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А вот, как сейчас, выглядит EU Settled Scheme Family Permit, полученный клиенткой из Филиппин. Заявление рассмотрели быстро, несмотря на COVID19. Но вот визу вклеивали в паспорт клиентка около 40 дней, т.к. Филиппинский визовый центр ждал бланка виз из Великобритании. Пришлось подключать процесс юридического давления на Визовый Центр.

14 August 2020 – 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)7791145023 (WhatsApp/Viber) >>> Permission granted in JCWI’s challenge to Covid-19 related UT(IAC) guidance (14 August 2020) Grant of permission On 6 August 2020 the High Court granted JCWI permission to judicially review Covid-19 related UT(IAC) guidance which creates ‘a strong presumption that error of law appeals in UTIAC will be determined without a hearing’ (§41 of the judgment). Steyn J held that the challenge raised ‘an important issue warranting consideration at a substantive hearing’. She explained that: ‘I consider the Claimant’s ultra vires argument in respect of the Guidance Note arguable. Secondly, it is also arguable, in my judgment, that paragraph 16 of the Guidance Note is inconsistent with case-law regarding the importance of the interests at stake in determining whether common law fairness requires an oral hearing (see R (Osborn) v Parole Board [2013] UKSC 61), and therefore arguably unlawful in accordance with the principles stated in R (W) v SSHD [2020] EWHC 1299, at [58].’ Next steps The substantive hearing is likely to be listed for October 2020. Those already affected by the guidance In the meantime, recipients of UT(IAC) decisions should consider appealing negative decisions to the Court of Appeal. Steyn J noted the possibility that there have been ‘aberrant decisions and unfairness in individual cases where oral hearings have been refused in circumstances where important interests were at stake for the (original) appellant’. Such cases, ‘would (as the Defendants submitted) raise an important point of principle or practice that would be likely to meet the second appeals test.’ [emphasis added, §46 of the judgment] The meaning ? The guidance has brought about a significant change to longstanding practice in appeals of fundamental importance to individual appellants and the State. Whilst we recognise the difficulties the judiciary faced in ensuring the safe administration of justice during the pandemic, we have real concerns that the novel procedure, introduced at speed, does have the ability to create real unfairness.

14 August 2020 – 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)7791145023 (WhatsApp/Viber) >>> Out of country appeals do not breach GDPR, says Court of Appeal: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2020/1032.html In Johnson v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1032, the Court of Appeal has determined that there is no breach of the General Data Protection Regulation involved in hearing human rights appeals from abroad via video link. Mr Johnson was deported to Jamaica in 2017 and mounted an audacious attempt to secure his return to the UK by objecting to this use of his personal data, arguing that his appeal must therefore take place in the UK. The court dismissed the claim, pointing to the specific GDPR exception for legal proceedings: "… paragraph 14(3) of schedule 2 provides “as regards personal data … the listed GDPR provisions do not apply to the extent that the application of those provisions would be likely to prejudice … judicial proceedings”. In my judgment preventing the hearing of the appeal would prejudice judicial proceedings, and the restriction of the right to object is necessary and proportionate for the same reasons. Therefore, in my judgment, the appellant is not entitled to object to the processing of his data in the use of video link, and by transferring a bundle to the British High Commission." The court also accepted assurances from the High Commission that the data would be deleted within seven days of the appeal. Lord Justice Dingemans declined to rule on whether data going to the High Commission amounted to a transfer to a third country, which raised complicated international law issues about the status of embassies and consulates, but decided that it would be proportionate anyway because of the legal proceedings exception.

