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10 February 2014
An investigation by the BBC has exposed systematic fraud in the UK student visa system. The episode of Panorama, to be shown this evening, reveals a network of corrupt agents involved in obtaining student... Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
26 September 2012
As has been widely reported in the press, in August the UK Border Agency revoked London Metropolitan University's sponsorship licence to teach students from outside the EEA, causing consternation... 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 »
06 September 2012
New Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules HC 565 - Taking Effect 6 September 2012 A 45 page amendment to the Immigration Rules was published today, much of it coming into force... 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 »
12 July 2012
Monday of this week - 9 July 2012 - was a big day for the immigration lawyers calendar, as all eyes were on the introduction of major changes to the current Immigration Rules which came into... Read more »
23 April 2012
Following reports by the National Audit Office that weaknesses in the UK's student visa system may have allowed as many as 50,000 people posing as students into the UK in just one year, the... 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 »
10 April 2012
Glaringly absent from the recent extensive statement of changes to the Immigration Rules called HC 1888 was the figure for the limit on Tier 2 (General) applications for the year 6 April 2012 to... 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 »