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Закрутили гайки: что нужно знать о визе, которую не смог получить Абрамович

Виза предпринимателя Tier 1 впервые оказалась в центре внимания две недели назад, когда The Bell и другие издания один за другим опубликовали многочисленные материалы про Романа Абрамовича и его «проблемы с продлением визы» в Великобританию.

 

Далее события развивались с калейдоскопической быстротой. Через несколько дней The Guardian и The Telegraph сообщили, что прежде чем продлевать британскую визу, правительство Великобритании потребует от бизнесмена внести ясность относительно первоисточников своего состояния.

 

Не секрет, что новые правила выдачи виз инвесторов, принятые в 2015 году, требуют разъяснений происхождения вложенных в британскую экономику денег. До введения новых правил, в 2008 — 2015 годах, россияне получили 700 виз инвестора. Абрамович — одну из них. После утверждения новых правил число удовлетворенных заявок (по отношению к общему числу иностранцев) упало на 84%.

 

Но вместо ожидаемых разъяснений Роман Абрамович отозвал заявку на получение британской визы и подал прошение на получение израильского гражданства, которое было одобрено в кратчайшие сроки.

 

Миллиардер вложил в Великобританию весьма серьезные средства: только в покупку футбольного клуба Chelsea — £60 млн, еще более значимую сумму за 15 лет на содержание клуба (по некоторым данным, £800 млн — затрачено на трансферы игроков, более £2,4 млрд — на выплату заработной платы).

 

Приобретая Chelsea, Абрамович рассчитывал, что купил себе положение в британском обществе. Так все и воспринималось, но, увы, до определенного момента времени! Власти Великобритании продемонстрировали, что оставляют за собой право окончательного выбора кандидатов на получение визы, и весьма проблематично оспаривать это право, даже имея в запасе серьезные аргументы в виде суммы инвестиций, превышающих £3 млрд.

 

Ответные действия владельца Chelsea не заставили себя ждать. Футбольный клуб дал понять, что реконструкция стадиона, стоимостью в £1 млрд, замораживается. Решение вызвано «неблагоприятным инвестиционным климатом». Вслед за этим поползли слухи о возможной продаже Chelsea.

 

Исторически Великобритания — одно из наиболее привлекательных направлений для инвестиций и иммиграции состоятельных лиц. В марте 2018 года был опубликован ежегодный отчет о распределении благосостояния в мире (The Wealth Report 2018), подготовленный компанией Knight Frank. Согласно исследованию, Великобритания — лидер по инвестициям в недвижимость для ультрабогатых людей, чье состояние превышает $30 млн.

 

Одновременно, по данным Национальной статистической службы Великобритании, за первые три месяца 2017 года было зарегистрировано рекордное количество заявок на получение визы Tier 1, что является самым высоким показателем начиная с 2014 года.

 

По сведениям, опубликованным Организацией экономического сотрудничества и развития (ОЭСР), начиная с 2006 года Великобритания имела самый высокий уровень прямых иностранных инвестиций в 2016 году. Приток прямых иностранных инвестиций в Великобритании достиг £201 млрд в 2016 году против £33 млрд в 2015-ом.

 

Данный показатель крайне важен — страна напрямую заинтересована в притоке финансов из-за рубежа. Это и создание дополнительных рабочих мест, и усиление внутренней конкуренции, и экономический рост и повышение производительности… Как следствие — общее улучшение уровня жизни.

 

Но если до Brexit Великобритания рассматривалась среди не-британских инвесторов в качестве «точки входа» на единый европейский рынок. Причем основу привлекательности составляла стабильная экономика, «компенсировавшая» не самые выгодные условия получения визы инвестора.

 

То теперь, накануне (и тем более после) Brexit, Британия должна любыми средствами сохранить свое место в престижном классе стран, притягательных для состоятельных вкладчиков. Но история с Абрамовичем быстрее настраивает на другой лад. Кто сказал, что на месте россиянина не может оказаться любой другой соискатель? Насколько Великобритания уникальна для инвестиций и с точки зрения инвестиционной иммиграции?

 

Для полноты картины напомним, каким основным условиям должен отвечать кандидат на получение визы инвестора: быть готовым вложить сумму £2 млн или более в государственные облигации Великобритании, акционерный или заемный капитал активных торговых компаний, зарегистрированных в Великобритании; быть гражданином страны, находящейся за пределами Европейской экономической зоны и Швейцарии, в возрасте 18 лет или старше; иметь доказательства того, что деньги принадлежат ему лично или его супруге, партнеру, в частности, возможно однополому; располагать банковским счетом в Великобритании.

 

Заявка на получение визы может быть представлена на рассмотрение властей не ранее, чем за три месяца до поездки. Решение о выдаче визы должно быть принято в течение трех недель. Став обладателем визы инвестора, соискатель может приехать в Великобританию на срок до трех лет и четырех месяцев. Продление вышеупомянутой визы возможно на два года.

 

Для соискателя визы допустимо подать заявку на разрешение на постоянное проживание через 2 года, если сумма инвестированных средств составляет £10 млн, и обратиться за разрешением на постоянное проживание через 3 года, если сумма инвестированных средств — £5 млн.

 

Заявление на визу может быть отклонено, если британские чиновники сочтут, что претендент: не контролирует свои деньги самостоятельно, заработал их незаконно, раскрыл источник происхождения средств, но полученная информация «позволяет предположить, что предоставление визы не будет служить общественному благу».

 

Деньги соискателя должны храниться в одном или нескольких банках Великобритании, но на момент подачи заявки могут размещаться и за ее пределами. При этом при подаче документов должен быть предоставлен сертификат об отсутствии судимости из всех стран, в которых соискатель проводил 12 месяцев или более за последние 10 лет.

 

Члены семей инвесторов также имеют право на получение ВНЖ и ПМЖ. Но для получения ПМЖ начиная с 11 января 2018 года члены семей не должны проводить за пределами Великобритании более шести месяцев в году. Другими словами, они должны удовлетворять тем же требованиям, что и основной заявитель.

 

Наличие разрешения на постоянное проживание в течение 12 месяцев предоставляет заявителю право подать заявку на натурализацию. Важно иметь ввиду, что разрешение на постоянное проживание (при определенных обстоятельствах) может быть отозвано. В частности, следует избегать длительных сроков пребывания (более двух лет) за пределами страны. Такая же участь ждет владельцев ПМЖ, совершивших преступление, в случае введения ими в заблуждение иммиграционных властей при подаче документов, или по соображениям национальной безопасности.

 

Что нужно для натурализации состоятельного инвестора? Необходимо продемонстрировать: что срок проживания в Великобритании составляет не менее пяти лет до даты подачи заявления на получение разрешения на постоянное проживание; что срок пребывания за пределами Великобритании составлял не более 90 дней в течение последних 12 месяцев или не более, чем 450 дней в течение последних пяти лет; доказательства факта проживания в Великобритании в статусе натурализованного гражданина, после получения гражданства.

 

Абрамович был одним из представителей списка знаменитостей, не имеющих статус домициля в Великобритании (non-dom status in the UK). Этот статус позволяет ограничиться уплатой налога на доходы, возникшие в Великобритании, и на доходы, ввозимые (ремитированные) в Великобританию. В результате, если налогоплательщик удерживает иностранные доходы за границей, то он не будет платить на них налог в UK.

 

Вопрос об ужесточении non-dom режима налогообложения поднимался еще несколько лет назад. Эксперты отмечали, что «сложившееся налогообложение для состоятельных людей просто стало игрой. Готовность таких юрисдикций, как Великобритания предоставлять непрозрачные, низкие или безналоговые условия для международной элиты, является оскорблением для общественности».

 

Но эмоции эмоциями, а как по-другому сохранить привлекательность для иностранных инвесторов в ближайшей перспективе? Увеличение налогового бремени не есть решение данной проблемы.

 

Итак, события последних недель в очередной раз очертили «узкие места» инвестиционной иммиграции в Великобританию. Формально Роман Абрамович не получил отказ в продлении визы, но не став дожидаться решения, он ушел, хлопнув дверью. Станет ли такой вариант взаимодействия властей и инвесторов заурядным событием — покажет время.

 

Иммиграционные власти Великобритании имеют право лишать статусов ВНЖ и ПМЖ, если впоследствии выясняется, что заявитель ввел их в заблуждение при подаче документов на визу или при её продлении. Насколько и как этим правом готовы пользоваться иммиграционные власти? И какие доказательства могут приниматься во внимание?

 

Ну и наконец, как история, свидетелями который мы являемся, отразится на общем инвестиционном климате страны? Останется незамеченной? Не следует забывать, что не только инвесторы заинтересованы в Великобритании, но и страна заинтересована в инвесторах не в меньшей степени.

