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Вот как выглядит подтверждение получения EU Pre-Settled Status на сайте Home Office: Home Office планирует прекратить выдачу физических BRC/BRP карточек с 2025 года для иммигрантов.

Только что закончилась online конференция ILPA по ситуации с гражданами EU и членами их семей. В контексте данного треда хочу поделиться следующей информацией, только что полученной из ILPA. Резюме: "Не прошло и полгода". Похоже, Home Office дрогнул под массовым наплывом заявлений на замену BRC карточек старого образца (EU Family Member) на BRC нового образца (Pre-Settled или Settled Status). Косвенным доказательством этого является и тот факт, что по заявлению для замены BRC карточки сейчас стало не возможно получить Biometric Appointment для сдачи отпечатков; после подачи заявления нужно ждать специальный Email, который подтвердит, то ли заявителю можно будет сдать отпечатки через мобильный телефон (ADV App), то ли заявителю придется по специальной ссылке (высылается отдельно) все-таки брать слот на сдачу биометрики в том или другом отделении Sopra Steria На сайте Home Office появилась следующая информация: == If you already have a residence card and have EU settled status If you have EU settled or pre-settled status you can continue to use your residence card until it expires. You do not need to apply for a new one. If you need to replace your card when it expires, you can apply for a replacement. If you already have a residence card, but do not have EU settled status If you do not have EU settled or pre-settled status your card will be valid until 30 June 2021. After 30 June 2021, you’ll be able to use your card only once to travel to and enter the UK. To remain in the UK you’ll need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme within 28 days. === В то же время на странице иммиграционных заявлений Home Office активно предлагает обновление (update) BRC карточек старого образца на BRC нового образца: https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/biometric-residence-permit-replacement-service С другой стороны, часто обращаются клиенты, чьи работодатели требуют новые BRC с Pre-Settled или Settled Status. В итого получается, что получение BRC нового типа желательно, а для некоторых категорий заявителей - необходимо. Делюсь информацией.

>>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavi...nt=immediately If you are in a red list country and wish to apply for a visitor in transit or direct airside transit visa (DATV) we are now able to process your application, as the pause on issuing transit visas has been lifted.

