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Каждый день приносит хорошие новости клиентам Legal Centre © Сегодня еще одна клиентка Legal Centre из России быстро получила продление визы как жена гражданина Великобритании (заявление FLR(M)). Legal Centre помогал этой клиентке на следующих этапах ее иммиграционного пути в Великобританию: - Предварительная консультация: https://legalcentre.org/Konsultacija-s-Advokatom.html - Продление визы супруги британского гражданина: https://legalcentre.org/Suprugi-Spouses.html Работа проходила по принципу полного сопровождения ее заявления. Клиентка выбрала ускоренное (24-hour Super Premium Service) рассмотрение заявления в Home Office: https://legalcentre.org/viza-za-1-den.html Я помог ей и могу помочь Вам. Вы можете записаться на предварительную телефонную/online консультацию со мной, Антоном Ковалем, 24 часа в сутки: https://legalcentre.org/Konsultacija-s-Advokatom.html Антон Коваль Legal Centre +44(0)7791145923 (Mob/WhatsApp/Viber) +44(0)3300010342 (Office) www.legalcentre.org

23 March 2020 - Part 2 – 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) >>> Coronavirus and UK Immigration Update First Tier Tribunal The Fisrt Tier Tribunal (FTT IAC) is currently processing the adjournment of cases from Wednesday, the 25th March, onwards, and notifying lawyers and appellants of the same. Subject Access Requests (SARS) These can now only be made by email and only electronic records will be provided. From the UK BA: "With immediate effect, following the Government’s recent advice, we have instructed all staff to work from home if they can. This means we can only process SARS made online and provide data held in electronic records (no Home Office Files can be processed). We are not able to process postal requests or correspondence until further notice. VFS VFS Global updates can be found here: https://www.vfsglobal.com/en/individuals/covid-19-customer-advisories.html Message from Sopra Steria - biometrics enrollments are still operational - yet follow the web-site "It is important we share updates as quick as possible and given the recent announcements by HM Government I am writing to explain how these changes may affect our services and what we are doing to meet these unprecedented challenges. We continue to monitor the well-being of our agents; to support the safety of applicants using our centres and to assess the performance of our operations to deliver appointment availability by minimizing any potential disruption to our service. As part of these regular daily reviews we are updating our UKVCAS website with important information on a daily basis regarding appointment capacity, which may include sites closures across our network for defined periods."

23 March 2020 - Part 2 – 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) >>> Coronavirus and UK Immigration Update First Tier Tribunal The Fisrt Tier Tribunal (FTT IAC) is currently processing the adjournment of cases from Wednesday, the 25th March, onwards, and notifying lawyers and appellants of the same. Subject Access Requests (SARS) These can now only be made by email and only electronic records will be provided. From the UK BA: "With immediate effect, following the Government’s recent advice, we have instructed all staff to work from home if they can. This means we can only process SARS made online and provide data held in electronic records (no Home Office Files can be processed). We are not able to process postal requests or correspondence until further notice. VFS VFS Global updates can be found here: https://www.vfsglobal.com/en/individuals/covid-19-customer-advisories.html Message from Sopra Steria - biometrics enrollments are still operational - yet follow the web-site "It is important we share updates as quick as possible and given the recent announcements by HM Government I am writing to explain how these changes may affect our services and what we are doing to meet these unprecedented challenges. We continue to monitor the well-being of our agents; to support the safety of applicants using our centres and to assess the performance of our operations to deliver appointment availability by minimizing any potential disruption to our service. As part of these regular daily reviews we are updating our UKVCAS website with important information on a daily basis regarding appointment capacity, which may include sites closures across our network for defined periods." UKVCAS Sites Closure Status: https://www.ukvcas.co.uk/flash-message-detail?flashmessageId=56249 This is the biometrics enrollment points in the UK for the purpose of the UK Immigration Applications.

Разумеется, будут. Нужно просто хорошо готовить заявления. Не расслабляться. Повторяю: пока ничего не изменилось. Сегодня несколько клиентов сдавали биометрику в Лондоне, Гласго и Эксетере. Так же сегодня подал несколько заявлений: - FLRM - продление визы жены британца - SETO - ПМЖ по рабочей визе Tier 2 - SETM - ПМЖ как муж британки - AN - гражданство Взяли клиентам биометрику на эту неделю. Проблем не было. Поток клиентов резко возрос. Только что взял дело клиентки на получение ПМЖ (SETM - "жена британца") - в ноябре 2020 года. Обращаются заранее. Все под контролем (с).