 

Пресс-секретарь израильского правительства подтвердил: «Роман Абрамович прибыл в израильское посольство в Москве, как и любой обычный посетитель». Он подал запрос на получение иммиграционного разрешения, его документы были проверены на соответствие законодательству, запрос в действительности был признан правомочным.

 

По данным The Sun, источник, близкий к Роману Абрамовичу, подытожил: заявка на получение британской визы инвесторов отозвана. Хотя формально Роман Абрамович еще не раскрыл источники происхождения своего состояния и неизвестна соответствующая реакция британских властей, и, следовательно, он еще не лишился надежд оказаться в Великобритании по инвесторской визе, на повестку дня вытекает злободневный вопрос: каким образом будет происходить признание капитала «незаконнорожденным» властями Великобритании?

 

Таким образом, эта ситуация поставила как владельцев Tier 1, так и потенциальных претендентов перед фактом: в случае необходимости, иммиграционные власти готовы проверять как новых, так и старых кандидатов с «особой заинтересованностью» без поблажек на известность и без учета размеров уже совершенных инвестиций. Весьма серьезное обстоятельство, которым вряд ли стоит пренебрегать.

 

Читайте такжеЭвакуация миллиардера: почему Абрамович заинтересовался гражданством Израиля Роман Абрамович Рейтинг Forbes: №11 Состояние: $10800млн.

 

 

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And as usual, the useful and just interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre - www.legalcentre.org – Mob : +44(0)7791145923

 

>>> When law and politics collide: Brexit in the Court of Session: <noindex>https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/docs/default-...61.pdf?sfvrsn=0</noindex>

 

The Court of Session has refused to make a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg to determine whether the UK’s notice that it is leaving the EU under Article 50 can be cancelled.

 

Given that the subject matter involved “the most contentious and political debate of our time” [paragraph 62], the Court of Session (Scotland’s equivalent to the High Court) decided that it fell outside its jurisdiction. It is a long-standing tenet of the UK constitution that the courts do not adjudicate on political matters. The democratic process is liable to be subverted if, on questions of moral and political judgements, opponents of a particular position can achieve through the courts what they can not achieve in Parliament (to paraphrase Lord Bingham in Countryside Alliance v Attorney General [2007] UKHL 52 at [45]).

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12 June 2018 – Read the reviews about our assistance to immigrants and their families like

And as usual, the useful and just interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre - www.legalcentre.org – Mob : +44(0)7791145923

 

>>> Can an EEA national child apply for Registration as a British citizen without first obtaining Permanent Residence in the UK ?

 

The answer if “No”, in line with the <noindex>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1806/note/made</noindex>

 

“Regulation 7 amends paragraphs 7, 13 and 14 of Schedule 2 to the 2003 Regulations, which set out particular requirements as respects applications under sections 4(2) and 6(1) and (2) of the 1981 Act, respectively. Pursuant to the amended paragraphs, applicants relying upon an EU right of permanent residence in the United Kingdom in order to meet the relevant statutory requirement in the 1981 Act must provide with their application a valid permanent residence card or document certifying permanent residence or a residence permit or residence document issued under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2000 which is endorsed under the immigration rules to show permission to remain in the United Kingdom.”

 

>>> How to calculate the amount of adequate maintenance if the sponsor receives one of the specified allowances in order to sponsor a foreign spouse ?

 

The answer can be found in the case of Ahmed (benefits: proof of receipt; evidence) [2013] UKUT 84(IAC): <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/IAC/20...bangladesh.html</noindex>

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14 June 2018 – Read the reviews about our assistance to immigrants and their families like

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>>> Can the Entry Clearance Office (ECO) revoke the issued Indefinite Leave to Enter vignette, issued in error or discretionally ?

 

Apparently, they may not, as if activated, then it may be binding: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...entry-clearance</noindex>

 

“ECOs cannot revoke entry clearance that has taken effect as leave to enter (i.e. once the person has arrived in UK), or revoke, cancel or curtail that leave.”.

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>>> Retained Rights of Residence for non-EEA citizens – No need to show the ex-EEA spouse’s economic activity during the divorce period: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2018/1088.html</noindex>

 

An important decision by the UK Court of Appeal (Baigazieva v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1088) confirming that a third country national, in order to retain a right to reside in the UK in reliance on Regulation 10(5), does not need to show that their former EEA spouse exercised treaty rights as a “qualified person” until the divorce, the decree absolute, itself. Rather, it is sufficient to show that the former EEA spouse exercised treaty rights until divorce proceedings were commenced.

 

>>> Home Secretary announces new “start-up” Immigration Route: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-star...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

According to one part of the announcement, it will replace the Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) route from spring 2019, although another part of the press release refers to it as an expansion, rather than a replacement.

 

The first big difference between the new proposal and what currently exists is that applicants will not have to be recent graduates (left university within the last two years, as currently required under the Sirius programme) in order to apply for endorsement.

 

The second big difference is that the group of entities which can endorse an applicant with a business idea is expanded from approved Higher Education Institutions and the government’s own entrepreneur programme, to “approved business sponsor(s), including accelerators”.

 

This would mark a further move by the Home Office towards the greater use of third-party endorsements in the immigration system, currently the model used for applications in the Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) route.

 

The announcement also refers to making “the visa process faster and smoother for entrepreneurs coming to the UK” although no details are given on this.

 

However, the original MAC report suggested that the accelerators – those “approved business sponsors” mentioned in the press release – should have to put a certain amount of cash into the start-up:

 

“Accelerators should be required to provide a minimum investment, perhaps somewhere in the region of £20,000 to £30,000, usually in exchange for equity in the business to ensure that they are suitably incentivised to select only high potential entrepreneurs.”.

 

With the above requirement it is hard to believe that the new programme will be really popular.

 

>>> NHS exemption from Tier 2 visa quota confirmed in changes to Immigration Rules: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...54-15-june-2018</noindex>

 

The Home Secretary has today laid a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules to exempt doctors and nurses from the limit on visas for skilled non-EU workers. Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, announced in a press release that “there will be no restriction on the numbers of doctors and nurses who can be employed through the Tier 2 visa route”.

 

The NHS accounts for around 40% of all Tier 2 places, according to the Home Office.

 

 

 

 

 

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>>> New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC1154: <noindex>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/go..._Accessible.pdf</noindex>

 

All changes will come into force on 6 July 2018, although some only apply to applications made after that date.

 

Returning residents

 

Iindefinite leave to remain automatically lapses after two years’ absence from the UK. It is possible to have indefinite leave restored if you can show strong ties to the UK.

 

The new Rules make clearer the distinction between people who have been absent for under two years, and those who have been absent for longer than two years. The former are no longer called “returning residents” and can return without a visa. The latter must apply for leave to enter and must show that they have strong ties to the UK and intend to make the UK their permanent home. Previously, the Rules simply said that returning residents had to show, “for example, that they had lived here most of their life”. This seems to be a relaxation of the position, which may be in order to cater for people returning under the Windrush scheme — the explanatory memorandum makes that link, at any rate.

 

Exceptions for overstayers

 

As it is currently drafted, paragraph 39E of the Immigration Rules allows overstayers to benefit from the exceptions for overstayers in two consecutive applications. Applicants applying after 6 July will only be able to rely on the exceptions once. For example:

 

Sergei’s leave was expiring on 15 June 2017. He submitted an application for further leave to remain as a spouse on 20 June 2017. This application was out of time but within 14 days of his leave expiring. Sergei explained that he had been urgently hospitalised and could not have applied before. The Secretary of State accepts this as a good reason beyond Sergei’s control, such that his application can be considered under the rules, disregarding the overstay.

 

However, Sergei’s application is refused because he did not meet the financial requirement. The refusal is dated 7 July.

 

Previously, relying on paragraph 39E, Sergei would have had an opportunity to make another application by 19 July, and again disregarding the overstay. From 6 July, this will no longer be possible for Sergei. It is now only possible for an applicant to apply for further leave within 14 days of the expiry of the previous leave disregarding the overstay once.

 

Another change to rules for overstayers, this time positive, is at paragraph 320(7BB) of the Rules, relating to general grounds for refusal. Paragraph 320(7B) means that an applicant who previously overstayed for 90 days or more before 6 April 2017, or for 30 days or more after 6 April 2017, might have an application for entry clearance refused for up to ten years.

 

Paragraph 320(7BB) sets out the periods of overstay which are disregarded. From 6 July 2018, a period of overstay pending the determination of an out-of-time application where paragraph 39E applied will be disregarded when calculating the period of overstaying in paragraph 320(7B).

 

Tier 1 (General)

 

The rules relating to indefinite leave to remain for Tier 1 (General) Migrants will be deleted as the route closed on 6 April 2018.

 

Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent)

 

For applications submitted after 6 July 2018, the endorsement of arts applicants is being widened to include those in the fashion industry who are operating leading designer fashion businesses.