13 August 2020 – 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)7791145023 (WhatsApp/Viber) >>> COVID19 UK Immigration update - General policy (Updated 13 August): It is still possible to request an extension to this grace period beyond 31 August in individual cases. The Home Office calls this “exceptional indemnity”: "The indemnity does not grant you leave but will act as a short-term protection against any adverse action or consequences after your leave has expired." People requesting exceptional indemnity will need to contact the coronavirus helpline to explain why they can’t leave by 31 August. The guidance also allows people to apply for further leave to remain in the UK even “where you would usually need to apply for a visa from your home country”. This switching concession again has a soft cut-off date: it is available for people whose visas expire up to 31 August, but for those whose leave expires after that date only if the applicant is “urgent”. - Students (Updated 13 August 2020) The Home Office released a separate guidance document about coronavirus and student visas on 20 April. It covers a number of temporary immigration concessions for those on Tier 4 and short-term student visas which “will be withdrawn once the situation returns to normal”. The section of the document aimed at individual students covers things like: Distance learning: now permitted. This is both for existing students and, since a 16 June update, for new students “provided they intend to transition to face-to-face learning as soon as circumstances allow”. Extending an existing Tier 4 visa: students can do so in-country “provided they do so before the expiry of their current leave, or, if their leave expired between 24 January and 31 August and they were granted an extension, by 31 August, or by 1 October if they have been issued ‘exceptional indemnity’”. Police registration: students normally required to do this need to check if their particular police force is facilitating it. If not, they can register “once social distancing measures are lifted”. Time limits: “discretion may be applied” if someone applies for an extension that would take them over the normal maximum period allowed on a Tier 4 (General) visa. Graduate route: “still scheduled to be launched in summer 2021″. Students who begin their course through distance learning can still switch into it so long as they ” enter the UK before 6 April 2021 and complete the final semester of their studies in the UK”. For short-term students, in-country switching into Tier 4 “will be allowed on an exceptional basis” until 1 October, provided the person arrived in the UK before 31 July. “Those arriving on the Visit or Short-term study route after 31 July will not be permitted to switch into Tier 4”

Re: Biometric re-use opt-out- статистика Возможно, кому-то пригодится. Только что клиентка сообщила. - Opt-out request sent: 04 August 2020 - Biometrics booking invitation Email received: 13 August 2020 - Biometrics slot (Sopra Steria) booked for the 25th August 2020 == Вдогонку Только что взял несколько слотов клиентам. Слоты есть (только) платные, от £69.95 до £135. Ближайшие слоты были на 18 августа 2020 по всей стране.

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Attending the ILPA-Home Office online conference in relation to the Economic Migration right now. Hot news: - It has been reported that the in-country Super Priority 24-hour service may be re-instated by the end of September 2020 in the UK. - Also, it has been reported that some applicants has received the requests from the Home Office to submit their digital photos via Email in relation to the biometrics re-use, despite all others awaiting the dedicated IDV phone application. Пока все.

Приветствую, 1. Да, если у Вас есть соответствующий статус до 31-12-2020. 2. Нет. Совершенное другое. Сейчас участвую в конференции с Home Office по Economi Migration. Дальнейшая детализация ответов - через ссылку выше.

12 August 2020 – 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)7791145023 (WhatsApp/Viber) >>> Human rights court approves deportation of man who arrived aged four: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#{"itemid":["001-203836"]} In Pormes v The Netherlands (application no. 25402/14), the European Court of Human Rights has approved the deportation of a man who had lived in the Netherlands between the ages of four and 29, on the basis of multiple convictions for indecent assault. Mr Pormes had a troubled upbringing. He arrived from Indonesia when he was four after the death of his mother; his father died when he was 11 or 12. At the age of 17, he found out he had been residing in the Netherlands illegally, his father and foster parents not having made an immigration application on his behalf. He amassed several convictions for indecent assault in his late teens and early 20s, but did not re-offend between December 2007 and his removal from the Netherlands in August 2016.

Да, но есть временные лимиты, превышение которых ведет к аннулированию статуса. Так же и с гражданством могу быть проблемы из-за отсутствий. Могу все детально объяснить здесь и ответить на Ваши вопросы: https://legalcentre.org/Konsultacija-s-Advokatom.html

Заявление на EU Pre-Settled Status от гражданки Украины. Рассмотрели быстро, за несколько недель. Особенностью данного заявления было то, что для того, чтобы получить EU Pre-Settled Status, клиентке сначала нужно было пройти легализацию, т.е. получить формальный документ (BRP) из Home Office (заявление EEA(EFM)), т.к. она не была расписана.