18 May 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=d42040b8-f21d-49f7-b7c2-8c989de0b28e&utm_content=immediately If you are in a red list country and wish to apply for a visitor in transit or direct airside transit visa (DATV) we are now able to process your application, as the pause on issuing transit visas has been lifted. >>> Prove your English language abilities with a secure English language test (SELT) Guidance: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/prove-your-english-language-abilities-with-a-secure-english-language-test-selt?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=5dd73aac-246c-45f8-a7b4-35bc162f23a9&utm_content=immediately The list of test centres in and outside the UK has been updated. >>> Request personal data held in the immigration and borders system: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/requests-for-personal-data-uk-visas-and-immigration/request-personal-information-held-by-uk-visas-and-immigration Links have been added to check an individual’s immigration status, right to work or rent to prevent subject access requests being made when other sources of information are available. >>> Immigration Act 2014: appeals: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwji06a18NDwAhUJDxQKHXq_CuQQFjAAegQIAxAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F983591%2Feuss-appeals-certifying-v1.0-gov-uk.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0N9m8dkfpT-TvhTFvFBV4I A new document has been added titled: EU Settlement Scheme appeals: certification in national security and deportation cases. 18 May 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) >>> Validity dates of Biometric residence permits (BRPs) NB ! )- DO NOT mix it with the BRC (EU law) permits ! BRP and BRC are the TWO different things. Old type BRC (EU Family Members) must be replaced beofore the 1st July 2021. From the Home Office: "To comply with EU regulations and to include the next generation of encryption technology, BRPs will contain a valid until date of 31 December 2024. This means that some BRPs will be issued with a validity date shorter than that of the leave granted. The date restriction does not change any of the conditions or validity of the leave. It was the intention to resume issuing BRPs for the full duration of the leave (or 10 years in the case of Indefinite Leave to Remain) once the existing EU restrictions fell away in January 2021. However, in line with our wider ambition to move away from BRPs to a purely digital status by 2024, we are maintaining the practice of short-dating BRPs. The BRP collection letter the customer receives will inform them of this and a similar message is due to be included in the BRP letter issued with the entry clearance." From the Legal Centre (www.legalcentre.org): Note that there may no longer be any plastic BRC/BRP cards issued from 2025; the Home Offie plans to start using digital (virtual status) akin to those currently issued to EU ctizens: https://legalcentre.org/files/Home_Office_digital_status.jpeg >>> End of EEA Family Permit on 30 June The EEA family permit is ending on 30 June 2021. This means that no new applications for an EEA family permit will be accepted after this date. Any EEA family permit, regardless of the date it was issued, or the validity date printed on it, cannot be used for travel to the UK after 30 June 2021. Instead people may be able to apply for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit to come to the UK. Holders of an EEA family permit can still use this document as evidence of that family relationship for the period the permit is valid, for example in an application to the EU Settlement Scheme or for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit. Updated communications will be released by the Home Office shortly to advise applicants, at all stages of an application, of the limitations of the use of an EEA family permit. >>> If you’ve remained outside the UK for over 2 years and due to coronavirus travel restrictions your indefinite leave has lapsed: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents “If you’ve remained outside the UK for over 2 years and due to coronavirus travel restrictions your indefinite leave has lapsed Your Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK (ILR) or Indefinite Leave to Enter the UK (ILE) will lapse if you are absent from the UK for over 2 years. If your ILR/ILE lapsed on or after 24 January 2020, and you’ve been unable to return to the UK due to travel restrictions in place relating to coronavirus, you may apply under the Returning Resident visa route to return to the UK and get indefinite leave. You need to complete the online Returning Resident application form and pay the fee. As part of your application you’ll need to explain how coronavirus restrictions prevented your return to the UK. You’ll receive a refund of the application fee and, where applicable, a refund of £55 if you submitted your application at a Mandatory User Pay Visa Application Centre. Confirmation of your refund will be sent to you by email once we’ve made a decision on your application. If you’ve already been issued a Returning Resident visa If you’ve already obtained a Returning Resident visa because your ILR/ILE lapsed on or after 24 January 2020 and you were unable to return to the UK due to travel restrictions in place relating to coronavirus, you may be eligible for a refund of your visa fee. You will need to email the Covid Immigration Helpline (CIH).”

Из серии "Просто приятно". Помог еще одному гражданину Российской Федерации получить новую ILR BRC карточку. Заявление рассмотрели довольно быстро, буквально за пару недель.

17 May 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) >>> Visa and immigration reconsideration requests: https://www.gov.uk/visa-and-immigration-reconsideration-requests You might be able to ask for the decision on your visa or immigration application to be reviewed if you applied in the UK. This is known as a ‘reconsideration request’. It isn’t a formal appeal or an administrative review. You can’t ask for a reconsideration if you have a right to an appeal or a review. When you can make a reconsideration request You can make a reconsideration request if you believe immigration rules or policies weren’t followed correctly when the decision was made. You must be in the UK to make the request. You can only make a request if you applied in the UK to: -transfer your visa to a biometric residence permit - known as a ‘transfer of conditions’ (TOC) -transfer your indefinite leave to remain to a biometric residence permit - known as ‘no time limit’ (NTL) -extend your leave, switch your visa or settle in the UK You can make a request if your application for TOC, NTL or leave to remain was successful but you believe the type or the expiry date of the leave is wrong. You can also make a request if your TOC or NTL application was refused and you have any of the following: -new evidence about the date of the application -new evidence to prove that your documents were authentic -evidence that information received by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) before the decision date was not available to the team who made the decision These are the only kinds of new evidence that you can use. You can’t make a request if it relates to any other sort of new evidence that wasn’t received by UKVI before the decision date. When you can’t make a reconsideration request You can’t make a reconsideration request if you have a right of appeal or right to an administrative review against the decision. Your decision letter will usually tell you if you have either of these rights. When your request will be rejected Your reconsideration request will be rejected if you: -make a new application before or after you send the request -have since been given permission to stay in another visa category -left the UK and your permission to stay has expired -were removed or deported from the UK -have already exhausted your appeal rights or lost your case in a judicial review -need to make an appeal or apply for an administrative review instead of making a reconsideration request How to make a request Write a letter saying why you think the decision was wrong. Refer to the rules or policy under which you applied - check the guidance for your application to find the right rules or policies. Send your request to the team who made the decision on your original application - the address will be shown on the decision letter. You must make your request as soon as possible and no later than 14 days after you get the decision on your application. You can only make one reconsideration request. Legacy requests If you made your request before 13 November 2012 (known as a ‘legacy request’) and your immigration status is still not resolved that request will still be considered as long as you meet the guidance requirements.