 

Other changes are being made to the criteria for endorsement by each Designated Competent Body, including to evidential requirements and eligible awards for applicants in film and television.

 

Tier 1 (Investor)

 

Changes are made so that:

 

• Applicants cannot withdraw interest and dividend payments generated before they purchased their investment portfolio

 

• There is a further obligation on financial firms to scrutinise the suitability of applicants’ investment by having to confirm that the funds have only been invested in qualifying investments, and no loan has been secured against those funds.

 

Tier 1 (Entrepreneur)

 

There are minor amendments on when letters from legal representatives confirming signatures are required, and provision for accountants to confirm the investment has been made on the applicant’s behalf.

 

Tier 2

 

In summary doctors and nurses are now exempt from the limit on visas for skilled non-EU workers.

 

Other, smaller, changes to the Tier 2 (General) route include:

 

• Deletion of references to jobs sponsored at level 4 of the Regulated Qualifications Framework, as, since June 2012, this was increased to RQF level 6.

 

• Clarification that an applicant cannot own more than 10% of shares, even if indirectly (for example via another corporate entity), in a limited company sponsoring them, save for certain exceptions. The old Rules did not specify that an application could not own the shares indirectly.

 

• Applicants applying after 6 July 2018 who have been absent on maternity, paternity, shared parental or adoption leave will now need to submit evidence of the adoption or birth.

 

• Finally, a migrant who has been absent for work without pay for four weeks or more will no longer have their Tier 2 leave curtailed when the absence was for assisting with a national or international humanitarian or environmental crisis overseas, providing their sponsor agreed to the absence(s) for that purpose.

 

Absences for indefinite leave to remain applications

 

Certain visa categories, including a number of the work-based categories, require an applicant to show they have been “continually resident” in the UK over a five-year period before they can apply for indefinite leave to remain.

 

Continuous residence can be broken by absences for a period of 180 days or more in 12 months. Prior to 11 January 2018, the 180-day limit could not be exceeded in any of the five 12-month periods preceding the date of the application. A recent statement of changes, of 7 December 2017, meant that from 11 January 2018, an application could be refused if at any point over the five qualifying years, the 180-day limit is exceeded in any 12-month period.

 

The change was so significant that a number of immigration practitioners lobbied for the change to only apply to those who were granted leave after 11 January 2018. The request has been accepted by the Secretary of State, who has introduced a transitional arrangement to ensure that the new absences calculation rule does not adversely affect applicants whose absences occurred during leave granted under Rules in place prior to 11 January.

 

A second change to the Rules relating to when continuous residence is broken brings the entry clearance provisions in line with the more generous in-country provisions. Continuous residence will usually not be considered to be broken when the applicant left and returned provided they had leave, and there are some exceptions. Two new exceptions have been added:

 

• where the applicant makes an application for entry clearance within 14 days of the leave expiring and the Secretary of State considers that there was a good reason beyond the control of the applicant or their representative why the application could not be made during the currency of continuing limited leave; or

 

• where a successful application for entry clearance is made following the refusal of a previous application to which an exception applied, and the application was made within 14 days of that refusal (or the expiry of the time limit for making an in-time application for administrative review, or any administrative review or appeal being concluded, withdrawn or abandoned or lapsing).

 

Students

 

Students who study certain subjects and learn “knowledge and skills that could be used in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction” are subject to the Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS). They must obtain a certificate before they can start studying those subjects. The Rules will be changed such that this requirement will be applied to all students regardless of the length of their studies (it previously only applied to those courses in excess of six months).

 

Other changes include:

 

• students are allowed to study on a study abroad programme, regardless of when the programme is added to their course

 

• The minimum length that a postgraduate course needs to be in order for a Tier 4 migrant to be eligible to bring dependants with them to the UK is being reduced from 12 months to 6 months

 

• Evidence of previous qualifications now include print-outs from awarding bodies’ online checking services, although the Home Office may still ask to see the original certificates of qualification or transcript of results

 

• Students from certain countries are subject to different documentary requirements under Tier 4 of the Points Based System. The list of eligible countries is expanded and students may benefit from those different requirements even if they apply from their country of residence, and that is different from their country of nationality.

 

Other changes

 

Other changes include:

 

• Removal of Croatians from the limit of allocated endorsements for Tier 1 (Exceptional) Talents and Tier 2 Certificates of Sponsorships. This is because, from 1 July 2018, the fifth-year anniversary of Croatia’s entry in the EU, Croatian nationals will no longer need authorisation to work in the UK and will benefit fully from EU movement rules.

 

• Changes to list of approved government authorised exchange schemes for Tier 5 migrants

 

• Confirmation that an adopted child with limited leave under the family Immigration Rules, who is aged 18 years or above by the time of their application for indefinite leave to remain, will need to meet the Knowledge of Language and Life requirement

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>>> Settled status for EEA citizens – the details have been announced – READ VERY CAREFULLY !

 

Stop the press – the settled status will be a virtual thing – it will NOT be a document. How this will help the EEA citizens to prove their status at work, to the LandLord etc – go figure. Literary.

 

Anyway, the details as they have been announced today by the Government.

 

The Headline announcement: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-off...for-eu-citizens</noindex>

 

The 40 (!) pages Statement of Intent: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ement-of-intent</noindex>

 

The 60 (!!) pages Draft Immigration Rules document: <noindex>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/go...018.pdf#page=41</noindex>

YOU ALREADY HAVE A 100 PAGE DOCUMENT

 

Roughly 3.5 million EU nationals will need to apply for “settled status” or “pre-settled status” by June 2021, depending on whether they have lived in the UK for five years or under five years by the time they apply. This will be a VIRTUAL (see the explanatuion below) UK immigration status confirming the right to live and work in Britain, underpinned by a draft Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and the EU.

The applications under the scheme will cost £65, or half that for children under 16. There is still no specific deadline for when people can begin to apply, but it will be “fully open” by 30 March 2019 — the first full day of Brexit.

 

The three key requirements of a successful application under the scheme would be:

 

• Presence in the UK

• EU nationality

• No serious criminal record

 

The statement of intent fleshes out the requirements and application process. It is not, however, a comprehensive guide. The phrase “further details will be provided in due course” appears multiple times and many aspects remain unsettled — such as when people will be able to apply on paper rather than online, for instance.

 

“No physical document will be issued” as proof of status. This is potentially a problem for people having to prove their right to rent or work in the age of the “compliant environment”. Will landlords and employers be willing to check an online database or will they simply turn to a native applicant who is less bother?

Interesting points include:

 

• Confirmation “those who are continuously resident in the UK but who happen to be abroad” when the post-Brexit transition ends on 31 December 2020 will be covered by the scheme. There is also a detailed definition - <noindex>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/go...018.pdf#page=14</noindex> - of “continuously resident”.

• Confirmation that EU citizens “will not be required to show that they meet all the re-quirements of current free movement rules, such as any requirement to have held comprehensive sickness insurance”.

• Confirmation that applicants will not need to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge on top of their £65

• Those who get “pre-settled status” (for those in the UK for less than five years) will not have to pay again to get full settled status

• A table (Annex A - <noindex>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/go...018.pdf#page=36</noindex> ) of ev-idence that will be accepted by the Home Office as proof of residence

• Details of the precise legal status that will be granted under UK law (indefinite or limited leave to remain)

• The scheme will be open to citizens of non-EU Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland “on a similar basis as for EU citizens”

• The scheme will be open to Surinder Singh family members but NOT Zambrano, Chen or Ibrahim/Teixeira carers

• Irish citizens, who do not need to apply for settled status, “may do so if they wish”

• The scheme will be monitored by the Independent Chief Inspector for Borders and Immigration before an Independent Monitoring Authority is set up as required by the draft Withdrawal Agreement

 

Those familiar with the notoriously complex UK Immigration Rules will be overjoyed to learn that there will be a new “Appendix EU - <noindex>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/go...018.pdf#page=41</noindex> ” for Home Office decision-makers to follow in deciding on settled status applications. There will be a short period of consultation on the draft Rules issued today, but I am told that the aim is to have them finalised and laid before Parliament before the next recess on 24 July 2018.

 

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>>> How to apply for “settled status” for EU citizens

 

On 8 December 2017 the British government reached an agreement with the EU which gives some more clarity about the legal status of EU citizens following Brexit. A draft treaty fol-lowed on 19 March, which confirms that the agreement covers EU citizens who already live in the UK or arrive here before 31 December 2020.

 

The government’s recent statement of intent says the following:

 

• EU citizens and their family members who, by 31 December 2020, have been continuously resident in the UK for five years will be eligible for “settled status” enabling them to stay indefinitely.

