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13 December 2013
In October 2013, a study conducted by City and Guilds revealed that nearly 60 percent of employers think there is a skills shortage in the UK, with a third looking to recruit talent from overseas... 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »