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Сегодня. Клиентка, гражданка Украины. Заявление на продление ее супружеской визы как жены британского гражданина (FLR(M)). Как всегда, подавали через 24-hour Super Priority Service. Home Office одобрил заявление за 1 день. Делюсь статистикой.

Интересный случай, исторический. Пришлось "путешествовать" в прошлое, так сказать. Лучше всего ситуацию проиллюстрируют слова клиентки:

16 December 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber) >>> Windrush victims win ruling that citizenship laws can be waived in special cases: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2021/3415.html Two victims of the Windrush scandal have won a High Court challenge arguing for citizenship law to be applied more leniently in special cases like theirs. Mr Justice Bourne held today that a seemingly inflexible provision of British nationality law requiring applicants to be physically in the UK exactly five years before they apply for naturalisation can be waived where insisting on it would be a human rights breach. The case is R (Vanriel & Anor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 3415 (Admin).

Введение дигитальных E-виз для студентов и рабочих с 14 декабря 2021 года Вчера я принимал участие в конференции по UK Economic Migration от нашей организации Legal Centre (www.legalcentre.org). На конференции сообщили, что с 14 декабря 2021 года Home Office изменил процесс подачи на визы для студентов и квалифицированных рабочих, желающих продлить их пребывание в Великобритании. Новый процесс подачи заявления немного отличается от того, с которым клиенты могли столкнуться раньше, когда впервые подали заявления на работу или учебу в Великобритании. Для большинства клиентов процесс подачи заявления будет полностью цифровым, что избавит от необходимости посещать центр Службы подачи заявления на получение виз и гражданства Великобритании (UKVCAS - SOPRA STERIA), и, если их заявление будет одобрено, Home Office будет выдавать им дигитальную визу (E-visa). Соответственно, BRP карточки для этих категорий клиентов перестанут выдаваться (к 2025 году Home Office планирует перевести все иммиграционные категории на дигитальные E-визы и избавиться от BRP карточек). Заявления подаются через мобильное приложение IDV App. Обратите внимание, что на данном этапе отсутствует возможно подачи ускоренного заявления с опцией рассмотрения за 1 день (т.н. Super Premium Service), но существуют опции подачи стандартного рассмотрения (8 недель) и т.н. Premium Service (5 рабочих дней). Детальная информация находится на сайте http://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-the...n-id-check-app.

Сегодня. Еще 3 клиента Legal Centre с Украины, Казахстана и России стали британскими гражданами. Заявления рассмотрели в среднем за 3 месяца. Делюсь статистикой.

15 December 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber) >>> Good bye the dreaded Sopra Steria biometric appointments. Welcome the UK Digital Visas for Students and Skilled Workers From the ILPA Economic Migration meetings today: The students and skilled workers applying for leave to remain in the UK will no longer need to attend appointments and will be issued e visas. The application process will be done via the ADV app. Full deatails: FOR THE ATTENTION OF SKILLED WORKER AND STUDENT SPONSORS: On 14th December 2021 we implemented improvements for Students and Skilled Workers applying to extend their stay in the UK. The new application process is slightly different from the one customers may have experienced when they first applied to work or study in the UK. For the majority of customers, the application process will be entirely digital removing the need to visit a UK Visas and Citizenship Application Services (UKVCAS) centre, and if their application is successful, we will issue them with an eVisa. For further information please refer to www.gov.uk/guidance/using-the-uk-immigration-id-check-app.

Вчера. Еще одна клиентка из России получила ПМЖ (ILR) как жена британского гражданина. Заявление SET(M) рассмотрели, как всегда, за 1 день через Super Premium Service. Делюсь статистикой.

До 3‑х лет в браке желательно не разводиться, чтобы получить независимый статус...

Сегодня. Клиентка с Украины. Жена британца. Подавали на ПМЖ (ILR) через Super Premium 24-hour Service. Заявление одобрили за 1 день. Делюсь статистикой.

Статистика Legal Centre перед этими выходными. 3 одобренных заявления по продлению супружеских виз для клиенток с Украины, Белоруссии и России в конце этой недели. Все заявления были поданы через Super Premium 24-hour service и рассмотрены в течение нескольких часов/тот же день.

>За нарушение визового режима можно получить срок в 4 года< Вчера был принят новый закон, в котором говорится, что нелегалы будут получать тюремный срок до 4-х лет. Это означает, что после такого тюремного срока практически никакая легализация скорее всего не будет возможна. И, наверно самое главное: по текущему законодательству лицо, осужденное на срок в 4 года и больше не имеет права стать гражданином Великобритании.

Сегодня. Еще одна успешная легализация жены британца за рубежом. В этот раз это была гражданка Украины, кто нелегально прожила в Великобритании долгое время. Ей пришлось вернуться на Украину для подачи заявления по категории "жена гражданина Великобритании". Заявление подавали по срочному рассмотрению. Визу дали за 29 дней. Делюсь статистикой.

