Deportation from the UK
The Times reports that Home Secretary Priti Patel is planning to reduce the threshold for automatic deportation from the UK…
Immigration Appeals
Unlawful Upper Tribunal decisions
Guidance intended to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic led to unlawful Upper Tribunal decisions in immigration cases. The Immigration and…
Changes to the Immigration Rules: rough sleeping
On 1 December 2020, a new version of Part 9 of the Immigration Rules came into effect. Part 9 is…
Immigration and domestic violence
If your permission to be in the UK is tied to your British or settled partner, what happens if your…
Tempting new Home Office coronavirus policy
POST UPDATED 1 MAY 2020 The Home Office has issued guidance about extending permission to be in the UK if…
Immigration advice during COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
I have suspended face-to-face meetings with clients due to the Coronavirus outbreak. If you have already instructed me in your…
Bad form
Using the wrong immigration application form can have far-reaching consequences. I was recently instructed by a client whose application to…
Home Office policy for unmarried partners in “Surinder Singh” cases: “wait and see”
On 12 July 2018 the Court of Justice of the European Union reached a decision in the case of Banger…
Switching: a tale of two applicants
A post to describe the very different experiences of two recent applicants for leave to remain in the UK. The…
EEA residence rights: tricky cases
As the countdown to Brexit begins, EEA nationals living in the UK are rightly expressing anxiety about how their legal…