Пока данных нет. Автоматическое продление виз существует только для граждан Китая, и только для тех, кто не мог вернуться в Китай - например, когда закончилась студенческая, гостева визы и люди их не продляли и хотели просто покинуть Великобританию, а рейсы в Китай отменили. Пока все замыкается на биометрике - если прижмет - для нее нужно физическое присутствие. Т.к. заявления в основном подаются online, автоматического продления не будет, думаю. Возможно, биометрику будут засчитывать "задним числом". Опять же, это в самом худшем случае. То есть, пока готовитесь как всегда. Я и коллеги сейчас работаем с Home Office по поводу этой ситуации. Будут новости - опубликую. А в общем - у нас сейчас резко возрос поток клиентов - по несколько человек в день подают заявления на продления виз, получение ПМЖ и гражданства. Пока самое дальнее заявление - ноябрь 2020 - сегодня клиентка обратилась (SETM - ПМЖ как жена британца). Нужна помощь - обращайтесь.

COVID19 and the Home Office - Immigration A bit of "fun" today - messages from Sopra Steria first cancelling the client's biometric and then sending the email to say that we need to ignore the previous Email (Central London Premium Lounge): EMAIL 1 Dear Applicant, Due to Library closures initiated by Local Authorities, your UKVI appointment has been postponed. We have reallocated you a new appointment in approximately 6 weeks from your current booking date. Your new appointment date and time will be available to view via your UKVI account within the next 24 to 48 hrs. Please log into your UKVI account after the above date period to view your new appointment. Should your allocated location remain closed beyond your new appointment date, we will look to reallocate you to a further date should this occur. Please continue to monitor your email and online account for further updates to your booking. If the appointment offered is not suitable, you will be able to cancel this appointment via the online booking system, however please note that you will be required to rebook an alternative appointment through the online booking system by selecting an alternative date and location. Due to the high number of postponed appointments, we are unable to guarantee alternative appointment availability or look to reschedule appointments via our helpline. This can only be done through the online booking system. Sopra Steria and your Local Authority Libraries are continuously following advice from the Government to ensure public safety. We appreciate that during this time of uncertainty, your visa application may be delayed. We assure you that we are working closely with the Home Office to inform them of any delays to your application process. Yours sincerely UKVCAS Customer Services EMAIL2 Hi, Please ignore previous email. All appointments in Mark Lane Premium Lounge today will be going ahead Yours sincerely UKVCAS Customer Services The UKVAC's response to the client's query in relation on what to do - the EC (Appendix FM) is expiring during the flight ban: Dear Sir/ Madam, Thank you for contacting UK Visas and Immigration International Contact Centre. With regards to your enquiry, I am sorry, there is no official information about your enquiry, but you can follow the UK official web site - Coronavirus (COVID-19). https://www.gov.uk/ In theory, you will not get a refund if your visa application is successful but you do not come to the UK, https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application/refunds Vignette transfer usually delays your entry period by another 3 months, https://www.gov.uk/transfer-visa Alternatively, if you wish, you can go through a complaint procedure via the link below, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure Regards, Yang UK Visas and Immigration

Каждый день приносит хорошие новости клиентам Legal Centre © Сегодня еще одна клиентка Legal Centre из Украины стала британской гражданкой. Legal Centre помогал этой клиентке на следующих этапах ее иммиграционного пути в Великобританию: - Предварительная консультация: https://legalcentre.org/Konsultacija-s-Advokatom.html - Заявление на натурализацию (гражданство): https://legalcentre.org/Grazhdanstvo-Citizenship.html Заявление на гражданство рассмотрели быстро, всего за несколько недель, несмотря на то, что у клиентки были проблемы с иммиграцией в прошлом. Я помог ей и могу помочь Вам. Вы можете записаться на предварительную телефонную/online консультацию со мной, Антоном Ковалем, 24 часа в сутки: https://legalcentre.org/Konsultacija-s-Advokatom.html Антон Коваль Legal Centre +44(0)7791145923 (Mob/WhatsApp/Viber) +44(0)3300010342 (Office) www.legalcentre.org

Если все будет как в Европе, то страна замрет на пару месяцев (в Китае с намного более жесткими методами заняло 8 недель). Пока тесты можно сдать - сдавайте. Хотя ситуация может поменяться в любой день ; центры-то в больших городах находятся...