• EU citizens and their family members who arrive by 31 December 2020, but will not yet have been continuously resident here for five years, will be eligible for “pre-settled status”, enabling them to stay until they have reached the five-year threshold. They can then also apply for settled status.

• EU citizens and their family members with settled status or pre-settled status will have the same access as they currently do to healthcare, pensions and other benefits in the UK.

• Close family members (a spouse, civil partner, durable partner, dependent child or grandchild, and dependent parent or grandparent) living overseas will still be able to join an EU citizen resident here after the end of the implementation period, where the relationship existed on 31 December 2020 and continues to exist when the person wishes to come to the UK. Future children are also protected.

 

A vital feature of this agreement for the 3.5 million or so EU citizens living in Britain is that they are not protected by it unless they make an application for settled status to the Home Office. Contrary to many of today’s press reports, there is nothing “automatic” about it. Failing to apply will mean that they end up with no legal right to live and work in this country. The Windrush generation can testify that being undocumented (or thought to be undocumented) in “compliant environment” Britain is no fun at all.

 

So how are we to apply for “settled status” or “pre-settled status”?

 

The application system, branded the EU Settlement Scheme, is not yet up and running. But on 21 June 2018, the Home Office released what it calls a statement of intent with a lot more detail about it – see our post from the 21st June 2018

 

Now, the practical questions and answers

 

How do I apply to get the Settled or Pre-Settled status ?

 

Generally, online. There will be the option of a paper application form, but we don’t know who will be allowed to use it. According to the statement of intent, “consideration is… being given to the particular circumstances in which the provision of a paper application form may be appropriate”. The government will also provide an assisted digital service for those who need support to make an online application. This might take the form of a number to call for help filling in the online form, or in-person help at local libraries.

 

Applicants will need to provide proof of identity and nationality (although the Home Office may accept alternative evidence where an applicant is unable to produce that document “due to circumstances beyond their control or to compelling practical or compassionate reasons”), and, occasionally, proof of residence (see below for more details on this).

 

Finally, applicants will need to enrol their “facial image” (a photo of themselves). EU citizens, and non-EU citizens who previously had a Biometric Residence Card issued under the EEA Regulations, will be able to do so by uploading a passport-style photograph digitally. All other applicants will need to go to an application centre to enrol their fingerprints and have their photograph taken. At the moment, those procedures would be done at a Post Office, but the use of the word “application centre” seems to indicate it could be a different place, for example Premium Service Centres.

 

What will I need to prove?

 

I am an EU national

 

EU nationals will need to prove:

 

1. Identity and nationality

 

Applicants will be able to provide evidence of their identity and nationality by uploading a passport or valid national identity card digitally via a smartphone app. This will only work if the passport or card is a biometric document with a chip (indicated by a rectangular gold symbol that looks like a camera).

 

Those who do not have a biometric document may send the documents by post instead. The identity document will be returned to the applicant “as soon as [the Home Office] can”, and presumably even before a decision has been made.

 

2. Your residence in the UK

 

Those applying for settled status will need to show five years continuous residence in the UK, while those applying for pre-settled status will need to show current residence in the UK.

The statement of intent confirms that continuous residence simply means having lived, or living, in the UK. EU nationals will not need to show that they have been working, studying or held Comprehensive Health Insurance (a big issue for many people refused permanent residence documents in the past).

In terms of evidence, it seems that the default position will be for the Home Office to carry out automated checks of data held by Her Majesty Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Department for Work and Pension (DWP). Those checks will show evidence of employment and receipt of benefits.

 

If the checks indicate that the applicant has been continuously resident in the UK for a period of five years, they will be granted settled status.

 

Of course, not everyone will have data with HMRC or DWP (for example, those who have never worked or received benefits). In those cases, the applicant will then be able to upload documentary evidence of their continuous residence, still digitally. There is a useful draft list of documents which will count as evidence of residence at Annex A of the statement of intent.

 

The document also confirms that this guidance will not be prescriptive or definitive. We recognise that some applicants may lack documentary evidence in their own name for various reasons, and we will work flexibly with applicants to help them evidence their continuous residence in the UK by the best means available to them.

 

I am the family member of an EU national

 

When lawyers talk about “family members” in this context, we mean non-EU citizens whose right to be in the UK depends on their family relationship with an EU citizen. If you are French and married to an Italian, you can both apply as I’ve described above. But if you are Nigerian and married to an Italian, you can apply under the Settlement Scheme, but different rules apply.

 

You can find a detailed list of which family members are eligible for the scheme at pages 23 to 30 of the statement of intent.

 

Family members of EU nationals may decide to apply for their new status at the same time as their EU citizen husband or mother or whoever it might be. The statement of intent encourages this, so as to avoid submitting the same evidence twice.

 

Family members will need to prove, through the same documents as above, the EU national’s identity and residence in the UK, although “evidence of the EU citizen having been granted status under the scheme will be sufficient evidence of the person’s identity, nationality and continuous residence”.

In addition, they will need to submit evidence of:

 

1. Their own identity

2. Their own residence in the UK

3. Their relationship with the EU citizen

 

What if I already have a document certifying permanent residence?

 

Some EU citizens and their families may have what is called “permanent residence” — a technical legal term in this context — under EU law as it exists today and have a document to prove it.

 

Those who have previously been issued a permanent residence document will be able to exchange it free of charge, “subject only to criminality and security checks” (see below).

The Home Office will also need to confirm that their permanent residence status has not lapsed through absence of more than five consecutive years. It is unclear what evidence they will need to submit to prove they have not been absent, but presumably automated checks with HMRC will be carried out, and, if they fail, applicants will be invited to submit their own evidence of residence.

What about criminal records?

 

All applicants will be subject to criminality and security checks. Applicants will, in their applications, self-declare their criminal convictions (without having to submit evidence). In addition, though, the Home Office will carry out its own checks. The immigration minister told Parliament on 21 June that self-declaration is for anyone over 18 and Home Office checks for everyone over the age of ten.

 

Legal jargon coming up: criminal conduct before the end of the Brexit transition (31 December 2020) will be assessed according to the current EU public policy tests for deportation. Conduct after that period will be considered against UK deportation thresholds.

 

What this means in practice is that applicants with criminal convictions post-dating 31 December 2020 will be more likely to have their applications refused that those with convictions predating that time.

 

What if I am Irish?

 

Irish citizens will not be required to apply under the scheme (but “they may do so if they wish”). The intention is that nothing changes for them, in immigration terms, because of Brexit. Their eligible family members who are not Irish or British will be able to obtain status under the scheme, even if the Irish citizen does not do so.

 

How much does it cost?

 

Subject to approval by Parliament, the application will cost:

 

• £32.50 for children under the age of 16

• £0 for

o those who already have valid indefinite leave to remain (again a technical legal term), and have not been absent for two consecutive years since

o those who already have a document certifying permanent residence, and have not been absent for more than five consecutive years or lost their right be-cause a deportation order was made against them

o those who have been granted pre-settled status and are applying for settled status after April 2019

o children in care

• £65 for all other applicants

 

When should I apply?

 

The system is supposed have a “phased roll-out from late 2018” and “will be open fully by 30 March 2019”. It’s not 100% clear what this means, but presumably it indicates some applicants won’t be able to apply until then.

 

Once it goes live, every EU national and their family will need to make an application be-fore the deadline of 30 June 2021.

Previously, it was thought that people who arrived during the Brexit “transition” or “implementation” period between 29 March 2019 and 31 December 2020 would need to register after three months. It now seems that only family members joining EU citizens after 31 December 2020 will need to meet a three-month deadline. EU citizens themselves will still have until 30 June 2021 to apply for status, even if arriving during the transition:

 

1.19. There will be plenty of time – until 30 June 2021, six months after the implementation period ends on 31 December 2020 – for all those resident here by 31 December 2020 to apply for status under the EU Settlement Scheme, and they will remain protected by the Withdrawal Agreement pending the outcome of such an application made by 30 June 2021.

 

Close family members joining an EU citizen here after 31 December 2020 will have three months from their arrival in which to make an application for status under the scheme

People who may want to apply earlier rather than later include non-EU family members of EU nationals whose current documents will expire while the settled status process is open. They may want to get a settled status document, rather than renewing their existing docu-ments, to use for things like proving to employers, landlords and banks their right to live and work in the UK. Otherwise, family members will end up getting an old-style EU residence document and then having to switch onto settled status — they might as well go straight on-to settled status once it becomes available.

 

On the other hand, those who have not yet reached the five years but will by 30 June 2021 may want to wait until the five-year anniversary of their residence in the UK to apply. If not, they will be granted pre-settled status first, and will then need to make a second application for settled status once they have reached the five-year mark.

How long until I get a decision?