11 August 2020 – 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)7791145023 (WhatsApp/Viber) >>> Implementing allowed appeals Guidance: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjzrPOE_pLrAhUCuRoKHYYNChsQFjAAegQIBRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F906953%2FImplementing_allowed_appeals.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1fzMjUhBnLtcHUEVlHuopL First published. >>> Coronavirus (COVID-19): Tier 4 sponsors, migrants and short-term students Guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-tier-4-sponsors-migrants-and-short-term-students >>> Family and Personal Migration - Appendix FM 1.7: financial requirement : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chapter-8-appendix-fm-family-members COVID-19 financial requirement concessions have been added. Changes made to reflect need to have permission to disclose Family Court Documents. References to the guidance being applicable only to non-EA family members have been removed. >>> Appendix FM 1.7a: Adequate maintenance and accommodation : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chapter-8-appendix-fm-family-members >>> English Language requirement: family members : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-language-requirement-family-members/english-language-requirement Updated. >>> Knowledge of language and life in the UK : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/knowledge-of-life-and-language-in-the-uk Clarified the list of people who do not need to meet the KoLL requirement.

Для статистики. Заявление AN, натурализация без сдачи тестов по английскому языку на основании медицинских показаний (дополнительная бумажная анкета для заполнения мед. специалистом). Положительно рассмотрели вчера, всего через 5 дней после сдачи биометрики.

Как будет работать новое приложение от Home Office по биометрике (IDV) >>> The New Home Office Identity Verification App (IDV) application pre-relese insight for Legal Representatives From the Home Office: "The IDV app will work and highlights that it will not change the way your members work. I can confirm that all documents uploaded via the UKVCAS website will be attached to the application on the IDV app. Your members will not need to repeat the upload. The IDV app is quick and easy to use for all age groups/nationalities. Users are guided in easy steps to take photos in the right format to submit to UKVI. We hope that you and your members will encourage eligible applicants to use the IDV app." Immigration advisers or third-party representatives - the UKVCAS Identity Verification app You may have heard that UKVI is changing the way it processes applications in response to COVID-For some customers, this involves reusing biometrics (fingerprints and photograph) that have been recorded in a previous application as part of the process to verify identity, consider applications and/or produce a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP). See Gov.uk for details. To allow biometrics to be reused, UKVI and UKVCAS have worked together to develop a way to submit facial images using a new UKVCAS Identity Verification App (IDV app) The IDV app is quick and easy to use for all age groups/nationalities. Users are guided in easy steps to take photos in the right format to submit to UKVI. What’s changed? The IDV app has been introduced to allow the applicant to take a photo of themselves and their travel documentation to verify their identity and allow UKVI to reuse biometrics. Immigration Lawyers and third-party representatives can continue to upload documents for their clients via the UKVCAS website. If your client has been asked to use the IDV app, they will simply need to take a photo a) of themselves and b) of their travel documentation. All the mandatory and optional documents you have previously uploaded via the UKVCAS website on their behalf will be available and attached to the application. You will not need to repeat the upload. All uploaded documents will be visible on the IDV app and will be submitted by the applicant after they have verified their ID (by providing photos) on the IDV app. Applicants just need to follow the simple instructions on the IDV app to ensure the photos are in the right format for UKVI. However, should you or the applicant choose to upload more documents, you and they will be able to do it from the IDV app itself or from the UKVCAS website. What do you need to do? You just need to ask applicants to log into the IDV app and to take a photo (of their face and of their travel document) and to click ‘submit’ on the IDV app. This then submits their entire application to UKVI Please note. There is also a document upload function for applicants that do not use an immigration adviser or representative. This enables them to upload mandatory and optional documents as well as their photos and to submit them to UKVI."

