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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 »
11 June 2013
Since 13 May, UKBA New York has removed the option for applicants to purchase a return courier service for $12 USD. Applicants are now responsible for purchasing and providing their own shipping label,... 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 »
10 May 2013
The Queen's Speech on 8 May set out the government's legislative programme for the next year. One of the keynotes was the announcement of the forthcoming immigration bill. The bill is primarily... 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 »
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 »
12 April 2012
Presumably it happens almost every day. Weeks, sometimes months after it was received by the United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) an application made by a student or by anyone seeking further permission... Read more »
26 March 2012
Refugees are, unsurprisingly, protected against being removed from the United Kingdom. The part of the 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees which provides this protection is Article... Read more »
12 March 2012
Does Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) protect Appellants whose cases nearly succeed under the Immigration Rules? That was the issue to be decided by the Court of Appeal... Read more »
02 March 2012
In June of 2011 Immigration Minister Damian Green announced radical plans for the phasing out of the route to settlement (the right to live in the United Kingdom permanently) in the United Kingdom... 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 »