 

Back in December 2017, immigration minister Brandon Lewis said that applicants will have a decision on their application “within a couple of weeks”. Timelines are not covered in the statement of intent, but the Home Office’s target is “a few days”. Less straightforward ones might take longer, though, and the department is not guaranteeing a several-day turnaround in at periods of high demand. It intends to publish current waiting times so that people will have an idea of how long the wait will be at any given time.

 

Successful EU nationals will be granted evidence of their status “in digital form”. No physical documents will be issued. Non-EU nationals will, in addition, be issued with Biometric Residence Documents, where they do not already hold one issued under the EEA Regulations.

What if my application is refused?

 

The first point to note is that, if an application is incomplete and a caseworker thinks that it can be easily rectified, they should contact applicants and give them a reasonable opportunity to submit supplementary evidence.

 

That said, if the application is refused, the remedy will depend on when the application was made. Those who apply before the coming into force of the Brexit withdrawal agreement on 30 March 2019 will have a right to an administrative review. In other words, they will ask Home Office caseworkers to check the decision.

 

Those who apply after 30 March 2019 will instead have a statutory right of appeal. That is, they will be allowed to appear in front of an independent judge who will decide whether they should have been granted status. Article 17(1)® of the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement reads:

 

“The applicant shall have access to judicial and, where appropriate, administrative redress procedures in the host State against any decision refusing to grant the residence status.

 

The redress procedures shall allow for an examination of the legality of the decision, as well as of the facts and circumstances on which the proposed decision is based. They shall ensure that the decision is not disproportionate.

A person refused status under the scheme before 31 December 2020 may also make a further application under the scheme at any point before 30 June 2021.”

 

A technical note of November 2017 confirms that those who have been refused will “be able to remain in the UK pending conclusion of the appeals process, unless a deportation decision is made, or the individual is in the UK in breach of a deportation or exclusion order”. That group might be removed before their appeal is heard, although they will be able to apply to return to the UK to attend their appeal hearing.

I have started an application for a document certifying permanent residence. Should I still apply or should I wait for the new system to come into place?

 

The government has repeatedly been telling EU nationals that they do not need to do any-thing at the moment.

 

If you intend to apply for British citizenship, you might as well continue with your permanent residence application. This is because you will need to show that you acquired permanent residence one year before the date of your application for British citizenship (unless you are the spouse of a British citizen, in which case you will simply need to show that you have permanent residence). If you wait until the new system comes into place, you will need to wait 12 months after being granted settled status to apply for British citizenship, irrespective of how long you have lived in the UK.

 

You might also want to do the permanent residence application given that, once you have the document certifying permanent residence, switching to settled status will be free and apparently very easy.

 

You may also want to avoid the rush of three million people applying for settled status once the new system comes in.

On the other hand, those who do not have a straightforward application for a document certifying permanent residence, for example because they have been students during the five-year qualifying period but did not have Comprehensive Sickness Insurance, would be well advised to wait for the new system, where they will no longer be asked to show insurance.

 

The bottom line is, as we have been telling application for a long time, get your Permanent Residence NOW and apply to become a British citizen BEFORE Brexit. At least you will have a paper document on hand to confirm your status. We are here to help, now: <noindex>https://legalcentre.org/Initial-Consultation.html</noindex>

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>>> The Section 117B(6) of the Immigration Act 2014 and removal

 

The Section 117B(6) of the Immigration Act 2014 states that :

 

… (6)In the case of a person who is not liable to deportation, the public interest does not require the person’s removal where—

 

(a)the person has a genuine and subsisting parental relationship with a qualifying child, and

 

(b)it would not be reasonable to expect the child to leave the United Kingdom.

 

This is a rather useful section when lodging a family rights based application under the Appendix FM when the application, for example, does not have a valid leave (visa) to remain in the UK.

 

>>> Different name in your national passport ? You may not be issued a new British passport then !

 

The Passport Office’s normal policy is to refuse when an applicant used different names in a foreign passport. See <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...f-name-guidance</noindex>

 

 

 

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>>> Can an appellant raise Human Rights grounds on appeal following an EEA application refusal ?

 

The answer is likely to be “No” in line with the case Amirteymour v SSHD, EWCA Civ 353, unless the appellant was issued with the Section 120 Notice and/or also submitted (concurrently, paid for) the Human Rights application.

 

In other words the Human Rights cannot be raised in the EEA Applications or Appeals (Amirteymour v SSHD, EWCA Civ 353). The reasoning is that the right of appeal (under regulation 26(1)) is specifically a right of appeal against an EEA decision. The EEA appeal should focus on EEA law.

 

 

 

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>>> Can a visa national child, who was born in the UK, lived in the UK for a period of 10 continued years and then who left the UK, be registered as a British citizen ?

The answer is “Yes”.

 

For example, Taras was born in the UK on the 1st May 1998. His parents were not British citizens and never had leave in the UK. They never left the UK until 2010, when the whole family relocated to Ukraine.

Taras is now 20 years old and continues to live in Ukraine. Provided he can meet the good character requirement, Taras is entitled to make an application to register as a British citizen, as he was born there after the 1st January 1983, lived in the UK for the first 10 years of his life, and was never absent for more than 90 days in any one of those 10 years.

 

>>> The meaning of “residence” for indefinite leave to remain applications: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2018/1369.html</noindex>

 

In the case of R (Nesiama & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1369, the Court of Appeal found that “residence” in the UK means “physical presence”, such that continuous residence in an application for indefinite leave to remain may be broken by too many absences from the country, irrespective of other factors such as owning property, maintaining a home, paying taxes or other private and family connections in Britain. Absences may, therefore, prevent a person from acquiring indefinite leave to remain, even when their “home”, or “residence” on a more common sense understanding of that term, may very well be in the UK.

 

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В Британии рассказали, что сделают с гражданами ЕС после Brexit

 

Новости мира:

В Британии пояснили, на каких правах останутся граждане ЕС после Brexit.

В Британии в четверг стали известны запланированные правила проживания для граждан Европейского Союза, которые будут находиться на территории Соединенного Королевства после Brexit.

 

Об этом сообщает Reuters.

 

"Министр внутренних дел Великобритании Саид Джавид заявил, что предложенная схема для граждан ЕС будет простым и понятным процессом, разработанным, чтобы обеспечить гражданам ЕС возможность неограниченного проживания в Соединенном Королевстве", - говорится в сообщении.

 

В соответствии с разработанной схемой, граждане ЕС, которые проживали постоянно в Британии последние 5 лет, автоматически получат статус постоянных жителей, что обеспечит им такие же права для работы, учебы и доступ к льготам, которые они имеют на данный момент. Это будет распространяться на членов их семей. Лица, которые будут проживать в Великобритании перед 31 декабря 2020 года, но не будут отвечать вышеуказанным критериям, получат вид на жительство, пока не пройдет 5 лет от начала их пребывания в этой стране.

 

Отмечается, что схема, разработанная британским министерством внутренних дел, не будет иметь целью обременить кого-либо.

 

Как известно, вопрос о будущем более 3 млн граждан ЕС, которые сейчас проживают в Британии, был одним из самых спорных аспектов переговоров о выходе страны из Европейского Союза.

 

 

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Суд в Британии отказал в требовании ввести "бесполые" паспорта

 

Паспорт "Х" могли бы выбирать те, кто не считает себя ни мужчинами, ни женщинами.

 

Высокий суд Великобритании отклонил иск местной жительницы, которая требовала принять новый тип гендерно нейтральных паспортов, передает ВВС.

 

Кристи Элан-Кейн, родившаяся женщиной, но характеризующая себя как бесполая, требовала, чтобы в категории "пол" в паспорте появился отдельный пункт X, который могли бы выбирать те, кто не считает себя ни мужчинами, ни женщинами.

 

В своем исковом заявлении активистка утверждала, что процесс выдачи британских паспортов в его нынешнем виде служит проявлением гендерной дискриминации. Однако председатель Высокого суда Джереми Бейкер отказался удовлетворить иск и признать официальную политику противоправной.

 

В настоящее время владельцы британских паспортов должны при регистрации указывать свою гендерную принадлежность.В прошлом году Канада присоединилась к списку государств, которые по желанию граждан выдают документы без указания их гендерной принадлежности.

 

В настоящее время Австралия, Дания, Индия, Непал, Новая Зеландия и Мальта ввели в паспорта третью категорию "Х".

 

Международная организации гражданской авиации ИКАО также признает эту категорию.

 

Люди, относящие себя к категории "бесполые", или "нонгендер", не проходят каких-либо операций по изменению пола, что отличает их от трансгендеров. Они либо отказываются признавать бинарные категории пола как таковые, либо относят себя сразу к обеим.

 

 

 

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Королева Елизавета II дала официальное согласие на выход Британии из ЕС

 

Подписание акта королевой положит конец дебатам по содержанию законопроекта, который официально оформит выход Великобритании из ЕС.

