Family Immigration

A clause in the Crime and Courts Bill published on 10 May 2012 will remove the full right of appeal for those applying to enter the UK as a family visitor. Subject to Parliamentary approval... Read more »

Over the course of the last 12 months or so the Asylum and Immigration Chamber of the Upper Tribunal has issued a series of determinations covering the rights to reside in the United Kingdom which... Read more »

By Immigration Rules which came into force in November of 2010, people who wish to apply for visas to come to the United Kingdom (UK) to join their spouses or partners who live here must show that... Read more »

In its judgment in Dereci and others (CJEU C-256/11, 15 Nov 2011) the Court of Justice of the European Union has clarified the scope of its judgment earlier this year in Ruiz Zambrano [2011] EUECJ... Read more »

The United Kingdom Border Agency announced last week (November 16 2011) that that the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) had recommended that the minimum salary to be demonstrated by people settled... Read more »

As we reported on this site, on 12 October 2011 the Supreme Court issued a judgment ( Quila and Bibi v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 45) to the effect that a change in the... Read more »

Does the UKBA have any discretion to consider an application under the Points Based System if the applicant failed to meet the strict requirements of the Agency’s "policy guidance”? If it does,... Read more »

Back in May of 2011 the government got round to implementing section 85A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. (It actually could have done so at any point from when Parliament... Read more »

The United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA)’s Shortage Occupation list consists of a range of jobs which it is accepted that there not enough skilled workers in the UK to fill. Employers who... Read more »

House of Commons paper 1511, the fifth statement of changes in the Immigration Rules so far this year (2011), includes a disparate set of changes to the immigration regimes relating to: ... Read more »

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... Read more »