Deportation from the UK
The Times reports that Home Secretary Priti Patel is planning to reduce the threshold for automatic deportation from the UK…
Posts Tagged '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…
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…
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…
Can you apply for a “right to rent”?
The Immigration Act 2014 brought in the concept of the “right to rent”: broadly speaking, landlords can be fined if…
“Clearly unfounded” certificates: the shape of things to come?
Is the Home Office “certifying” more human rights claims lately? Most categories of immigration application no longer attract a right…
500% fees rise proposed for immigration appeals
The Government has published a consultation on fees for bringing an appeal in the immigration tribunals system. On the basis…
UK family visas: when can you “switch”?
There have been a lot of cases in the media recently highlighting the unfairness of the UK’s Immigration Rules for…