 

Британская королева дала официальное королевское согласие на выход страны из Европейского союза (Brexit) под руководством премьер-министра Великобритании Терезы Мэй. Спикер палаты общин Великобритании Джон Беркоу подтвердил, что королева подписала законопроект о выходе страны из ЕС, который ранее одобрили обе палаты британского парламента, сообщает Reuters.

 

«В соответствии с Законом о королевских актах 1967 года я обязан уведомить Палату о том, что Ее Величество выразила королевское одобрение следующих актов … Акт о выходе из Европейского союза», — сообщил Беркоу на сессии британского парламента. Отмечается, что подписание акта королевой положит конец дебатам по содержанию законопроекта, который официально оформит выход Великобритании из ЕС. Ранее сообщалось, что в Лондоне более 100 тыс. человек вышли на митинг против Brexit.

 

 

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>>> Appendix FM Spouse Visa applications – how much saving do you need for a wife and 2 children ?

 

Quoting the current Rules:

 

Financial requirements

 

E-ECP.3.1. The applicant must provide specified evidence, from the sources listed in paragraph E-ECP.3.2., of-

(a) a specified gross annual income of at least-

(i) £18,600;

(ii) an additional £3,800 for the first child; and

(iii) an additional £2,400 for each additional child; alone or in combination with

(B) specified savings of-

(i) £16,000; and

(ii) additional savings of an amount equivalent to 2.5 times the amount which is the difference between the gross annual income from the sources listed in paragraph E-ECP.3.2.(a)-(d) and the total amount required under paragraph E-ECP.3.1.(a);

 

The math works out as follows:

 

16000 + (2.5 x (18600 + 3800 + 2400))

= 16000 + (2.5 x 24800)

= 16000 + 62000

= 78000

 

So the total amount of savings for the spouse and 2 children is, therefore, £78 000.

 

 

 

 

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>>> Applying for a UK spouse/fiancé/partner visa ? Make sure that you pass the correct English language test !

Apparently, there is a difference between the A1 IELTS General Training and the A1 IELTS for UKVI General Training tests, despite being on the same level, that is, the A1 CEFR.

 

So, which is the correct test for the UK spouse/fiancé/partner visa (the so-called Appendix FM applications) ? The answer is the A1 IELTS for the UKVI General Training as it contains the UK VI reference number without which the UK VAC cannot approve the Settlement application.

 

A number of applicants are being caught by the poorly drafted Appendix O, which only specifies the “IELTS” test, not IELTS for UKVI.

 

>>> Half of all immigration appeal now succeed: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tr...o-december-2017</noindex>

 

The percentage of immigration decisions being reversed by judges is at its highest on record, new statistics show. Exactly 50% of appeals to the immigration tribunal — mostly challenges to Home Office refusals to allow people to stay in the UK — now succeed.

 

While the proportion of appeals succeeding at the First-tier Tribunal had hovered just below this mark for some time, the third quarter of 2017/18 was the first time that the rate hit 50%. The official data goes back a decade, to 2007/08.

 

That means that a professionally prepared and assisted appeal (see www.legalcentre.org) has certain chances to succeed.

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Кабмин упростил выезд несовершеннолетних за границу - теперь можно самим лететь самолетом, но с согласия родителей

 

Кабинет Министров упростил пересечение государственной границы украинцами, не достигшими 16-летнего возраста.

Соответствующее постановление Кабмин принял на заседании в среду, передает Цензор.НЕТ, со ссылкой на Українські Новини.

 

В частности, допускается самостоятельный выезд из Украины украинцев, не достигших 16-летнего возраста (при согласии родителей) воздушным транспортом в сопровождении представителей авиакомпаний.

 

В пояснительной записке к документу отмечается, что такое решение принято в соответствии с рекомендованной практикой Международной организации гражданской авиации.

 

Также упрощен выезд за границу детей, родившихся за границей, пересекающих границу в сопровождении одинокой матери.

 

Их выезд разрешен в случае предъявления свидетельства о рождении ребенка, выданного компетентным органом иностранного государства, не содержащего сведений об отце ребенка, легализованного или удостоверенного апостилем, а также без какого-либо дополнительного удостоверения в случаях, предусмотренных международным договором Украины.

 

 

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>>> Today the Home Office updated for the 3rd time in JUST 4 MONTHS its SETO application form: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...he-uk-form-seto</noindex>

 

One can use the old form within the 21 calendar days from the date the new form is being introduced (and provided the correct fee is paid).

 

>>> Current UK BA Guidance on registering children as British citizens : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...policy-guidance</noindex>

 

 

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>>> Refusing citizenship for historic evasion of immigration control confirmed as lawful: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2018/1615.html</noindex>

 

This is an unsuccessful challenge to a good character naturalization refusal. The claimant sought to argue that the policy of refusing citizenship on the ground of bad character where the person had broken immigration laws in the preceding decade was ultra vires the British Nationality Act 1981. The case is R (Al Enein) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 1615 (Admin).

 

>>> Can a British Overseas Citizen be stateless? – See <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2018/1586.html</noindex>

 

In Teh v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 1586 (Admin) the High Court has found that a British Overseas Citizen (BOC) can be stateless under the Immigration Rules if he or she has no other nationality. This is an interesting and pragmatic finding which highlights the largely useless nature of BOC status.

 

>>> The Republic of Ireland citizens are deemed as having the Settled status in the UK for the purpose of Naturalization. See page 15 of <noindex>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/go...uide-feb-18.pdf</noindex>

 

“Irish nationals

 

The position of Irish citizens is different to that of other EEA nationals. Irish citizens are not normally subject to any form of immigration control on arrival in the United Kingdom, because Ireland is part of the Common Travel Area. If you are an Irish national, you will be free of immigration time restrictions for naturalization purposes. You do not need to apply for a permanent residence document before you apply for naturalization.”

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>>> Tier 2 visas: what to do if the migrant was terminated and then re-instated ?

 

The UK BA response in this case is:

“Once the sponsor has made the decision to terminate a migrants employment they should report this via the SMS within 10 days. If however the migrant is re-instated for any reason the sponsor could log back into the SMS and withdraw the report if the leave to remain had not been curtailed at that stage. If the leave had been curtailed we would then ask the curtailment team to re-instate the leave due to an Employment tribunal outcome and await their decision.”

 

 

 

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>>> Changes to the EEA Regulations come into force on 24 July 2018

 

The latest, and presumably last, amendments to the EEA Regulations were laid before Parliament on 3 July 2018. The Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018 No. 801) will come into force on 24 July 2018.

 

Implementing a number of cases decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union, the amendments make the following changes to the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016 No. 1052).

 

Dual nationals

 

Since 2012, the Secretary of State has interpreted the case of C-434/09 McCarthy to mean that British citizens who also hold the nationality of another EU country cannot rely on the EEA Regulations when sponsoring their family members. Unless they could use the so-called Surinder Singh route, dual British/EU citizens had to rely on (more restrictive) British domestic rules to sponsor their family members.

 

In the case of C-165/16 Lounes, the Court of Justice found instead that EU citizens who move to the UK and later naturalise as British retain their free movement rights under EU law, even though they have become British.

 

The Regulations are amended to reflect the judgment in Lounes. Dual nationals can rely on EU law so long as they exercised treaty rights before naturalising as British citizens.

It seems that this change will survive Brexit. In fact, the Statement of Intent of 21 June 2018 (paragraph 6.5) confirms that family members of this category of dual nationals will be allowed to apply for status to live in the UK under the coming EU Settlement Scheme.

Retaining self-employed status

 

This change comes following the Court of Justice decision in C-442/16 Gusa.

 

The conditions where an EEA citizen can retain self-employed status are brought into line with the conditions under which an EEA citizen can retain worker status. The advantage of being able to keep self-employed status is that the person is considered to be “exercising treaty rights”. That means they continue to live lawfully in the UK, have access to certain benefits, are able to have family members join them in the UK, and can count time towards the five years’ residence needed to acquire permanent residence.

 

Self-employed EEA citizens can now retain that status where:

 

• They are temporarily unable to work as self-employed as the result of an illness or accident

• They are in “duly recorded involuntary unemployment” after having been self-employed persons, provided that they:

o registered as jobseekers

o entered the UK as self-employed or to seek self-employed work, or were in the UK seeking employment or self-employment immediately after having enjoyed a right to reside as self-employed, self-sufficient or student

o provide evidence of seeking employment or self-employment and having a genuine chance of being engaged

• They are involuntarily no longer self-employed and are doing vocational training, or

• They voluntarily stopped being self-employed in order to do vocational training related to their previous occupation

 

Those seeking employment who have already worked for a year as self-employed can retain status for longer than six months where they provide compelling evidence of continuing to seek employment and having a genuine chance of being engaged. Those who worked for less than one year can only retain their status for a maximum of six months.