10 December 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber) >>> Unlawful entrants can lodge an in-country EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) application as joining family members As announced yesterday during the ILPA conference on the EU law. See the Annex 1 of the Appendix EU. Note that the above only applies to those, who arrived into the UK AFTER 31-01-2021. >>> EUSS applications and children Note change to EUSS caseworker guidance - children will always have late application accepted. Change of language from 'will normally' be accepted to 'will' be accepted. >>> Can I travel outside of the UK after I submitted a EUSS application ? The answer is probably "No" and it some cases even "You must not". See the Home Office's reply in relation to this issue: http://legalcentre.org/files/Certificate of Application - Messaging to Stakeholders.pdf >>> Government refuses to relax asylum seeker right to work rules The Home Office has knocked back campaigners arguing for a relaxation of the near-total ban on asylum seekers working while they wait for a decision on their claim. The Lift the Ban coalition had produced evidence showing that allowing destitute people to support themselves is good, not least for the Treasury. Officials took three years to respond (spun as a “comprehensive review”) and concluded that “the assumptions underpinning the recommendations are highly optimistic”. In a written statement, junior minister Tom Pursglove said: "Having considered a wide range of available evidence the Home Office believes that a more realistic set of assumptions would present a more nuanced picture… a significant proportion of the fiscal benefits calculated by Lift the Ban are… unlikely to fully materialise… The Home Office has therefore concluded that the fiscal benefits arising from a relaxation of the right to work policy are likely to be significantly lower than the figures claimed by Lift the Ban. In light of wider priorities to fix the broken asylum system, reduce pull factors to the UK, and ensure our policies do not encourage people to undercut the resident labour force, we are retaining our asylum seeker right to work policy with no further changes." The average time taken to process an asylum claim last year was 15 months. People waiting for more than 12 months can apply for the right to work, but in shortage jobs only. The number of people given permission is unknown, as is the number who subsequently find employment.

Сегодня. Обратилась пара (Индия-Британия) на консультацию: https://legalcentre.org/Konsultacija-s-Advokatom.html Подавали на ILR по супружеской визе. Но почему-то получили продление. До подачи консультировались с юристом (solicitor). Во время подачи заявления клиенты пропустили ряд важных «звоночков»: - Заявление на ILR стоило в 2 раза дешевле, чем было должно - Клиенты заплатили NHS Surcharge (не бывает при заявлениях на ILR) - В решении из Home Office написано, что «Вы подали на ПРОДЛЕНИЕ» (FLR(M)). Самое интересное, что с клиентами связывался Home Office и по телефону, и по Email, и клиенты всегда говорили, что подают на ILR. В итоге выяснилось, что клиенты подали не ту форму, и Home Office «тупо» рассмотрел их заявление на 2-е продление по визе жены (2.5+2.5+2.5 years = 7.5 years !) и так же лихо одобрил их заявление на продление супружеской визы. Теперь буду помогать этой клиентке подать правильное заявление на ILR (SET(M)): https://legalcentre.org/PMZh-Settlement-ILR.html

09 December 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber) >>> Asylum by numbers: UK policies on granting refugee status rely too much on statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-policy-and-information-notes The Home Office issues Country Policy and Information Notes (CPINs) on the main countries that asylum seekers come from to seek protection in the United Kingdom. CPINs aim both to summarise country of origin information and to provide guidance to asylum caseworkers on how to decide certain types of refugee and human rights claims. They currently cover 44 countries, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, and have significant influence over asylum outcomes.

Сегодня. Продление супружеской визы для клиентки из Белоруссии. Как всегда, подавали через т.н. 24-hour Super Priority Service. Заявление одобрили за 1 день. Делюсь статистикой.

08 December 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber) >>> UK-born man who never left the country avoids deportation after seven-year legal battle: Akinyemi v Secretary of State for the Home Department (unreported, DA/00574/2014) A 38-year-old man born in the UK without British citizenship cannot be deported to a country he has never even been to, the Upper Tribunal has decided. Remi Akinyemi was born in the UK in 1983. He was not a British citizen at birth and never became one, but remains a citizen of Nigeria “by reason of his family background”. That left him open, in theory, to deportation in light of a long criminal history that began in his teens and continued until 2018. After a conviction for causing death by dangerous driving in 2007, the Home Office warned him that he could be deported if he came to its attention again. Mr Akinyemi did reoffend and received a deportation order in 2014. He appealed, and the case went up to the Court of Appeal twice, in 2017 and 2019, on various legal issues. The Upper Tribunal, considering the case for the third time, dismissed Mr Akinyemi’s argument that his medical condition (epilepsy) meant that deportation would breach Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. But it accepted his argument based on Article 8. First, the tribunal found that Mr Akinyemi satisfied the three conditions in section 117C(4) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2003. The government conceded that he was both “lawfully resident in the United Kindom for most of [his] life” and “socially and culturally integrated”. It tried to insist that were no “very significant obstacles to [his] integration” into Nigerian society, but the tribunal described this argument as “unrealistic”. Among other things, Mr Akinyemi has never been to Nigeria (nor anywhere else outside the UK). As the judgment notes in paragraph 69: "The suggestion that such a person could integrate in a wholly alien society is fanciful." The judges then had to decide whether there were “very compelling circumstances” allowing Mr Akinyemi to avoid deportation despite having been sentenced to at least four years’ imprisonment (section 117C(6)). Considering the rap sheet, they concluded that “the nature of the offending, while clearly serious and significant, is not at the very highest end of the scale”. His risk of nonviolent reoffending was rated “medium”; of violent reoffending, “low”. Factors weighing against deportation included Mr Akinyemi’s length of residence in the UK: “his entire life”. Naturally enough, “in terms of culture, education, and outlook he is completely British”. He also lacks “any meaningful ties to the destination state”. All in all, this was a “clear case of very compelling circumstances… the balance sheet comes down firmly in favour of the appellant”. Mr Akinyemi will not, after all, be deported to a country he has never seen.

