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Archive for February, 2015

Human Rights Joint Committee Report says UK immigration policy leaves women vulnerable

Human Rights Joint Committee Report says UK immigration policy leaves women vulnerable A recent report by the Human Rights Joint Committee (Sixth Report, Violence Against Women and Girls) highlights that women and girls could be disproportionately vulnerable to violence in the UK where there is uncertainty relating to their immigration status. UK Government policies aimed at ending violence against women and girls are developed separately from immigration and asylum policy, with alarming... Read more »
Posted: 27 February 2015  |  Author: Gherson Immigration  |  Comments (0)

Improved protection for overseas domestic workers

Improved protection for overseas domestic workers The House of Lords voted by a small majority on Wednesday to protect overseas domestic workers in the UK from slavery, during the final session of the report stage of the Modern Slavery Bill ('the Bill'). The highly contested amendment 90 was moved by Lord Hylton, a crossbencher, and supported by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Labour), the Lord Bishop of Carlisle and Baroness Hanham (Conservative). The amendment inserts a new clause in the... Read more »
Posted: 27 February 2015  |  Author: Gherson Immigration  |  Comments (0)

Newsflash: Home Office announces changes to the UK Investor category effective from 6 April 2015

Newsflash: Home Office announces changes to the UK Investor category effective from 6 April 2015. Yesterday the Home Office announced further sweeping changes to UK immigration law in a new Statement of Changes. There are three changes to the investor visa category. Firstly the minimum age has been reduced from 16 to 18. This follows the November 2014 changes, which introduced a minimum age of 16 where previously there was no minimum age set. Secondly, a new requirement is... Read more »
Posted: 27 February 2015  |  Author: Gherson Immigration  |  Comments (0)

The Importance of Compliance for an Employer

The Importance of Compliance for an Employer Home Secretary Theresa May has announced that she will be simplifying Britain's visa system. The purpose of doing this is to make the nation more attractive to businesses. Her most recent announcement is that she plans to reduce the types of visas required for visitors to the UK in the business category from fifteen to four from April 2015. Although the purpose of this change is to make Britain more attractive to businesses by reducing the... Read more »
Posted: 26 February 2015  |  Author: Gherson Immigration  |  Comments (0)

NEW FORMS FOR EEA FAMILY MEMBERS MAKE UNLAWFUL DEMANDS FOR EVIDENCE FROM APPLICANTS

NEW FORMS FOR EEA FAMILY MEMBERS MAKE UNLAWFUL DEMANDS FOR EVIDENCE FROM APPLICANTS The Home Office has introduced a new form EEA (FM) on which to apply for a registration certificate or residence permit as the family member of an EEA national or of aBritish national who has exercised free movement rights in another EU Member State (such a person is treated as an EEA national when returning to the UK and EU, rather than UK,law applies to their right to bring their family with them - these... Read more »
Posted: 24 February 2015  |  Author: Gherson Immigration  |  Comments (0)

A Guide to Registering with Police

Certain nationalities who are subject to immigration control in the United Kingdom are required to register with their local police. There is often a misconception as to who, when, where and how someone moving to the UK goes about doing this, and what documents they need to provide. Who has to register? You are required to register with the police if the following applies to you: - You are older than 16 years of age; Your entry clearance (visa) is issued for 6 months or longer;... Read more »
Posted: 23 February 2015  |  Author: Gherson Immigration  |  Comments (0)

EU Sanctions renewed against 16 individuals and a further 19 individuals and 9 entities added to the list

EU Sanctions renewed against 16 individuals and a further 19 individuals and 9 entities added to the list The Council of the EU today announced its intention to re-list 16 individuals who are sanctioned as a result of the continuing situation in Ukraine. In addition, the Council of the EU added a further 19 individuals and 9 entities to the sanctions list - again in relation to the situation in Ukraine. Those individuals who are facing re-listing have been given until 20 February 2015 to... Read more »
Posted: 18 February 2015  |  Author: Gherson Immigration  |  Comments (0)

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 categories and replacing them with 4. The proposals follow a Home Office consultation with more than 100 organisations, including business groups and tourism bodies. The idea behind the changes is to "streamline" the existing visitor visa process and make it user-friendly for applicants. This will involve new categories for tourists, those who wish to undertake... Read more »
Posted: 13 February 2015  |  Author: Gherson Immigration  |  Comments (0)

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 data and alerts from March 2015. SIS II is a massive information system containing alerts on persons and objects and can be accessed by border guards, customs officers, visa- and law-enforcement authorities throughout the Schengen area. The Schengen area consists of 22 EU member states plus 4 associate countries (Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein).... Read more »
Posted: 13 February 2015  |  Author: Gherson Extradition  |  Comments (0)

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 would not violate Article 3 ECHR to return a number of appellants suffering from serious medical conditions to their home countries, despite the fact that nearly all of them would be at risk of very early deaths if returned. Five of the appellants are suffering from end stage kidney disease (ESKD) and one is at an advanced stage of HIV infection. All... Read more »
Posted: 06 February 2015  |  Author: Gherson Immigration  |  Comments (0)

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 non EEA nationals who are granted leave in the UK for more than 6 months. Once the overseas national's immigration application has been approved, the BRP will then become the only evidence of that persons' leave in the United Kingdom. Non EEA nationals will have to apply for a BRP and collect it from an allocated post office within 10 days of arriving... Read more »
Posted: 06 February 2015  |  Author: Gherson Immigration  |  Comments (0)

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 the law in this type of case. The Court of Appeal in BB, PP, W, U and Others v SSHD [2015] EWCA Civ 9 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2015/9.html has quashed a decision by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission ('SIAC') in which it had found that several Algerian nationals , who had been found to constitute a threat to the UK's national... Read more »
Posted: 03 February 2015  |  Author: Gherson Extradition  |  Comments (0)

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 seekers in the UK. Last month Women for Refugee Women (WRW), a charity that defends the rights of female asylum seekers in the UK, released a report pointing to frequent abuse, humiliation and violations of privacy against women detainees in Yarl's Wood. The recent report is based on the interviews of 38 women from varying backgrounds and ages, the... Read more »
Posted: 03 February 2015  |  Author: Gherson Immigration  |  Comments (0)
 
 
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