 

Of course, if the reassurances given by the British government materialise, EU nationals will not be asked to prove that they have exercised treaty rights in the UK to be able to remain living here after Brexit. So if all goes well, this change will have a very small impact, and for a very short amount of time only.

 

Surinder Singh

These changes are somewhat late, in that they give effect to the 2014 case of C-456/12 O and B. This was about the “Surinder Singh route”. That allows non-EU family members of British citizens to rely on the more generous EU rules on coming to join their loved one in the UK where:

 

• the British citizen was exercising treaty rights in another EEA country or acquired the right to permanent residence there

• the applicant and the British citizen resided together in that other EEA country

• their residence in the EEA country was genuine

The Regulations are amended such that, in addition to the above, an applicant relying on this route must show that

• they were the family member of the British citizen in the other EEA country, and

• genuine family life was created or strengthened during their joint residence there

 

This change is unlikely to make a huge difference to many applicants. If the first three requirements are met, it is likely the two new requirements would also have been met.

Exclusion and deportation orders

 

Changes are made to the Regulations such that a person who is subject to an exclusion or a deportation order under the EEA Regulations does not have:

 

• a right of admission

• an initial right of residence

• an extended right of residence, or

• a permanent right of residence

 

Someone who is subject to such an order and applies for a family permit or residence document will have their application deemed invalid.

 

These changes should only apply to people who have an exclusion or deportation order under EU law, rather than under British domestic rules. In fact, in the case of C-82/16 K.A. & Others v Belgium, the Court of Justice found that applicants who are subject to an entry ban under national law cannot be precluded from applying for a right to reside under EU law.

Primary carers of EEA nationals

The EEA Regulations provide for some primary carers of EEA nationals to obtain rights to reside in the UK.

 

Under the EEA Regulations 2016, one of the criteria to be considered a primary carer was to be the sole carer or to share the care equally with someone who was not an “exempt person”. An exempt person is someone with the right to reside under the EEA Regulations, the right of abode or indefinite leave to remain in the UK.

 

This clear and accessible guide covers the legal requirements for EU residence documents and the practicalities of making an application including advice on documents and forms.

In other words, if Sergei, a Russian national, was sharing the responsibility to care for Anna, a British national, with Anna’s mother, a Latvia national exercising treaty rights, then Sergei could not be considered a primary carer under European law.

Following the case of C-133/15 Chavez-Vilchez and others, the definition of primary carer is widened. It now includes those who share responsibility equally with someone else, even if that someone is an “exempt person”.

 

Deportation and permanent residence

 

The case of C 424/16 Vomero. The Court of Justice found that where an EEA national has resided in the UK for ten years, they must have acquired the right to permanent residence before being entitled to the enhanced protection against expulsion. The Regulations are amended to make that clear.

 

Other amendments

 

Other minor amendments to the Regulations include that:

 

• When a family member applies for an EEA family permit or residence document, they must also submit the EEA national’s identity card and passport. It is unclear how this constitutes a change as this has in fact been the case for a while in guidance and applications were rejected when the identity document of the EEA national was not submitted.

 

• EEA family permits can be issued in an electronic format.

• There is a clarification as to when a person must be outside the UK to bring an EEA appeal.

 

Of course, for how long those changes will remain relevant is yet to be seen. We can only hope that the positive changes, including for primary carers and dual nationals, will re-appear in the domestic rules on EEA nationals and their family members after Brexit.

 

>>> Sajid Javid sasys that the free movement could be replaced with “labour mobility” for executives: <noindex>https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/1...bb-670c704f2e68</noindex>

 

The right of free movement for EU migrants could be replaced with something more like the arrangements making travel easier for Canadian business people, the Home Secretary has said. Sajid Javid told the Home Affairs committee of MPs today that free movement will end after Brexit, “full stop”, and repeatedly mentioned the immigration components of an Canadian-EU trade deal — limited to “labour mobility” for professionals — as an example of what could replace it.

 

 

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>>> What the Brexit White Paper says about immigration: <noindex>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/go...WEB_VERSION.pdf</noindex>

 

The UK Government has published a White Paper describing what it wants from the future relationship between the UK and EU. The 100-page document includes some references to the future of immigration from the EU, but only in certain, limited areas.

 

Overall, the government does not have a policy on what will replace free movement of people. That is to be the job of a separate White Paper and an Immigration Bill, which “will bring EU migration under UK law, enabling the UK to set out its future immigration system in domestic legislation… further details of the UK’s future immigration system will be set out in due course”.

 

In the meantime, set out in full below are the various aspects of the White Paper that do touch on immigration and asylum. Perhaps more significant than any of those passages is the promise that “the UK is committed to membership of the European Convention on Human Rights” and “will remain a party to the ECHR after it has left the EU”.

 

And so:

 

1.4 Framework for mobility

 

72. EU citizens are integral to communities across the UK, with 3.5 million EU citizens living in the UK. Approximately 800,000 UK nationals play an equally important role in communities across the EU. The UK and the EU have already reached an agreement on citizens’ rights which provides EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU before the end of the implementation period with certainty about their rights going forward. Individuals will continue to be able to move, live and work on the same basis as now up until the end of December 2020.

 

1.4.1 Ending free movement of people

 

73. In future it will be for the UK Government and Parliament to determine the domestic immigration rules that will apply. Free movement of people will end as the UK leaves the EU. The Immigration Bill will bring EU migration under UK law, enabling the UK to set out its future immigration system in domestic legislation.

 

74. The UK will design a system that works for all parts of the UK. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report, due in September 2018, will provide important evidence on patterns of EU migration and the role of migration in the wider economy to inform this. Further details of the UK’s future immigration system will be set out in due course.

75. The UK will continue to be an open and tolerant nation, and will want to continue to attract the brightest and best, from the EU and elsewhere. The UK’s future immigration arrangements will set out how those from the EU and elsewhere can apply to come and work in the UK. This will be crucial to supporting its public services, as well as enhancing the UK’s attractiveness for research, development and innovation.

 

1.4.2 Future mobility arrangements

 

76. Any future mobility arrangements will be consistent with the ending of free movement, respecting the UK’s control of its borders and the Government’s objective to control and reduce net migration. Trade agreements which cover trade in services include provisions on the mobility of people for the provision of services (known as ‘Mode 4’ commitments). Given the depth of the relationship and close ties between the peoples of the UK and the EU, the UK will make a sovereign choice in a defined number of areas to seek reciprocal mobility arrangements with the EU, building on current WTO GATS commitments. The UK has already proposed that this should be achieved in an appropriate framework for mobility, in line with arrangements that the UK might want to offer to other close trading partners in the future, where they support new and deep trade deals. The UK’s future economic partnership should therefore provide reciprocal arrangements, consistent with the ending of free movement, that:

a. support businesses to provide services and to move their talented people;

b. allow citizens to travel freely, without a visa, for tourism and temporary business ac-tivity;

c. facilitate mobility for students and young people, enabling them to continue to benefit from world leading universities and the cultural experiences the UK and the EU have to offer;

d. are as streamlined as possible to ensure smooth passage for legitimate travel while strengthening the security of the UK’s borders; and

e. provide for other defined mobility provisions, including arrangements to ensure that UK citizens living in the EU, in future, continue to benefit from their pension entitle-ments and associated healthcare.

77. These proposals are without prejudice to the Common Travel Area (CTA) arrangements between the UK and Ireland, and the Crown Dependencies. The CTA means that Irish citizens will continue to enjoy a special status in the UK, provided for by domestic legislation, distinct from the status of other EU nationals.

78. The principle of non-discrimination between existing Member States should apply to all of the provisions agreed as part of the framework for mobility.

 

Business and services

 

79. UK firms and global investors rely on the ability to move and attract talent to support global operations, and to send people to provide services across Europe. Indeed, mobility is a key element of economic, cultural and scientific cooperation, ensuring professional service providers can reach clients, advanced manufacturers can deploy key personnel to the right place, and scientists can collaborate on world-leading projects.

 

80. The UK would seek reciprocal arrangements that would allow UK nationals to visit the EU without a visa for short-term business reasons and equivalent arrangements for EU citizens coming to the UK. This would permit only paid work in limited and clearly defined circumstances, in line with the current business visa policy.

81. As is the case with non-EU countries with whom the UK has a trading agreement, the UK also wants to agree reciprocal provisions on intra-corporate transfers that allow UK and EU-based companies to train staff, move them between offices and plants and to deploy expertise where it is needed, based on existing arrangements with non-EU countries. The UK will also discuss how to facilitate temporary mobility of scientists and researchers, self-employed professionals, employees providing services, as well as investors.