20 March 2020 - Part 2 – 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) >>> Closure of USCIS Application Support Centres across the USA Note from UKVI: "I hope this email finds you safe and well during this difficult time. As you already may be aware, USCIS has taken the move to suspend operations across their Application Support Center network, in an effort to limit the spread of COVID19. Full detail can be found here: https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/uscis-response-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19 As such, standard UK visa service will be unavailable to US customers for the duration of the closure. At this time and subject to change, that date is April 01. In the interim, VFS PAC locations across the US (bar SFO and Seattle) currently remain open for business and walk-in fees will be waived by VFS for customers seeking service. Moving forward, we will send you updates on service changes as they happen." >>> Grant of limited instead of indefinite leave does not generate human rights appeal:https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/IAC/2020/85.html In Mujahid [2020] UKUT 85 (IAC), President Lane holds that where a person applies to the Home Office for indefinite leave to remain and is refused indefinite leave but granted limited leave instead, that decision is not a refusal of a human rights claim as defined at section 82 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. Therefore there is no statutory right of appeal against the decision. The headnote: (1) A person (C) in the United Kingdom who makes a human rights claim is asserting that C (or someone connected with C) has, for whatever reason, a right recognised by the ECHR, which is of such a kind that removing C from, or requiring C to leave, would be a violation of that right. (2) The refusal of a human rights claim under section 82(1)(b) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 involves the Secretary of State taking the stance that she is not obliged by section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 to respond to the claim by granting C leave. (2) Accordingly, the Secretary of State does not decide to refuse a human rights claim when, in response to it, she grants C limited leave by reference to C’s family life with a particular family member, even though C had sought indefinite leave by reference to long residence in the United Kingdom. >>> 300 people turned down by EU Settlement Scheme in February 2020: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics-february-2020 The EU Settlement Scheme statistics for February 2020 are out. They show 300 refusals. We’re told by the Home Office that the increase is mainly due to refusals for eligibility, not over criminality. The two core reasons, the Home Office says, for the jump in refusals are: - Failing to provide eligibility evidence, either at the application stage or in reply to requests from the Settlement Resolution Centre. - Non-EEA/Swiss family members failing to evidence their relationship to the EEA/Swiss sponsor. This could include failing to provide a marriage certificate or not possessing the relevant document as a dependent relative. Officials say that they made every attempt to obtain the necessary evidence before refusing applications, and that decisions to refuse were not taken lightly and signed off at a high level. >>> Substantial update to immigration policy on DNA evidence: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dna-policy This update is the one to be aware of. Changes to DNA policy guidance as follows: Page 6, reference to DNA profile not revealing certain characteristics of a person who provides a DNA sample for testing. Page 7, guidance on who is entitled to see the results of a DNA test. Page 8, reference to funding the costs of witnesses Page 12, new sub-section on accreditation held by DNA testing laboratories. Page 12-14, updated guidance on collecting the DNA samples covering situations when the Home Office is in the possession of the applicant’s identification document and handling children aged under 16. Page 15, new section to replace DNA: Unavailability of a family member with DNA: Other biological relationships Page 16-18, advice on DNA test results and checking the authenticity of a DNA test report with the DNA testing laboratory. Page 20, template amended to inform applicants on how to obtain a DNA test and that we will verify the report with the DNA testing laboratory. Page 21, template to refer suspicious DNA test reports to laboratories Page 22, model letters on suitably accredited laboratories. Page 23-24, model letters on disregarding DNA evidence where the identity of a person who has provided a DNA sample cannot be verified Page 25, information on essential information. The guidance was first introduced at the end of 2018 following a scandal over unlawful demands for visa applicants to take DNA tests to prove family relationships.

Вот, и Sopra Steria уже целую неделю ЗАРАНЕЕ предупреждает об осторожности с Coronavirus: Только что брал слот на сдачу биометрики клиентке на следующий понедельник в Лондоне. Вчера брали слот другой клиентке в Шотландии на эту субботу. Пока слоты есть.

