that leave to remain. In most cases – but not, strikingly,...
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25 February 2011
Before the Points Based System was implemented (in stages, starting in April of 2008) the Immigration Rules provided routes for immigration into the United Kingdom in a range of categories related...
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17 February 2011
Last week’s announcement regarding Tier 2 and the MAC’s list of "graduate occupations” has been followed by the Immigration Minister Damian Green’s statement yesterday as to the changes to be...
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11 February 2011
Earlier this week (7 February 2011) the United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) announced the Migration Advisory Committee’s report which sets out a new shorter list of occupations eligible for migration...
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03 February 2011
In early December last year it was indicated here that the UK Supreme Court was to provide guidance as to the correct approach both generally to the rights of children affected by immigration decisions...
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10 December 2010
The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 implement in the United Kingdom the rights of "free movement" which are enjoyed by nationals of the countries which make up the European...
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