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Отлично. Дерите в курсе. Удачной подачи, новой.

Вот так выглядит Email, когда Home Office пробует рассмотреть заявление клиентки Legal Centre, поданного во время COVID19. В данном случае caseworker запросил выслать документы клиентки ему напрямую, т.к. из-за закрытия отделений Sopra Steria у Home Office нет возможности получить доступ к ранее загруженным документам через сайт Sopra Steria.

Не уверен:

Приветствую, Может и пройти, если Вы - direct family member, но лучше сделать как это нужно. Если не сдавали биометрику, то просто подайте новое заявление по EUSS.

Приветствую. Super Premium Service отменили еще в марте 2020. При подаче увидите срок 26 недель = 6.5 месяцев. Если ждать не возможно, выезжайте, делайте все дела и потом все по новой.

Что-то опять не то. Собеседования не проводятся лет уже 12 как...

Приветствую. Вы заполнили не правильную анкету. То есть Вы не правильно делаете все, скорее всего. Надеюсь, Вы еще не оплатили анкету ?

Если в будущем захотите перевод использовать в UK - лучше сразу сделать перевод в агентстве. Для гостевой визы могут принять самостоятельный перевод. Хотя встречал пару отказов из-за самостоятельного перевода именно для гостевой визы.

Отвечайте, что нет и объясните, почему.

Вдогонку. Сегодня, 19-06-2020. Только что получили Naturalization Approval для гражданки Германии. То есть Home Office начал рассматривать заявления, поданные во время COVID19.

Сегодня, 19-09-2020, появилась возможность взять слоты для сдачи биометрики с 29-06-2020 в TLS центрах России. Обратите внимание !

Сегодня, 19-09-2020, появилась возможность взять слоты для сдачи биометрики с 29-06-2020 в TLS центрах России. Обратите внимание !

17 June 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) >>> Extended family members can’t have any breaks in dependency on EU sponsor: https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/IAC/2020/188.html The Upper Tribunal has confirmed that extended family members need to show there has not been a break in their dependency on their EU citizen sponsor. The official headnote "The words “and continues to be dependent” in regulation 8(2)(c) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulation 2006, properly characterised, require an applicant to establish that there has not been a break in their dependency on the EEA national sponsor." Whats next ? This decision is likely to have quite a damaging impact on the rights of extended family members. In effect, once you arrive in the UK, you are expected to be immediately dependent or residing with the EU citizen sponsor (even if you are on a different category of visa). That fallacy throws out so many questions: - What would stop an extended family member from leaving the UK and entering again solely to meet the definition of joining their EU national sponsor and then becoming dependent? - Does this mean that most other extended family members who are on a different type of visa will be prevented from applying for a residence card from within the UK? Almost all categories of visas would require evidence of having suitable accommodation and being able to maintain oneself without recourse to public funds. If, for example, a foreign national student in London was living here with his parents paying his fees, and he later decides to move in with his EU national brother, he would be prevented from applying because he would not have been able to show dependency or residence with his brother from the moment he arrived in the UK. - What happens if an extended family member takes up a temporary job for a month and didn’t rely on family support? Would they stop qualifying? What constitutes a “break in dependency”? And while the judgment is about the EEA Regulations, it also has implications for extended family members who are looking to apply for pre-settled or settled status. Under the rules in Appendix EU, a “dependent relative” needs to have a “relevant document” (basically a residence card or a permanent residence card). Those documents can only be issued under the EEA Regulations — so if prevented from qualifying for them, dependent relatives are essentially shoved out of the EU Settlement Scheme as well.

Начинают поступать решение об одобрении заявлений того или иного клиента. Вот как сейчас выглядит решение о том, что заявление клиента о натурализации (AN) было одобрено. Сейчас решение приходит по Email. Для статистики: - Клиент сдал биометрику 5 июня 2020 года - Заявление рассмотрели положительно 16 июня 2020 года То есть несмотря на COVID19, срок рассмотрения заявления после сдачи биометрики был всего 11 дней.