 

Tourism

 

82. In the year ending September 2017, UK residents made approximately 50 million non-business related visits to the EU spending £24 billion, and EU residents made over 20 million non-business related visits to the UK spending £7.8 billion.

83. The UK therefore proposes reciprocal visa-free travel arrangements to enable UK and EU citizens to continue to travel freely for tourism in the future, maintaining the close links between the people of the UK and the EU. 84. The Government wants UK and EU nationals to continue to be able to use the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) to receive healthcare should they need it while on holiday.

 

Students and young people

 

85. The UK and the EU should continue to give young people and students the chance to benefit from each other’s world leading universities, including cultural exchanges such as Erasmus+.

86. The UK proposes a UK-EU youth mobility scheme to ensure that young people can continue to enjoy the social, cultural and educational benefits of living in each other’s countries. The UK already operates a number of youth mobility schemes with other global partners, for example with Australia and Canada, on which this could be modelled.

Streamlined border arrangements and administrative procedures

87. The UK already has existing arrangements with low-risk, non-EU countries that enable smooth access at the border, such as the Registered Traveller Scheme in place with a number of countries like the US and Japan. The UK wants to agree reciprocal arrangements with the EU that ensure smooth passage for UK nationals when they travel to the EU, for example on business or on holiday. The UK will strengthen the security of its borders, which should include exploring whether to apply the electronic travel authorities proposed for third country nationals to each other’s nationals, and ensuring travel documents meet minimum security standards. But at the border, as now, tourists and business visitors should not routinely have to face questions about the purpose of their visit. The UK also wants to minimise administrative burdens for those seeking permission to travel, enter or reside in each other’s territories, including short, simple and user-friendly application processes.

88. Streamlined arrangements are particularly important at the Gibraltar-Spain border, which is crossed every day by thousands of people from other Member States.

 

Other mobility provisions

 

89. While ending free movement, the UK will also make a sovereign choice to discuss other specific mobility areas. The UK will seek reciprocal arrangements on the future rules around some defined elements of social security coordination. This will be important for UK nationals who want to live, work or retire in the EU in the future, as part of our new arrangements. This could cover provisions for the uprating of state pensions, including export rules and accompanying aggregation principles for people who have contributed into multiple countries’ systems. It would also ensure workers only pay social security contributions in one state at a time. There should be reciprocal healthcare cover for state pensioners retiring to the EU or the UK, continued participation in the EHIC scheme and cooperation on planned medical treatment. This would be supported by any necessary administrative cooperation and data-sharing requirements.

 

90. The UK will also seek to secure onward movement opportunities for UK nationals in the EU who are covered by the citizens’ rights agreement. Some of these UK nationals have chosen to make their lives in the EU, and this should be respected in the opportunities available to them if they decide to change their Member State of residence.

91. The framework for mobility could also cover the recognition of professional qualifications held by UK and EU nationals as covered in section 1.3 of this chapter.

2.5.1 Asylum and illegal migration

 

98. Properly managed migration brings benefits to local communities and economies. But high levels of illegal migration present a global challenge, enabling organised crime, people trafficking and modern slavery to prosper.

99. The UK has a significant presence overseas, conducting capacity and capability building in source and transit countries and deconstructing criminal business models, through participation in development programmes and through seconded national experts. It is vital that the UK and the EU establish a new, strategic relationship to address the global challenges of asylum and illegal migration.

100. The UK therefore proposes a comprehensive, ‘whole of route’ approach that includes interventions at every stage of the migrant journey and ensure no new incentives are created to make dangerous journeys to Europe. It should cover:

a. ongoing operational cooperation, for example working with Frontex to strengthen the EU’s external border, and Europol to combat organised immigration crime;

b. a new legal framework to return illegal migrants and asylum-seekers to a country they have travelled through, or have a connection with, in order to have their protection claim considered, where necessary. People should be prevented from making claims in more than one country, and on multiple occasions. A clear legal structure, facilitated by access to Eurodac (the biometric and fingerprint database used for evidencing secondary asylum claims) or an equivalent system will help achieve this;

c. new arrangements that enable unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the EU to join close family members in the UK, where it is in their best interests and vice versa;

d. a continued strategic partnership to address the drivers of illegal migration by invest-ing and building cooperation in source and transit countries;

e. continued UK participation in international dialogues with European and African partners, frameworks, and processes, such as the Rabat and Khartoum Processes, to tackle illegal migration upstream; and

f. the option to align and work together on potential future funding instruments through the cooperative accord on overseas development assistance and international action outlined in chapter 3.4.

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14 July 2018 – Read the reviews about our assistance to immigrants and their families like yours :-)

 

And as usual, the useful and just interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre - www.legalcentre.org – Mob : +44(0)7791145923

 

>>> Court of Justice finds Surinder Singh applies to extended family members: http://www.bailii.org/eu/cases/EUECJ/2018/C8917.html

 

The unmarried partner of a British citizen who returns to the UK having resided in another EU country does have rights under EU law, the Court of Justice of the European Union has today held in the case of C 89/17 Banger v UK. The court also finds that if such a person is refused, he or she is entitled to a proper investigation of the factual basis of the case.

 

In other words, the Court of Justice extends the principle of the Surinder Singh judgment to extended family members.

 

The judgment makes clear that there is no automatic right to a residence card for extended family members. They are entitled to facilitation of their entry and residence and to extensive examination of their personal circumstances and any refusal must be justified by reasons, all in accordance with the rights of extended family members in Article 3 of Directive 2004/38.

 

This decision means that UK has been wrongly refusing applications of this type for years and will have to formally amend the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016 No. 1052) in order to comply with EU law.

 

The judgment also implies that the UK’s decision to abolish full rights of appeal for extended family members in 2016 was incompatible with EU law. Instead of merits appeals, extended family members now have to rely on an application for judicial review as their only available remedy.

 

The court held that when an extended family member is refused a residence document, that person:

 

- must have available to them a redress procedure in order to challenge a decision to refuse a residence authorisation taken against them, following which the national court must be able to ascertain whether the refusal decision is based on a sufficiently solid factual basis and whether the procedural safeguards were complied with.

 

It is hard to see that an application for judicial review really provides this type of remedy. The grounds of challenge are based on reviewing whether the decision under challenge was lawful, not whether it was “correct” in the opinion of the judge. Judicial review does not permit the judge hearing the case to make up his or her own mind about what the outcome should be, only whether the decision-maker made any legal errors in reaching the decision.

 

There is a line of authority suggesting that judicial review is an adequate remedy in EU law, though, so the question of whether a formal right of appeal needs to be restored is not entirely straightforward.

 

What is straightforward is that the original tribunal decision in Sala which triggered the abolition of rights of appeal for extended family members has been held to be wrong in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court and now implied to be wrong by the Court of Justice. There was no need to abolish rights of appeal and on a policy and human level, the Home Office should just restore them. It is very hard indeed to see the justification for removing a relatively cheap and effective remedy and replacing it with a complex, expensive and flawed one.

 

It is standard when the Home Office wins a case for the regulations to be amended immediately, but when the Home Office loses a case for it to take many months for implementation to occur. The last case the UK lost, Lounes, which was on the issue of the rights of dual EU-UK nationals, was in December 2017 but will only be implemented in late July 2018.

 

Extended family members wishing to benefit from Surinder Singh will probably need to wait many months before the regulations are formally amended. But applications should not be refused in the meantime and if there is a pressing need an application could be made now.

 

Looking ahead, Surinder Singh families are not covered by the draft Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, but the UK government has said that they will be able to apply for the settled status scheme anyway.

 

 

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17 July 2018 – Read the reviews about our assistance to immigrants and their families like yours :-)

 

And as usual, the useful and just interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre - www.legalcentre.org – Mob : +44(0)7791145923

 

>>> UKVI Guidance: Returning residents (13 July 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

Guidance on processing returning resident applications

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Иммиграция из ЕС в Британию снизилась до 5-летнего минимума

 

Количество эмигрантов из Европейского Союза в Великобританию снизилось до пятилетнего минимума в 2017 году.

 

Такие данные приводит британское Бюро национальной статистики.

 

Общая чистая иммиграция людей всех национальностей в Британию выросла до 282 тысяч в 2017 году с 249 тысяч в 2016 году, хотя это значительно ниже 332 тысяч, зарегистрированных в 2015 году.

 

Но чистая иммиграция граждан ЕС в прошлом году снизилась до 101 тысяч по сравнению с 133 тысячами в 2016 году.

 

"Количество граждан ЕС, которые приезжают в Великобританию "в поисках работы" продолжает снижаться в течение последнего года, а количество людей, которые приезжают на конкретную работу, остается стабильным", - отметили в статистическом бюро.

 

Очевидно, что уменьшение количества мигрантов связано с выходом Британии из ЕС, который состоится уже в марте следующего года.

 

 

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