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30 July 2013
In SS (Nepal) v Entry Clearance Officer , the Court of Appeal has rejected the appeal of an applicant who was refused entry clearance because of a false representation that he had made on his application... Read more »
28 May 2013
Yet again, reports have been published that show the number of immigrants coming to the UK has fallen . Good news for the government who pledged to drastically cut net migration in the run up to... Read more »
13 May 2013
On 26 April 2013 the Crime and Courts Act 2013 received Royal Assent. Section 22 of the Act amends the law governing transfers of immigration judicial reviews to the Upper Tribunal from the High... Read more »
01 May 2013
The closing date for applications for the Home Office's re-tendering exercise for approved English language providers passed on 4 September. The aim is to ensure that providers offer a consistently... Read more »
29 April 2013
Further to our piece last year , the Crime and Courts Bill, which removes the right of appeal for family visitors to the UK, received Royal Assent on 25 April 2013. The UK government initially... Read more »
09 April 2013
On 26 March 2013 Home Secretary Theresa May announced that the "closed, defensive and secretive" UK Border Agency would be no more. Instead, the agency will be split into two separate units within... Read more »
05 October 2012
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 was introduced to allow those with past convictions through the passage of time to have their convictions in effect forgotten, in certain circumstances. Under... Read more »
24 September 2012
Gherson has been recommended as a top tier firm in The Legal 500 for the sixth year running. All Gherson's practice areas have been recognised by the world's largest independent legal benchmarking... Read more »
20 July 2012
(see previous posts : https://gherson.com/news-articles/tribunal-determinations-pankina-3077/ https://gherson.com/news-articles/pankina-changes-to-immigration-rules(1)-2972/... Read more »
25 June 2012
As previously noted, the government intends to abolish family visitor appeals . As an intermediate measure, the Home Secretary, Theresa May, has proposed that certain family visitors will lose... Read more »
13 June 2012
On 11 June 2012, the Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced to Parliament that new restrictions would be introduced, which are intended to reduce the number of non-EEA family migrants. Most of... Read more »
08 June 2012
The recent decision of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in Sawmynaden (Family visitors - considerations) [2012] UKUT 00161(IAC) provides useful guidance on the considerations... Read more »
30 May 2012
Last week the Home Office announced the introduction of a pre-entry tuberculosis screening programme to cover migrants wishing to enter the UK for more than six months from 67 countries including... Read more »
14 May 2012
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 »
16 March 2012
The government's overhaul of all aspects of the United Kingdom's immigration regime with the target of reducing "net migration" continues with a new Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules... Read more »
28 November 2011
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 »
21 November 2011
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 »
08 November 2011
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 »
07 November 2011
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 »
28 October 2011
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 »