А вот как выглядит второе/повторное продление иммиграционного статуса до 31-07-2020 на основании COVID19 extension option:

Отвечать нужно правду, а не то, что могут Вам посоветовать, что может быть обманом в Вашем случае, с очень печальными последствиями. То есть стандартный статистический вопрос. Отвечайте, как есть в Вашем конкретном случае.

Сейчас это изменилось. См. информацию выше.

>>> Sopra Steria to offer more biometric appointments soon: https://www.ukvcas.co.uk/flash-message-detail?flashmessageId=74833 "From 22 June 2020, UKVCAS will revert to offering a mix of free and chargeable appointments to allow the next phase of customers to book an appointment. As a result: • On Sunday 21 June you will be unable to view or book an appointment on the UKVCAS website. This is only temporary whilst we make changes to the system. • From 22 June, if you have not booked an appointment and accessed the appointment booking system, you will notice the reintroduction of a mix of free and chargeable appointments. • If you had previously paid for an appointment or extra services then: o If you have not booked any appointment by 20 June, we will arrange a refund for you from 22 June. o From 22 June if you cancel an appointment, including one you booked by 20 June, the cancellation will trigger a refund, as the mix of free and chargeable appointments will apply to any new booking. o These refunds will be without prejudice, in light of the current exceptional circumstances."

>>> Visa Centres overseas All UK visa application centres overseas were closed for some time but some are now re-opening in stages. To check whether the visa application centre for a particular country is open, go to the website of either TLScontact (for Europe, Africa and the Middle East) or VFS Global (for the rest of the world) and select that country from the dropdown menu.

>>> Immigration Appeals to be lodged online and be conducted via video links: https://www.judiciary.uk/publications/immigration-and-asylum-tribunal-chamber-presidential-practice-statement-note-covid-19-pandemic/ The Statement states that all appeals to the First-tier Tribunal must be lodged online using the MyHMCTS portal, unless it is not reasonably practicable or the case falls within a list of exceptions. There are three annexes to the new practice statement: Directions on cases lodged using MyHMCTS Different directions on cases not lodged using MyHMCTS Directions for appellants with no lawyer

12 June 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) >>> Planning Article 10 "visa-free" entry into the UK ? Beware ! See https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g186216-i15-k12236471-Entering_the_UK_with_a_Article_10_residence_card_A_HOAX-United_Kingdom.html This is not an isoltaed incident. We have had a number of caller reporting being turned back at the UK borders. You have been warned. Unsure of what to do ? The Legal Centre can help and advise you accordingly: https://legalcentre.org/Initial-Consultation.html >>> I have a pending appeal yet I have now reached the 10 years of lawful residence in the UK. Can I apply for ILR now ? The long residence Rules: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/long-residence The quote: "The applicant completes 10 years continuous lawful residence while awaiting a decision of an appeal A person may complete 10 years continuous lawful residence whilst they are awaiting the outcome of an appeal and submit an application on this basis. Under sections 3C and 3D, it is not possible to submit a new application while an appeal is outstanding. However, the applicant can submit further grounds to be considered at appeal. If the applicant has an outstanding appeal against a decision to refuse leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain, and submits an application for long residence, you must void the long residence application and refund the fee. You must create a file or sub-file and mark it ‘PRIORITY’. You must send the file or sub-file to the presenting officers unit (POU) dealing with the appeal. You must send a letter to the applicant or their representative informing them their application has been linked with their outstanding appeal. You must use Doc Gen letter ICD.3207 for this purpose. If the appeal is against a decision to curtail or revoke, and the immigration decision was made on or after 31 August 2006, you must follow the same process but you must use Doc Gen letter ICD.3258."

