Long residence and private life – the changes to Article 8 of the ECHR
The rules on long residence recognise the ties a person may form with the UK over a lengthy…
UK Immigration & Nationality Legal Changes
Home Office in new controversy over spot-checks for ‘illegal immigrants’
Following the controversial recent “go home or face arrest” campaign targeting immigrants in the UK without legal status,…
Home Office will appeal High Court ruling on the minimum income threshold for non-EEA spouses
The Home Office announced on Friday that it will appeal the High Court’s judgment earlier this month which found that…
Channel 4 News: A thousand or more asylum seekers may have been wrongly convicted for using false passports
Channel 4 News’ Simon Israel has reported today that a thousand or more asylum seekers may have been wrongly convicted…
High Court finds family immigration rules are not unlawful but the earnings threshold amounts to a disproportionate interference with family life
The High Court has today handed down judgment in a judicial review challenge to changes to the Immigration Rules…
Deportation cases
The new rules on family and private life set out clear criminality thresholds beyond which an offender will…
7 years concession for under 18
Section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 requires the UK Border Agency to carry out…
New discretionary leave policy – Appendix FM & Paragraph 276ADE
The introduction of the new policy under Appendix FM and Paragraph 276ADE of the Immigration Rules HC395 are…