Зависит от заявления. AN - Обычно не нужно. MN1, FORM T - Обычно нужно.

Приветствую. 1. Да 2. Аналогично (в контексте заданного вопроса).

Да, можно будет если система Вас "выберет".

Приветствую. Итак: == У меня, помимо ЕС паспорта по которому тут живу и все документы на нём завязаны, есть украинский внутренний паспорт (заграничный - сошёл) и украинское свид о рождении (оно вообще нужно для подачи?) - их тоже надо переводить и заверять? - Паспорта внутренние не переводятся Сегодня сдал LiTUK, переносили 3 раза из-за ковида, в итоге никакой документации не дали - пришёл через мин 5 на имейл референс номер. без результата (пасс/фейл). зашёл на офиц сайт LiTUK - зашёл на свою персональную страницу и там увидел результат "пасс" и тот же референс номер - Все правильно читал обсуждения до ковида - людям выдавали какой-то сертификат об успешной сдаче (?) с референс номером. если нет на руках сертификата а есть только референс номер - то как его использовать дальше? скриншот сделать? подскажите пожалуйста. спасибо - См. выше

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/indefinite-leave-to-remain-calculating-continuous-period-in-uk + Ваш текст выше: "Please do not send us your application more than 28 days before you become eligible to apply. If you do, we may refuse your application with no refund of the application fee (if a fee is charged for your application type). However, you must make your application before your current permission to stay in the UK expires»"

06 August 2020 – 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)7791145023 (WhatsApp/Viber) >>> COVID19 and the UK Immigration update via ILPA conference call with the Home Office Switching The section on GOV.UK re: switching under “If you’re applying to enter the UK or remain on the basis of family or private life” where it refers to 31 July 2020 is wrong and should be fixed on the next page update which should be today or tomorrow. Those individuals benefit from the general switching concession at the top of the page, i.e. you can switch if you have leave of less than six months/as a visitor into the family and private life routes. ILPA robustly reiterated the importance of information on GOV.UK being accurate, and updated quickly when they are notified of errors, as we emailed them several times last week regarding this. Previously the switching guidance said that those with leave expiring after 31 July could apply to switch if they could demonstrate that they "cannot travel". However they are softening that approach. It will now refer to where there is an "urgent or pressing need" for individuals to switch where leave expires after 31 August. When we asked for more clarification as to what that will mean, the HO said that they are being “really pragmatic” and the working assumption is that people will be able to switch. ILPA gave the example of someone who is here on a visitor visa valid until 2 September 2020 and who wanted to switch to leave as a spouse under Appendix FM. The Home Office said that this would be allowed. We are not able to provide any more clarification from the Home Office on this point. ILPA also asked about someone who is on a Tier 5 (Youth Mobility) visa, and if they would be allowed to switch into any category where they met the requirements. The Home Office said this was correct. They said that the categories you cannot switch into are those where there is no existing in-country application route. ILPA said that this is not clear and we asked the Home Office to review the guidance to remedy this. The continuation of the switching concession will be kept under review and the next review will be late September. Indemnity The process to apply for the indemnity will be via a smart form on GOV.UK. They have had a lot of queries re: what evidence will be needed: they are not going to be prescriptive about this because they think that the range of circumstances that may lead to an indemnity request is very broad. They will monitor the requests that come in for trends and may start being more specific about evidential requirements later on based on that monitoring. ILPA asked why a new category of status is being created (i.e. the indemnity) rather than just granting a form of exceptional leave. They said first that this is about people who don't actually want to stay in the UK - acquiring leave to remain isn't the ambition of that cohort. They also said that this was being done in order to circumvent the need for those people to be issued with a BRP according to the Biometric Regulations. We stressed that there are situations where people are given a form of exceptional short-term leave where they cannot leave the UK for compassionate reasons - it would not be unusual for people to get leave in this instance. We also asked whether there was a way of making an exemption to the Biometric Regulations, but the Home Office were firm that this was the decision that had been taken and the indemnity would be inserted into the Immigration Rules. ILPA asked for clarification about how the indemnity status would work with section 3C leave and paragraph 39E of the Rules, for example if the indemnity request was refused after the grace period has expired. As to what their status would be during the period the application is under consideration after the end of the grace period, the HO said that they will revert to us with clarification on that point. ILPA reiterated how important this point was as otherwise people will feel no choice but to make a full paid application in order to protect their status. The HO said that the overwhelming majority of refusals of extension requests to date were in respect of people whose leave had already expired prior to 24 January 2020 when the concession came in. The caseworker guidance on indemnity leave will be published when the Immigration Rules are updated. Where a caseworker does want to issue a refusal, this has to go through a manager first. There will be no appeal right against a refusal of an indemnity request: the only way to challenge it will be by way of judicial review. Application processes On obtaining appointments at UKVCAS centres, they are trying to work out how to increase capacity and to increase the proportion of free appointments. Over the next two weeks they are revising their plans through to October/November 2020 and they will be in touch with ILPA before those plans are finalised to explain to us what they are doing. They expect the app for people to take photographs of themselves where biometrics are being reused will be up and running in the next couple of weeks. ILPA raised the issue of the email address that will be used for the app where a representative’s email address is on the application. They are aware of the issue and are having internal discussions about how to deal with this to ensure individual applicants only have access to their own application. They are still working out a technical process for those upgrading or re-grading to Priority/Super Priority. Emails about Covid-19 extensions From August people will not get a written confirmation of being in the grace period. The emails that were sent out last week with no applicant identifying information were just generic emails. ILPA raised the point that the emails appeared to be personal, saying “you have been granted” etc, that representatives had received many such emails and so couldn't join them up to applicants. The HO apologised for the confusion caused to members and said that everyone should have had an individual email about their specific case.

