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Archive for February, 2013

Judges blamed for "ignoring" the deportation law

Home Secretary Theresa May has accused judges of making the UK more dangerous by ignoring rules aimed at deporting more foreign criminals. Last year, MPs approved new guidance for judges making clear a criminal's right to a family life had limits. The guidance made clear the right to a family life - set out in Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights - was only qualified. The change was designed to end a string of cases where it was used to justify granting foreign criminals... Read more »

Posted: 25 February 2013 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)

New Life in the UK test - a whistle-stop tour to the heart of Britain

The 3rd Edition of the Life in the UK booklet became available on 27 Jan 2013; the new Life in the UK Test will be introduced from 25 March 2013. This is the test that those seeking settled status in the UK and/or British citizenship must pass. This will be the first revision since 2007. The new test represents a change of focus and a move away from what were in many instances "questions for visitors" on topics such as public transport, credit cards, water meters and how to locate... Read more »

Posted: 14 February 2013 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)

Gherson set to attend British Boarding Schools Weekend in Kiev

Gherson will be attending the British Boarding Schools Weekend [link in Russian] in Kiev, held in the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Kiev, Ukraine on 16-17 February 2013. This will be the eighth year this event has taken place in Ukraine with up to 30 public schools from the United Kingdom attending each year and looking to recruit Ukrainian students for academic programmes. Gherson immigration professionals will be attending the event to answer questions from parents regarding... Read more »

Posted: 13 February 2013 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)

Judicial review - place for concerns?

Judicial review is a type of court proceeding in which a judge reviews the lawfulness of a decision or action made by a public body. In other words, judicial reviews are a challenge to the way in which a decision has been made, rather than the rights and wrongs of the conclusion reached. It is not really concerned with the conclusions of that process and whether those were 'right', as long as the right procedures have been followed and whether the body concerned acted properly and within its... Read more »

Posted: 11 February 2013 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)

Updating the record - the UKBA and Capita

In early January there was widespread national media coverage of the fact that the UKBA had employed a contractor (Capita) to track down illegal immigrants. Capita had then sent text messages to thousands of people stating: " Message from the UK Border Agency: You are required to leave the UK as you no longer have the right to remain ". This became headline news both because of the abruptness of the message (considered by many to be spam) and the fact that many of those who received... Read more »

Posted: 08 February 2013 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)

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