Добрый день, Отличные новости. Я был рад помочь Вам.

Хорошее начало недели. Клиент из России получил сегодня ILR, заявление рассмотрели в течение 1 дня. Ждем BRP карточку.

15 May 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) >>> “Hand on the tiller” prosecution for assisting unlawful immigration fails: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2021/503.html Fouad Kakaei is an Iranian man who helped steer small boats carrying asylum seekers across the English Channel on two separate occasions, in July and December 2019. He also attempted to cross on several other occasions. Following the July 2019 crossing, he did not claim asylum here in the UK and was returned to Denmark, where a previous claim for asylum had already been refused. He did claim asylum in the UK after the December crossing but was charged with illegal entry under section 24 of the Immigration Act 1971, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment. He also faced trial for the separate crime of assisting unlawful immigration, an offence under section 25 of the 1971 Act attracting a maximum sentence of 14 years. Following a legal ruling at his trial, he pleaded guilty to this offence as well and was sentenced to 26 months’ imprisonment. Fast forward through a lenghly determination: Mr Kakaei therefore had a defence: it is not a breach of UK immigration law for asylum seekers to claim asylum at port on arrival and therefore he had not necessarily assisted unlawful immigration. Given that he was acquitted yesterday, it looks like this defence was accepted by the jury. >>> Court of Appeal considers unduly harsh deportation test (again): https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2021/619.html The Court of Appeal has considered, again, whether it is “unduly harsh” for British children to be separated from their father on the basis that he is a foreign criminal. The case is TD (Albania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 619. It concerns an Albanian national who was granted indefinite leave to remain in 2011 and lives here with his British partner and their three children. Due to his persistent criminal offending, the Home Office decided to deport him. The question for the Court of Appeal was whether it would be unduly harsh for them to do so.

14 May 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) >>> Updated advice for employers carrying out right to work checks during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: The following temporary changes were made on 30 March 2020 and remain in place until 20 June 2021 (inclusive): Updated advice for employers carrying out right to work checks during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The following temporary changes were made on 30 March 2020 and remain in place until 20 June 2021 (inclusive): -checks can currently be carried out over video calls -job applicants and existing workers can send scanned documents or a photo of documents for checks using email or a mobile app, rather than sending originals - employers should use the Employer Checking Service if a prospective or existing employee cannot provide any of the accepted documents Checks continue to be necessary and you must continue to check the prescribed documents set out in right to work checks: an employer’s guide or use the online right to work checking service. It remains an offence to knowingly employ anyone who does not have the right to work in the UK. >>> £100 million investment visa loan scheme ruled legal after all: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2021/679.html A £100 million scheme for loaning migrants the money for an Investor visa was legal after all, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The case is R (Wang & Anor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 679. It overturned a previous Upper Tribunal decision that the scheme did not meet the Investor rules because the money invested was not under the borrower’s control. The court reached this conclusion reluctantly and criticised the shoddy drafting of the Immigration Rules in allowing the scheme to operate despite what the Home Office intended.