12 June 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) >>> UK immigration appeals statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2020?utm_source=dafd65c2-8f8d-4f8f-81a6-677b8fb4ed70&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate The number of immigration appeals decided by the First-tier Tribunal has fallen almost 70% over the past decade, new Home Office statistics show. The 10 years since the tribunal was set up, replacing the old Immigration Appeals tribunal, has seen the number of cases fall from over 160,000 in its first year of operation to 50,000 last year. Put another way, First-tier Tribunal judges decided less than one third the number of cases in 2019/20 than they did in 2010/11. The number of appeals lodged, rather than decided, follows a similar trend. The Upper Tribunal has also recorded a record low number in the number of appeals decided, at 5,000 cases. That compares to 7,000 a decade ago and 8-9,000 for most years in between. It is also deciding far fewer judicial review cases than a few years back. Exactly 50% of all appeals in the First-tier Tribunal succeeded last year, in line with the recent trend. Each of the main categories of appeal — asylum, human rights and EEA free movement — had around the same success rate. In previous years, asylum appeals were more likely to fail than the other types, but all have now converged on close to 50%. Waiting times for an appeal decision have continued to fall. It used to take a year, but in the last quarter stood at 28 weeks. This is unlikely to survive the coronavirus pandemic.

Новый update от Home Office: COVID19 and the UK Immigration update UK BA response: >>> Changes to the English language requirement "If you’re asked to take an English language test as part of your application, you can apply for an exemption if the test centre was closed or you couldn’t travel to it due to coronavirus when you applied." The Home Office clarified that this does not supersede their previous statement which still remains the case i.e. an individual can still validly submit their immigration or nationality application without a Secure English Language Testing (SELT) result or a Life in the UK result but these tests would need to be taken before they can grant the application. The Home Office explained that the above change to the guidance page is only in relation to the family and partner routes (and so not to other routes such as Tier 2), where there is already an ability to apply for an exemption from the requirement to meet the specific SELT requirement. The Home Office said that it had been agreed that Covid-19 counts as an exceptional circumstance for the purpose of applying for that exemption. >>> Where an individual has leave that will expire AFTER 31 July and they wish to benefit from the current in-country switching concession, they may contact the Home Office Coronavirus Immigration Team to discuss whether they will be allowed to benefit from the concession. These are being decided on a case by case basis (particularly for those with leave expiring in August or September), but the Home Office was clear that this would NOT apply to anyone whose leave is due to expire in 2021. >>> Caseworkers have been carrying out work on applications that have been submitted without biometrics as far as they can. This means that, once people have given biometrics when they are able to do so, they should receive decisions swiftly thereafter. However, it will be some time before the backlog is cleared and new appointments at Sopra Steria open up for those who submitted an application after the lockdown began. We pressed on the need for there to be sufficient numbers of free appointments available.

11 June 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) >>> Useful article on what to do if one's BRP is lost abroad See https://www.rca.ac.uk/studying-at-the-rca/support/international-student-support/lost-biometric-residence-permit-brp-cards-passports/

>>> COVID Switching - EC or LTR rules? From ILPA: "We asked the Home Office whether the Covid-19 concession to permit in-country switching where this is ordinarily prohibited requires applicants to meet the entry clearance rules or the in-country rules. The Home Office have now said: - Further to the query below in relation to which rules apply when people are using the in country switching concession, I can confirm that this will be the in-country rules given that the individual will be in the UK, the only rule that does not need to be met is that they need to apply for a visa from their home country. They will need to meet all other requirements of the route they are applying for and pay the UK application fee." >>> List of the UK Visa Application Centres that will open on the 22nd June 2020: From the Home Office: Please find below the list of VACs that are due to reopen from 22 June. As per above, please refer to the commercial partner websites for final details. -Adana -Alexandria -Amman -Ankara -Auckland -Baku -Bandar Seri Begawan -Banjul -Barcelona -Belgrade -Brussels -Bursa -Cairo -Changsha -Chengdu -Chiang Mai -Danang -Fuzhou -Gaziantep -Geneva -Hangzhou -Hanoi -Ho Chi Minh City -Istanbul -Izmir -Jinan -Kunming -Lisbon -Madrid -Nanjing -Osaka -Paris -Phnom Penh -Seoul -Shenyang -Shenzhen -Tokyo -Tunis -Wuhan -Xi'an To ensure you always have the most up to date information on which VACs are open, please check the relevant commercial partner website: - Europe, Africa and parts of the Middle East visit: uk.tlscontact.com - All other countries visit: vfsglobal.co.uk >>> Which UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services (UKVCAS) are open in the UK now ? Check the UKVACs opening status via this link: UK https://www.gov.uk/ukvcas