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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
21 October 2011
The United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA)’s Shortage Occupation list consists of a range of jobs which it is accepted that there not enough skilled workers in the UK to fill. Employers who... Read more »
17 October 2011
House of Commons paper 1511, the fifth statement of changes in the Immigration Rules so far this year (2011), includes a disparate set of changes to the immigration regimes relating to: ... Read more »
Decision makers have difficulty keeping up with changes in the Points Based System Immigration Rules
09 October 2011
The Upper Tribunal’s Asylum and Immigration Chamber’s determination in Bhanushali (re-using same CAS: new rules) India [2011] UKUT 00411(IAC), issued on 5 October 2011 is a salutary indication... Read more »
02 October 2011
Is X’s brother-in-law a member of X’s family? The answer matters because, by the Immigration Appeals (Family Visitor) Regulations 2003, only those who applied for a visa to visit one of their "family... Read more »
24 September 2011
The Court of Appeal's judgment in AJ v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 1081 (21 September 2011) highlights the ongoing impact of the Supreme Court's judgment in ZH (Tanzania)... Read more »
16 September 2011
The United Kingdom Border Agency’s consultation entitled Employment-related settlement, Tier 5 and Overseas domestic worker closed last week. Its consultation on " family migration ” is due... Read more »
01 September 2011
Readers familiar with this site will know that keeping up with the requirements for leave to enter or remain under the points based system is not easy. Four separate statements of changes in the Immigration... Read more »
17 August 2011
Strictly speaking the Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant subcategory of Tier 1 of the points based system has been open since April of 2011. It was brought into existence by Statement of Changes... Read more »
18 July 2011
Last Wednesday (July 13 2011) the Immigration Minister Damian Green announced the latest of the United Kingdom Border Agency’s public consultations. This time the focus is upon "family migration”... Read more »
12 July 2011
The United Kingdom’s Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 govern the entry and residence of "EEA nationals”. EEA nationals are citizens of the... Read more »