Еженедельно примерно 5-7 клиентов Legal Centre становятся гражданами Великобритании. Эта пятница не была исключением. Гражданка Украины, натурализация. Заявление на гражданство рассмотрели примерно за 2 месяца:

См. первоисточник: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi6tYugiMfwAhVEQhoKHRu6BkcQFjACegQIAhAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.im%2Fmedia%2F624353%2Flistofreferees.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0-9KrH8biY8QR0D0ogH4kA

13 May 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) >>> Home Ofice news - UKVCAS document upload categories UKVCAS are in the process of making changes to the categories section of the UKVCAS website for customers who self-upload their documents. In the meantime, customers are reassured that all documents they choose to upload in support of their application are checked and - considered by UKVI caseworkers. - Changes to service point locations The UKVCAS Manchester Fountain Street Service Point is now closed and has relocated as the Manchester (Core) site based at Saint James Tower, 7 Charlotte Street, Manchester M1 4DZ. All customers whose appointment has been affected will receive an updated confirmation e-mail from UKVCAS and are encouraged to check their email and phone for messages. Since our last update, UKVCAS have also opened the Aberdeen Enhanced Service Point (ESP) at Regus, 1, Marischal Square, Aberdeen AB10 1BL. - Visa pause As part of the government strategy designed to protect the UK’s health system during the global pandemic, UKVI recently paused the issue of transit and visit visas in red list locations. This has now been updated for transit visas. >Transit visa – Applications for Visitor in Transit and Direct Airside Transit Visas that have already been submitted will now be issued and new applications will be processed as normal. >Visit visa – In red list locations the pause on issuing visit visas is still in place and will be kept under review. There is no change to the UKVI approach to applications lodged in red list locations in a category where there are residence rights - Fast track immigration route opens for prestigious award winners The Global Talent route is part of the UK’s new points-based immigration system, which will attract the best and brightest to the country depending on the skills they can bring, rather than their nationality. From 5 May, individuals who have won prestigious awards from across the sciences, humanities, engineering, the arts and digital technology will be able to take advantage of changes to the Global Talent visa route.

Сегодня. Натурализация для гражданина EU. Заявление рассмотрели и одобрили быстро, несмотря на отсутствие у клиента необходимой частной медицинской страховки (CSI):

Приветствую, 1. Один может не быть британцем, но тогда нужно соблюсти все остальные требования к referees 2. Да.

Поступило несколько десяткой вопросов за ночь. Комментирую наиболее интересные вопросы: В: Можно привезти только родителей или же других родственников. Например, бабушку ? О: Данная программа распространяется не только на родителей, но и на других родственников. Да, бабушку можно так же привезти. В: Я Украинка с британским паспортом. Я замужем за гражданином Польши, у кого есть EU Settled Status. Мой муж может спонсировать мою маму по упрощенной схеме или я могу только спонсировать свою маму по Британским правилам ? О: Теоретически текущие Правила подразумевают возможность спонсирования Вашей мамы по упрощенной схеме Вашим польским супругом

Сегодня. Еще одна гражданка Украины стали британкой. Заявление клиентки рассмотрели довольно быстро. Решение, как всегда, прислали по Email:

Напоминаю, что осталось совсем немного времени привезти родителей по упрощенной схеме. Заявление должно быть подать до 30 июня 2021 года. В этом случае зависимость родителя доказывать не нужно. Родителей могут привезти граждане Евросоюза и так же их супруги, кто могут быть не гражданами Евросоюза. Заявления рассматриваются бесплатно (сравните с ценами на визы для родителей британцев, £3200 +). После 30 июня 2021 года "упрощенная схема" закрывается, и привезти родителей будет сложнее. Я готов ответить на вопросы или помочь здесь: https://legalcentre.org/Konsultacija-s-Advokatom.html