19 March 2020 - Part 2 – 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) >>> Family life: substance over form: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2020/338.html Uddin v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 338 is an important case in which the outgoing Senior President of Tribunals provides the judges who serve in his Immigration and Asylum Chamber with very strong guidance on mixed credibility findings and the assessment of family life. >>> Supreme Court says immigration tribunal can decide for itself if appellant was trafficked: https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2020/9.html In the case of MS (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 9, handed down today, the Supreme Court has confirmed that the immigration tribunal can and must decide for itself whether an appellant was a victim of trafficking. The tribunal is not bound by decisions of the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) which is primarily responsible for assessing trafficking cases, nor even limited to finding public law errors in NRM decisions in order to go behind them.

Каждый день приносит хорошие новости клиентам Legal Centre © Сегодня еще одна клиентка Legal Centre из России получила ПМЖ (ILR - Indefinite Leave to Remain; заявление SET(M)) как жена британского гражданина. Legal Centre помогал этой клиентке на всех этапах ее иммиграционного пути в Великобританию: - Предварительная консультация: https://legalcentre.org/Konsultacija-s-Advokatom.html - Продление визы супруги британского гражданина: https://legalcentre.org/Suprugi-Spouses.html - Получение ПМЖ (ILR): https://legalcentre.org/PMZh-Settlement-ILR.html Работа на всех этапах проходила по принципу полного сопровождения ее заявления. Клиентка всегда выбирала ускоренное (24-hour Super Premium Service) рассмотрение заявления в Home Office: https://legalcentre.org/viza-za-1-den.html Я помог ей и могу помочь Вам. Вы можете записаться на предварительную телефонную/online консультацию со мной, Антоном Ковалем, 24 часа в сутки: https://legalcentre.org/Konsultacija-s-Advokatom.html Антон Коваль Legal Centre +44(0)7791145923 (Mob/WhatsApp/Viber) +44(0)3300010342 (Office) www.legalcentre.org

18 March 2020 - Part 2 – 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) >>> Nationality law update in the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/294/contents/made Important points: Paragraph 7.8 explains the process to account for the recent declaration of incompatibility in relation to the position where a child's biological father is not the same as their father for the purposes of nationality law because the mother was married at the time of birth. 7.5 Certain applications for British citizenship are subject to the requirement to be of good character. The British Nationality Act 1981 (Remedial) Order 2019, which came into force on 25 July 2019, removed this requirement from routes where applicants were born to an unmarried British father before 1 July 2006 or to a British mother before 1 January 1983. This was as a result of court rulings which found that such a provision in the 1981 Act was incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. 7.6 These Regulations are concerned with applications under section 4F of the 1981 Act for registration as a British citizen made on the basis that the applicant would have been entitled to be registered under paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to that Act if the applicant’s mother had been married to his or her natural father at the time of their birth. These are routes which make provision for those who are stateless to register as British citizens. An individual who made such an application before the British Nationality Act 1981 (Remedial) Order 2019 came into force on 25 July 2019 and whose application was refused on the basis that they were not of good character may wish to make a new application now that the good character test has been removed by the Order. These Regulations remove the fee that would otherwise have been payable for a repeated application of this kind. This amendment is made in response to a recommendation made by the Joint Committee on Human Rights in their report ‘Proposal for a draft British Nationality Act 1981 (Remedial) Order 2018’, published on 31 May 2018 (see in particular paragraph 64). Applications for registration under section 4C and sections 4G to 4I are already free and a fee exception is therefore not required for these routes. 7.7 Children born on or after 1 July 2006 to British fathers. A child cannot acquire British citizenship through their biological father if, at the time of their birth, their mother was married to or in an opposite sex civil partnership with another man. This is because, under section 50(9A) of the 1981 Act, the child’s father, for the purposes of provisions of that Act which confer British citizenship based on the status of a child’s father, is the mother’s husband or opposite sex civil partner at the time of the birth. 7.8 In a recent High Court judgment section 50(9A) of the 1981 Act was found to be incompatible with Article 14 of the European Convention of Human Rights when read in conjunction with Article 8 in this context, as such a child does not have an entitlement to be registered as a British Citizen. A child in these circumstances can apply to be registered as a British Citizen at the Home Secretary’s discretion under section 3(1) of the 1981 Act and whilst the government considers what appropriate action to take in light of the declaration of incompatibility, these Regulations provide for such a child to be able to make an application for registration without the payment of a fee.

