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UK JOINS SECOND GENERATION SCHENGEN INFORMATION SYSTEM: SPIKE IN NUMBERS OF EAWS DEALT WITH IN UK EXPECTED
After a long wait the UK has now been linked to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) and will have access to its extensive...
HOME OFFICE ANNOUNCES PLANS TO REVAMP VISITOR VISA CATEGORY
Home Secretary Theresa May has announced plans to revamp the current visitor visa application process by scrapping the existing 15 visitor...
SERIOUSLY ILL FOREIGNERS FACE EXTREMELY HIGH THRESHOLD TO PREVENT REMOVAL
The Court of Appeal has found in GS (India) and Others v SSHD, [2015] EWCA Civ 40 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2015/40.html that it...
RESIDENCE PERMITS TO REPLACE VISAS IN PASSPORTS FOR OVERSEAS (NON EEA) APPLICANTS
The Home Office announced this week that commencing from March 2015, Biometric Residence Permits (BRP) are to replace visas in passports issued to...
2015 BEGINS WITH FRESH CONCERNS OVER THE TREATMENT OF DETAINEES IN YARL'S WOOD
The notorious Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre has once again become the focus of serious allegations concerning the treatment of asylum...
CA FINDS THAT THE SIAC USED THE WRONG TEST IN CONSIDERING HUMAN RIGHTS ON RETURN OF ALLEGED ALGERIAN TERRORISTS
The Court of Appeal has remitted the matter for re consideration and. The case is a triumph for Human rights but shows the difficulty in applying...
UPDATE: DATES INDICATED FOR THE LOSS OF APPEAL RIGHTS / COMMENCEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
The Home Office has indicated when it intends to phase in further reforms to the UK immigration appeals system (as per the Immigration Act 2014)....
UPDATE ON CONSULTATION ON THE PROPOSED NEW TRIBUNAL PROCEDURE (FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL) (IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM CHAMBER) RULE
On 8 January 2015 the Tribunal Procedure Committee Secretariat published a statement outlining that the Tribunal Procedure...
THE END OF ROUTE FOR LEAVE TO REMAIN APPLICATIONS UNDER TIER 1 (GENERAL) CATEGORY IS FAST APPROACHING!
The changes to the Immigration Rules mean that Tier 1 (General) migrants can no longer extend their leave to remain after 5 April 2015 or apply...
UK IMMIGRATION RULES REQUIRING VISAS FOR NON-EU FAMILY MEMBERS OF EU CITIZENS TRAVELLING TO UK ARE IN BREACH OF EU LAW
On 18 December 2014 the European Court Of Justice ('ECJ') gave judgment in the case of Sean Ambrose McCarthy and Others v...
HOME OFFICE CHANGES GOOD CHARACTER CRITERIA FOR NATURALISATION
In an almost unpublicised move, the Home Office has made amendments to its guidance for assessing good character in nationality applications. The...
PROPORTIONALITY AND THE EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT
For many years one of the most frequent criticisms of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) scheme, which governs extradition between EU member states...
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