11 May 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) >>> Congolese man unlawfully detained for three and a half years: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2021/288.html "To a person in detention, particularly in prison, every day of freedom lost matters and the Defendant needs to be able to justify it. In this case I think that principle became lost to sight." So says the High Court in the case of Louis v Home Office [2021] EWHC 288 (QB), a depressing false imprisonment claim in which the Home Office was taken to task for its appalling treatment of a vulnerable detainee who was held under immigration powers for over four years. The court found a multitude of failures going “very well beyond maladministration” that resulted in Mr Louis, a care leaver who arrived in the UK aged 13, being unlawfully detained for 42 of the 51 months he spent in immigration removal centres. The case also shows the necessity of an effective system for monitoring detainee welfare on the prison estate, an issue to which the courts are now becoming alert.

На этой неделе несколько клиентов из Евросоюза получили британское гражданство. Вот, например, как выглядит сертификат о натурализации для гражданина Латвии:

10 May 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 visa fees: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-regulations-revised-table/fees-5-october Updated the 5th October 2020 fees table In-UK Student and Child Student Route. The updated table of fees can be found via the link above >>> EU Settlement Scheme: evidence of UK residence: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-evidence-of-uk-residence?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=2cdc8288-da54-4046-8010-655d1ee111c7&utm_content=immediately The document has been updated to clarify you’ll need to provide one document to show that you were resident in the UK before 31 December 2020. >>> EU Settlement Scheme caseworker guidance: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjfzNDI7r7wAhUE6OAKHUffByQQFjABegQIAxAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F981908%2Feu-settlement-scheme-person-with-a-zambrano-right-to-reside-v4.0-ext.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3pV_zpF6m5NJzT6ztHuSy0 Updated ‘EU Settlement Scheme: person with a Zambrano right to reside’ to reflect the changes to Appendix EU made in Statements of Changes in Immigration Rules, up to HC 1248, laid on 4 March 2021. >>> Request personal data held in the immigration and borders system: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/requests-for-personal-data-uk-visas-and-immigration/request-personal-information-held-by-uk-visas-and-immigration Updated as the Home Office is now able to provide personal data held on some paper records >>> Skilled Worker visa caseworker guidance: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi0ifeY777wAhVLLBoKHTVgAeAQFjAAegQIAhAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F974078%2Fskilled-worker-caseworker-guidance-v2.0ext.pdf&usg=AOvVaw14JaQw1sFJD4M7hAf3uEu7 Updated caseworker guidance. >>> Permission to work: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi92Nyu777wAhUR8eAKHZjGAIgQFjAAegQIAxAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F983283%2Fpermission-to-work-v10.0ext.pdf&usg=AOvVaw32RldgkUJftFHsD0Q7Iq4A Updated the permissions to work and volunteering for asylum seekers guidance with the latest version.

Приветствую, Если заявление подано правильно (т.е., Вы все детально изучили сами или обратились к квалифицированному британскому адвокату), все должны быть в порядке. Их последних 8-и заявлений на EU SS Family Permit, что я подал весной для клиентов на Украине, средний срок рассмотрения был 2 недели. 3 заявления рассматривали около 20 дней. По какой причине заявления родителей Вы подавали отдельно ?

Поддерживаю. Вопрос актуальный и относится к часто встречающейся ситуации по заявлениям на территории Великобритании. У меня в среднем по этому вопросу 7-9 человек в месяц на консультации записываются.