А вот так выглядит Email из Home Office, уведомляющий об аннулировании визы... Только что обратился клиент - его британская жена решила, что он ей больше не нужен ее иностранный муж... Вы ожидаете что-то подобное или просто хотите знать о Ваших правах в Великобритании ? Вы можете записаться на предварительную телефонную/online консультацию со мной, Антоном Ковалем, 24 часа в сутки: https://legalcentre.org/Konsultacija-s-Advokatom.html Антон Коваль Legal Centre +44(0)7791145923 (Mob/WhatsApp/Viber) +44(0)3300010342 (Office) www.legalcentre.org

17 March 2020 - Part 2 – 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) >>> Long waits for visa documents may give rise to compensation: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2020/329.html The Home Office may have to pay compensation in the case of major blunders, the Court of Appeal has said in a significant new ruling, Hasson v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 329. Challenging an impressive new low by the Home Office, Mr Hasson sought compensation after being left waiting 25 months for a biometric residence permit (BRP) confirming his right to live and work in the UK. On 20 May 2016, the Home Office sent the Mauritian citizen a letter confirming he had been granted leave to remain in the UK until 20 November 2018, promising his BRP would be sent within seven working days. After years of chasing, Mr Hasson finally received his BRP on 19 June 2018, with five months left to run. Without the BRP, Mr Hasson had been unable to work and had accrued significant amounts of debt. What does this mean for suing the Home Office? While a significant ruling, as it may expand Home Office accountability, it’s important to remember that the Court of Appeal was only being asked to decide on a very narrow legal and procedural point: namely whether Mr Hasson’s case appeared strong enough to even proceed to a full hearing. The decision was in Mr Hasson’s favour but the claim must now return to the Upper Tribunal to consider the facts of exactly what happened in more detail. Until we know the outcome of that full hearing, it’s impossible to say for sure whether this is an outlying decision or part of a broader trend of holding the Home Office to account for its unacceptable delays.

Рассматриваю быстрее, 1.5 месяца в среднем, может быть и быстрее, может быть и дольше. Фото на декларации - Ваше :-)

Приветствую. Я бы подавал ближе к окончанию срока действия BRP. А потом можно будет подать на ILR раньше срока окончания новой BRP, т.е. за 28 дней до окончания 5-и летнего срока пребывания по визе жены.

Каждый день приносит хорошие новости клиентам Legal Centre © Сегодня немного необычная ситуация. Клиент попробовал подать заявлением на ПМЖ (SETM) сам, но совершил очень серьезную ошибку, подав заявление намного раньше. Если бы заявление не отозвали, клиент бы получил отказ и потерял несколько тысяч фунтов. Я помог клиенту отозвать его заявление и вернуть несколько тысяч фунтов госпошлины. Теперь все будет сделано правильно - клиент успел обратиться в Legal Centre вовремя. Я помог ему и могу помочь Вам. Вы можете записаться на предварительную телефонную/online консультацию со мной, Антоном Ковалем, 24 часа в сутки: https://legalcentre.org/Konsultacija-s-Advokatom.html Антон Коваль Legal Centre +44(0)7791145923 (Mob/WhatsApp/Viber) +44(0)3300010342 (Office) www.legalcentre.org

Все хорошо, что хорошо кончается. После проведенной работы с ILPA, Legal Centre рады сообщить хорошую новость: == Update on SELT providers – from ILPA Dear Members Further to our email of 12 March 2020, we have now had a response from the Home Office to our query on the list of approved Secure English Language Test providers, as follows: "A message is being worked up for publication on Gov.UK to confirm that Trinity will continue to operate under the new provisions. So in answer to your question, Trinity won’t be stopping providing tests. I’ve attached an announcement Trinity made on their website about this as well for reference: https://www.trinitycollege.com/news/viewarticle/trinity-to-expand-selt-services-in-the-uk”

Каждый день приносит хорошие новости клиентам Legal Centre © Сегодня еще одна клиентка Legal Centre из России получила ПМЖ (ILR - Indefinite Leave to Remain; заявление SET(M)) как жена британского гражданина. Legal Centre помогал этой клиентке на всех этапах ее иммиграционного пути в Великобританию: - Предварительная консультация: https://legalcentre.org/Konsultacija-s-Advokatom.html - Продление визы супруги британского гражданина: https://legalcentre.org/Suprugi-Spouses.html - Получение ПМЖ (ILR): https://legalcentre.org/PMZh-Settlement-ILR.html Работа на всех этапах проходила по принципу полного сопровождения ее заявления. Клиентка всегда выбирала ускоренное (24-hour Super Premium Service) рассмотрение заявления в Home Office: https://legalcentre.org/viza-za-1-den.html Я помог ей и могу помочь Вам. Вы можете записаться на предварительную телефонную/online консультацию со мной, Антоном Ковалем, 24 часа в сутки: https://legalcentre.org/Konsultacija-s-Advokatom.html Антон Коваль Legal Centre +44(0)7791145923 (Mob/WhatsApp/Viber) +44(0)3300010342 (Office) www.legalcentre.org