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Сейчас с коллегами из ILPA Family and Economic Migration работаем по рекомендациям для Home Office об изменениях/упрощения по ряду иммиграционных категорий: Пока нет смысла делиться деталями - определенные пункты могут быть изменены. Будет конкретика - сделаю update.

06 August 2020 – 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)7791145023 (WhatsApp/Vibe >>> Delayed communication of the Naturalization decisions by the Home Office The Legal Centre has been made aware of the cases when the Home Office makes a decision in relation to the applicant's Naturalization application (AN, MN1 etc), yet (significantly) delays the communication of the decision to the client/legal representative. The Home Office needs to be contacted via a dedicated Email address in order to get the decision communicated to the applicant. >>> The Home Office has updated the Appendix FM (Financial Requirement) to cover the COVID19 loss of income etc cases: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjz9KTlpIbrAhXvQxUIHQ08CYYQFjAAegQIChAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F901579%2Fappendix-fm-1-7-financial-requirement-v2.0-gov-uk.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0Mp6AGeTFNQAxLurhR6nv1 See page 69: Coronavirus (COVID-19) concession Instruction for handling cases which raise the impact of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic as grounds for not meeting the minimum income requirement in an entry clearance, leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain applications under the family Immigration Rules. This guidance sets out the approach you must take over defined periods, when deciding a case, to ensure applicants are not disadvantaged as a result of circumstances beyond their control because of COVID-19. Income received via the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme or the Coronavirus Self-Employment Income Support Scheme can count as employment or self-employment income. Where there is evidence of a temporary loss of income due to COVID-19 during the period 1 March 2020 and 31 July 2020 you will apply the following concessions: • a temporary loss of employment income between 1 March and 31 July 2020 due to COVID-19, will be disregarded provided the minimum income requirement was met at the required level for at least 6 months up to March 2020 • an applicant or sponsor furloughed under the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be deemed as earning 100% of their salary • a temporary loss of annual income due to COVID-19 between 1 March 2020 and 31 July 2020 will generally be disregarded for self-employment income, along with the impact on employment income from the same period for future applications. • evidential flexibility may be applied where an applicant or sponsor experiences difficulty accessing specified evidence due to COVID-19 restrictions