Как всегда, хорошие новости для клиентов каждый день (С). Еще один клиент Legal Centre с Украины успешно завершил свой иммиграционный путь в Великобритании. Я помогал этому клиенту на протяжении 10 лет: - Консультация - Легализация - Апелляция - ПМЖ - Гражданство Ожидаемый результат:

08 May 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) >>> The UK-India migration deal: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migration-and-mobility-partnership/mou-on-migration-and-mobility-partnership-between-india-and-the-united-kingdom The UK and India signed a non-binding agreement on migration this week. The basic ingredients are to beef up cooperation on removing unauthorised migrants in exchange for a minor liberalisation on youth mobility-type visas and some warm words on encouraging temporary migration more generally. Such a deal has been on the cards for years and a text was reportedly ready for signature in 2018, but was dropped in light of the Windrush scandal which made removals politically unappealing for a time. The Young Professionals Scheme The element of the deal most likely to result in substantive change to the Immigration Rules is the “Young Professionals Scheme” referred to in Paragraph 5 of Chapter 3 and Annex I. This will allow Indian nationals aged between 18 and 30 to live and work in the UK for up to two years, and vice versa. There will be a quota, initially 3,000 places a year. The scheme is therefore similar to the existing Youth Mobility Scheme in place for a small number of developed countries. There are some differences. In particular, that Young Professionals: "must hold a diploma / degree which validates as far as possible at least three years’ higher education corresponding to the qualification required for the employment on offer or have professional experience of comparable level in the sphere of activity concerned and be able to express themselves in the language(s) of the host country." The Youth Mobility Scheme has no qualification or English language requirements. Nevertheless there will be many millions of Indians who meet these criteria, so the quota is likely to be oversubscribed. Presumably there will be a lottery if that is the case, as for Youth Mobility countries like Taiwan. Another possible difference: the Young Professional could require employer sponsorship. That would make the scheme quite different to Youth Mobility, which does not tie the person to any one employer (or even require the person to work at all, in theory). The bit about qualifications having to be related to “the employment on offer” sits oddly with an unsponsored route, though, so perhaps the scheme will be much less flexible than Youth Mobility after all. If the scheme does turn out to be much like Youth Mobility, that would be the first time that it will be opened to visa nationals. But the old Working Holiday Maker visa, abolished in 2008, was open to Indians and many other visa nationals, so in that sense "there is nothing new under the sun". Other migration provisions Much of the rest is fluff that refers to visas that already exist. For example, “Indian nationals who successfully complete their studies and who wish to supplement their training with professional experience in the UK may apply to remain in the UK on a work-based immigration route”. Similarly, there is nothing of substance in Chapter 2 on visit visas (“The UK will continue to welcome Indian nationals who wish to visit the UK in order to undertake a wide range of activities in accordance with the UK Immigration Rules”). The pre-deal spin suggested that there would be something concrete on student visas which “could allow thousands more Indian students to enrol in UK universities”. Nothing seems to have come of that. Theoretically, the Chapter 3, Paragraph 8 may be hinting at some sort of new research visa or add-on to the Global Talent route, but we will have to wait and see. Removing unauthorised migrants Then there is the quid pro quo: “Cooperation relating to the prevention and combatting of illegal migration” (Chapter 4 and Annex 2). This includes procedures for verifying the identity of someone being sent back, types of documents that will be accepted for that purpose, and timelines for acknowledging responsibility for the person being removed. If they have a passport, the authorities in the country of return are supposed to respond within 20 days (or failing that, 30 days). If not, the timeline is 60/90 days. Emergency Travel Documents should be issued within five working days. Also in Chapter 4 is a provision targeting Indian nationals said to be deliberately making their UK-born children stateless in order to secure them permission to remain. This echoes a clampdown on perceived abuse of the statelessness rules in the New Plan for Immigration. Chapter 5 then discusses information and intelligence sharing on border security, trafficking and forgery. It is hard to assess the likely impact of this in the abstract. The Home Office is briefing that returns to India could reach “tens of thousands” as a result of the deal. In 2019, total voluntary and enforced returns of Indian citizens from the UK was 2,100 and the average over the past decade was around 6,000 a year. Returns did peak at 10,000 in 2012, so tens of thousands is not necessarily out of reach, although the fact that such a figure was possible back then suggests that the issue is not so much the absence of a deal like this as underperformance by Immigration Enforcement.