Вот ссылка на сайт Home Office с информацией по коронавирусу: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-immigration-guidance-if-youre-unable-to-return-to-china-from-the-uk Пока только благоприятные условия для, как упоминалось выше, граждан Китая...

Coronavirus - ситуация с визами - новости Возникла ситуация, когда есть иммиграционная виза в Великобританию, а прилететь не получается, т.е. из-за коронавируса отменены все рейсы. Home Office дал автоматическое продление виз/BRP гражданам Китая, чьи визы заканчиваются в том случае, если эти лица находятся в Великобритании. Но что же делать тем кто, например, получил визу жены и не может въехать в Великобританию из Украины (все рейсы отменяются с 17 марта 2020 года). Как известно, рабочие, студенческие и др. иммиграционные визы выдаются на период в 30 дней для въезда в Великобританию, чтобы потом, на территории Великобритании, забрать долгосрочную BRP карточку. Пока никакой информации из Home Office нет. По мере поступления информации я буду выкладывать ее здесь. Legal Centre продолжает работать 7 дней в неделю: www.legalcentre.org Если есть срочный вопрос, можете перезвонить по тел. +443300010342 или по Viber/WhatsApp: +447791145923. Skype: immigration_lawyer Антон Коваль Legal Centre

13 March 2020 - Part 2 – 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) >>> Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC 120); IHS fee increase from October: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-120-12-march-2020 Surinder Singh cases The Surinder Singh route allows British citizens who have moved to another European Economic Area country or Switzerland to return with non-European family members, bypassing the strict rules on UK family visas that apply to people who have not exercised free movement rights. The clock is ticking on Surinder Singh. The amendments confirm that, to use this route, the UK citizen needs to be resident abroad and exercising free movement rights before the end of the transition period. This is the quite specific time of 23:00 GMT on 31 December 2020. The previous version of the rules was not particularly clear on this. The upshot is that people availing of the Surinder Singh route can return to the UK any time before on 29 March 2022 at — you guessed it — 23:00 GMT, so long as the relationship existed pre-Brexit. If the relationship was established during the transition period, the cut-off is 23:00 GMT on 31 December 2020. Absences Paragraphs 18 to 19A of the Immigration Rules provide that those outside the UK with indefinite leave to remain may resume their UK residence so long as they were not absent for more than two years, as well as satisfying some other requirements. What was not confirmed up to this point was how that rule will be squared with the promise that people with EU settled status — which legally speaking is a form of indefinite leave to remain — can retain it for up to five years rather than two. Appendix EU now explicitly states that paragraphs 18 and 19A will not apply to those granted settled status under the Settlement Scheme. McCarthy cases Up until 2012, the UK treated dual British/EU citizens the same way as other EU citizens. That is, dual nationals could still rely on EU free movement rights to bring family members in, avoiding the stricter immigration system that applies to Brits. This changed after the Court of Justice case of C-434/09 McCarthy. It established that dual nationals living in the country of their nationality who have never exercised free movement cannot rely on EU free movement rights. That ruled out bring their family members into the home member state under the more lenient EU law system. Following the McCarthy case, the UK amended the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations to so that EU citizens who were also British citizens could not rely on free movement rights. But transitional provisions were put in place to protect family members of dual nationals who had already come in under the old system. Specifically, those who applied for residence documents before either 16 July or 16 October 2012 (depending on the type of document). This scenario is so niche that it was unintentionally omitted from the EU Settlement Scheme rules. It therefore did not allow for family members covered under these transitional provisions to be able to transfer over to settled status using the Scheme. The changes now allow these family members to get settled (or pre-settled) status. It is not clear whether they will need to apply on a paper form, like other people with complicated cases, or whether they can use the online EU Settlement Scheme process. Expired documents for durable partners and dependent relatives Basically, if you are a durable partner or a dependent relative you first need to obtain one of these relevant documents from the Home Office before applying for pre-settled or settled status. You need to have applied for the document before 1 January 2021. You then have until 30 June 2021 to apply to the Settlement Scheme. We would recommend applying for both as soon as possible. Yesterdays’s changes relate to relevant documents that have expired. They ensures that if a durable partner or dependent