Сегодня. Заявление гражданки России на ПМЖ по категории "жена британца" (Appendix FM Partner). Как всегда, заявление подавали через ускоренное рассмотрение. Заявление одобрили в тот же день. Делюсь статистикой.

Приветствую, Да, нужны.

07 December 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber) >>> Inflexible biometrics policy for refugee family reunion declared unlawful: JR/227/2021, 26 November 2021 In R (SGW) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (JR/227/2021, 26 November 2021) the Upper Tribunal decided that Home Office guidance on refugee family reunion applications is unlawful because it fails to accurately describe the legal discretion in relation to providing biometric information.

Сегодня. Еще одна клиентка из Латвии стала британской гражданкой. Заявление рассмотрели за уже привычный для 2021 года "стандартный период" в 2 месяца. Делюсь статистикой.

06 December 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber) >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=9a164598-8266-4a68-9673-ea1b6a224dfe&utm_content=immediately Updated information on individuals currently in the UK and seeking to apply for ‘exceptional assurance’, highlighting that UKVCAS service points remain open and appointments are available and confirmation that a pause on assessing visit visas in red list locations has been introduced with for those countries added to the red list. >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): student sponsors, migrants and short-term students: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-student-sponsors-migrants-and-short-term-students/coronavirus-covid-19-student-sponsors-migrants-and-short-term-students-accessible-version Updated “Coronavirus (COVID-19): student sponsors, migrants and short-term students” to reflect changes to the rules – see the “Changes since last publication” section within for a complete list.

06 December 2021 – Just useful and interesting UK & EEA Immigration Law news and updates from the Legal Centre – Open 7 days a week - www.legalcentre.org - +44(0)3300010342, +44(0)7791145923 (WhatsApp/Viber) >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=9a164598-8266-4a68-9673-ea1b6a224dfe&utm_content=immediately Updated information on individuals currently in the UK and seeking to apply for ‘exceptional assurance’, highlighting that UKVCAS service points remain open and appointments are available and confirmation that a pause on assessing visit visas in red list locations has been introduced with for those countries added to the red list. >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): student sponsors, migrants and short-term students: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-student-sponsors-migrants-and-short-term-students/coronavirus-covid-19-student-sponsors-migrants-and-short-term-students-accessible-version Updated “Coronavirus (COVID-19): student sponsors, migrants and short-term students” to reflect changes to the rules – see the “Changes since last publication” section within for a complete list. >>> Adopted children and children coming to the UK for adoption caseworker guidance: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwijjqeW9870AhVSolwKHUGcCqIQFnoECAIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fadopted-children&usg=AOvVaw3RIfGa7YRqDrbbcwRyiCr8 Updated guidance. Immigration staff guidance on considering applications for entry or leave as an adopted child or a child coming to the UK for adoption. >>> Tier 1 (Investor) caseworker guidance: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj3o8ax9870AhVJecAKHTefBR0QFnoECAcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1038357%2FTier_1__Investor_.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1qNIN9GuaQS-JT8qLof993 Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications in the Tier 1 (Investor) category of the points-based system. >>> News story: “Points-based immigration system: delivering on people’s priorities”: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/points-based-immigration-system-delivering-on-peoples-priorities?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=be7bed53-5f2b-49c6-aa98-7bc53f31e663&utm_content=immediately First published news story which reports that “One year ago a new immigration system launched, with visa routes attracting skilled workers across construction, hospitality, health, social care, science and research.” >>> Terms and conditions for booking and taking the Life in the UK Test: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/terms-and-conditions-for-booking-and-taking-the-life-in-the-uk-test Identification requirements document updated to include EEA & Swiss ID cards (formerly omitted) and additions to meet accessibility requirements. >>> Identity: nationality policy guidance: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj1iO2D9s70AhWUfMAKHak8D98QFnoECAcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1036678%2FNationality_policy_-_identity.pdf&usg=AOvVaw39vLmuU61q3oxxxtpiDcx6 Guidance updated with additional information included regarding amendments to naturalisation and registration certificates due to internal error or when new information is supplied from the certificate holder.

Сегодня. Заявление на ПМЖ (ILR), категория Tier2 (General). Семья из России. Как всегда, подавали через услугу "рассмотрение в течение 1 дня". Заявление *SET(O)) одобрили в тот же день. Делюсь статистикой.

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