06 August 2020 – 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)7791145023 (WhatsApp/Vibe >>> Delayed communication of the Naturalization decisions by the Home Office The Legal Centre has been made aware of the cases when the Home Office makes a decision in relation to the applicant's Naturalization application (AN, MN1 etc), yet (significantly) delays the communication of the decision to the client/legal representative. The Home Office needs to be contacted via a dedicated Email address in order to get the decision communicated to the applicant. >>> The Home Office has updated the Appendix FM (Financial Requirement) to cover the COVID19 loss of income etc cases: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjz9KTlpIbrAhXvQxUIHQ08CYYQFjAAegQIChAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F901579%2Fappendix-fm-1-7-financial-requirement-v2.0-gov-uk.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0Mp6AGeTFNQAxLurhR6nv1 See page 69: Coronavirus (COVID-19) concession Instruction for handling cases which raise the impact of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic as grounds for not meeting the minimum income requirement in an entry clearance, leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain applications under the family Immigration Rules. This guidance sets out the approach you must take over defined periods, when deciding a case, to ensure applicants are not disadvantaged as a result of circumstances beyond their control because of COVID-19. Income received via the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme or the Coronavirus Self-Employment Income Support Scheme can count as employment or self-employment income. Where there is evidence of a temporary loss of income due to COVID-19 during the period 1 March 2020 and 31 July 2020 you will apply the following concessions: • a temporary loss of employment income between 1 March and 31 July 2020 due to COVID-19, will be disregarded provided the minimum income requirement was met at the required level for at least 6 months up to March 2020 • an applicant or sponsor furloughed under the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be deemed as earning 100% of their salary • a temporary loss of annual income due to COVID-19 between 1 March 2020 and 31 July 2020 will generally be disregarded for self-employment income, along with the impact on employment income from the same period for future applications. • evidential flexibility may be applied where an applicant or sponsor experiences difficulty accessing specified evidence due to COVID-19 restrictions

05 August 2020 – 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)7791145023 (WhatsApp/Viber) >>> Easier access to benefits for family members of people from Northern Ireland People from Northern Ireland will soon be able to sponsor non-European family members under the light-touch EU Settlement Scheme. The government has recently passed a separate but related measure: the Social Security (Income-Related Benefits) (Persons of Northern Ireland – Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2020. The aim of the regulations is to enable such family members to claim benefits in Great Britain “on broadly the same terms as family members of citizens of the Republic of Ireland”. An accompanying memo explains: "Family members of citizens of the Republic of Ireland granted [pre-settled status] under the EU Settlement Scheme can access income-related benefits if the Irish citizen is exercising a qualifying EU treaty right, meaning that they are a worker, self-employed person, self-sufficient person or student, or that they have acquired a right of permanent residence or if they are a family member who has retained a right of residence. This instrument will make amendments so that a family member of a person of Northern Ireland in a comparable situation can also access income-related benefits." Income-related benefits include Jobseeker’s Allowance, Housing Benefit and Universal Credit. The family member of a “relevant person of Northern Ireland” will be able to rely on pre-settled status granted under Appendix EU as a right to reside. This is provided that, essentially, the Northern Ireland-born sponsor would be considered to be exercising treaty rights if they had been an EU migrant. The regulations come into force on 24 August 2020, the same date as the new Northern Ireland-specific sponsorship rules. >>> Government to “redesign” controversial visa algorithm Earlier this year JCWI, with the help of Foxglove, launched a legal challenge against the Home Office over its use of an algorithmic “streaming tool” that assigned risk categories to visa applications. The tool scored visa applicants for risk based in part on their nationality. The Home Office confirmed that it would “discontinue” the streaming tool from 7 August and committed to redesigning it.