relative has an expired relevant document it will not be an obstacle to relying on the corresponding period of residence. That is so long as, before it expired, they applied for a further relevant document based on the same family relationship and the document was issued before the settlement scheme application is decided. It is still important for durable partners and dependent relatives to keep note of the expiration date of these documents and to obtain a new one or apply to the Settlement Scheme before they expire. Tier 2 The salary threshold in the eligibility criteria for indefinite leave to remain under Tier 2 will not increase annually following the recommendation of the Migration Advisory Committee. As a result, it will remain at £35,800 for all applications submitted on or after 6 April 2019 (paragraph 245HF(vi)(3)). Archaeologists are now on the Shortage Occupation List after being accidentally left out. Youth mobility scheme The quota for Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) visas for Australians, New Zealanders and Canadians has been reduced by 1,000 each for 2020/21. These quotas are set by looking at how many Brits went to these countries on the equivalent working holiday visa last year. Fewer Brits going to Australia means fewer Australians allowed into the UK the following year, essentially. Permit free festival list This has been updated. No longer included for 2020/21 are Africa Utopia, Cornwall International Male Choral Festival and Manchester International Festival. Newly added are Edinburgh International Book Festival and London International Festival of Theatre. This may prove academic in the age of coronavirus. Other changes ⦁ Applications can now be refused where an individual has been or would be excluded from refugee or humanitarian protection, or Article 33(2) of the Refugee Convention applies or would do so, as they are a danger to the security of the UK, or applies as, having been convicted of a particularly serious crime, they are a danger to the community. ⦁ Leave to enter granted by virtue of having arrived with an entry clearance granted under Appendix EU (Family Permit) can now be cancelled where there has been a material change in circumstances since the family permit was granted. A cancellation decision on those grounds can be challenged by way of administrative review. IHS fee increase It was announced in the Budget that the immigration health surcharge will increase from £400 per year to £624 per year for adults and £470 for children under the age of 18. The discounted rate for students, their dependants and those on the Youth Mobility Scheme will increase from £300 to £470. This will take effect from October 2020. >>> Correspondence between ILPA and Trinity College London SELT re change in SELT Following the recent change to the list of approved English language test providers, ILPA wrote to UKVI and Trinity College London to seek clarification. We are yet to hear from UKVI but we will update members when we hear further. "New SELT providers will be going live over the coming months and customers should keep referring to the list for any updates. On December 16th 2019, Trinity College London was delighted to announce that it had again been awarded a Home Office concession agreement that will enable it to expand current provision of UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved Secure English Language Tests (SELTs) in the UK. For more information please see our website. The date that we start in the new concession is to be confirmed however our tests continue to be approved for UKVI applications. Please see the current list of approved test centres from 10th March 2020 here. This shows Trinity College London SELT centres are approved until July 2020. These are the current transitional arrangements in place which will be updated in due course as SELT providers (including Trinity), transition into a new UKVI Secure English Language Testing service." >>> Correspondence from Business Helpdesk re copy bank statements and sponsor licence applications From the Business Helpdesk: Q: Will be possible for a lawyer to certify a statement from the bank if they view it via the online portal and print it from that? A: A certified printout of an online statement can usually be accepted Q: Is ot OK to adopt that approach for any document generated from an online portal ? A: Yes, that is correct. Print outs of such documents are considered copies, so provided these are properly certified they would usually be accepted. >>> “Genuine chance of being engaged” test for retaining EU worker status found unlawful: https://cpag.org.uk/sites/default/files/files/resource/CH-2389-2016 - 14.02.20.pdf EU citizens do not have to prove that they have a “genuine chance of being engaged” in order to retain worker status under European Union law, the Upper Tribunal has held. The case is KH v Bury MBC and SSWP [2020] UKUT 50 (AAC).

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Приветствую. Зависит от того, буду ли закрываться заведения и т.п. Вчера подавал заявление клиентки в Маниле, Филипины. У них все работает стандартно. А вот клиентка из Эстонии сказала, что школы у них закрыли ...до 4 Мая 2020 !