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Archive for March, 2016
Am I British? Revocation of citizenship and other scenarios The 2014 Immigration Act profoundly altered the appeals regime and drastically reduced the number of appealable immigration decisions. At present, appeal rights exist in limited situations such as in the case of refusal of protection or human rights claims, EEA decisions and refusals of applications made before the 2014 Act came into force. It is also possible to appeal against Home Office's decisions to deprive someone... Read more »
Posted: 31 March 2016 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
Two Government Defeats on The Immigration Bill Will Benefit Asylum Seekers and Domestic Workers Two amendments to the Immigration Bill were proposed in the House of Lords on 9 March 2016 and passed with Liberal Democrat, Labour and Crossbench support despite opposition from the Government. Amendment 57 was a proposal to make the Secretary of State grant permission to work to asylum applicants whose applications have not been decided within 6 months. The amendment received... Read more »
Posted: 18 March 2016 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
MAJOR CHANGES TO IMMIGRATION RULES The latest changes to Immigration Rules will have significant impact across the board. The changes will bring into force provisions to protect domestic workers against abuse and human trafficking, while they tighten the requirements concerning self-employed and students. On the other hand, obligations concerning high value investors will be eased. The additional requirements and changes to existing rules have been laid out in Statement... Read more »
Posted: 15 March 2016 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
Are EEA nationals who naturalise as British citizen still able to rely on EEA Regulations? It is settled law that, in accordance with the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, EEA nationals who exercise Treaty rights in the UK are entitled to bring their family members to live with them. It is also clear that EEA nationals, who have spent 5 years in the UK in accordance with the requirement of the EEA Regulations 2006, acquire permanent residence which in turn can... Read more »
Posted: 14 March 2016 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
SERIOUS CONCERNS FOR CONDITIONS AT IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTRE A report on Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre by the Chief Inspector of Prisons raises a number of issues regarding the care and conditions of the detention centre. The report summary states 'the centre should never have been allowed to reach this state'. The inspection found that a number of the recommendations from a 2013 inspection had not been actioned and some of the 'issues' raised had... Read more »
Posted: 11 March 2016 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
Points Based Calculator being switched off The Home Office have announced that from 06 April 2016, the Points Based Calculator can no longer be used to support immigration applications. This online calculator was initially introduced to assist Points Based System (Tier 1, 2, 4 and 5) migrants to assess whether they may be eligible to work or study in the UK under the points based system. One of its most important features was that it indicated whether an overseas qualification... Read more »
Posted: 10 March 2016 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
Is the proposed £35,000 salary threshold for non-EU citizens fair? An online petition [LB1] launched by Joshua Harbord and signed by more than 100,000 people is calling for the scrapping of the proposed £35,000 salary threshold for non-EU citizens settling in the UK. This new rule which is due to be introduced in April this year would apply to non-EU citizens who wish to remain in the UK after working here for 5 years. Under this regulation they would now have to... Read more »
Posted: 09 March 2016 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
COUNCIL OF THE EU EXTENDS UKRAINIAN SANCTIONS FOR ANOTHER YEAR The Official Journal of the EU today, on 5 March 2016, confirmed that the Council of the EU has extended restrictive measures against 16 individuals including the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and members of his government. The sanctions will now stay in place until 6 March 2017. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/311 can be found here . Council Decision (CFSP)... Read more »
Posted: 07 March 2016 | Author: Gherson Extradition | Comments (0)
UK TARGETS CHINESE TOURISTS VisitBritain, the UK tourism body said there were 214,000 visits from China in January-September 2015, up 37% from 157,000 in the same period of 2014. Chinese visitors collectively spent just 4% more than in 2014 - or £435m - according to the tourism body VisitBritain. However, that was a bounce back from a 1% fall in the same period a year before, after a 68% surge in 2013. While the number of Chinese visitors saw the fastest growth in... Read more »
Posted: 04 March 2016 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
NEW IMMIGRATION APPLICATION FEES TO TAKE EFFECT FROM 18 MARCH Last week, new legislation ( The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2016 No. 226 ) was implemented by the Home Office, which affects the fees applicable for certain immigration applications. New application fees will begin to take effect from 18 March this year. The fee levels though have not been increased across the board but in some cases have either remained the same or even been reduced. ... Read more »
Posted: 03 March 2016 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
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