Важные судебные решения и новости для иммигрантов

[British Lawyer]

27 July 2017 - Useful Immigration News from the Immigration Lawyers who can help - www.legalcentre.org - Ph: 0330 001 0342 or 07791145923

 

⦁ It seems that the UK BA Criminal Casework Team (UK BA CCT) is making changes to allow all those served with the Section 94 B certification decisions to now be given an in country right of appeal

 

⦁ Domestic Violence application - return is possible

 

I had an interesting case in the past. The Client © claimed Domestic Violence (DV) from her British Citizen spouse (BC).

 

I lodged the Settlement application on the basis of DV. While the Settlement application was being considered, the C and the BC reconciled (!) and moved in together (!). The C and BC asked me to vary the DV application to FLR(M). I did that and the C was issued with a 1 year leave (that was when the leaves were for 2 years, that is, pre-2012). The C later applied for Settlement under SETM.

 

⦁ Claiming asylum in the UK - the basics how to: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/claim-asylum</noindex>

 

 

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Международный скандал в Харькове: бизнесмен продавал липовые дипломы британского вуза

 

Харьковский бизнесмен оказался в центре международного скандала. Президента Восточно-украинской академии бизнеса Антона Саввова подозревают в том, что он продавал липовые дипломы компании "Европейская Бизнес Ассамблея", якобы имиджево связанные с Оксфордским университетом. Одну из таких премий заказало себе даже КП "Харьковский метрополитен".

 

Разоблачили бизнес компании с офисами в Харькове и Оксфорде журналисты лондонской газеты The Times, которые в большом материале рассказали о подорванной репутации британского вуза, на имени которого 17 лет зарабатывали миллионы фунтов стерлингов.

 

По информации издания, сотрудники ЕБА находили платежеспособных бизнесменов и научных деятелей, которым сообщали, что они номинированы на одну из пяти наград Ассамблеи. Далее предлагали заплатить несколько тысяч фунтов стерлингов, чтобы покрыть административные издержки компании и оплатить пятилетнюю лицензию на использование брендинга наград. Чтобы лучше продавать награды, компания в рекламе якобы ассоциировала себя с Оксфордским университетом, использовала фотографии его колледжей. Даже вручения наград, среди прочих площадок, проходили в мэрии Оксфорда.

 

Главный фигурант статьи, представитель Ассамблеи Антон Саввов, уверяет, что бизнес его компании публичный и легальный, а сама она официально зарегистрирована в Англии.

 

"Судя по статье, обвинение лишь в одном, что якобы я выдаю липовые дипломы под прикрытием Оксфордского университета. Если бы я выдавал фейковые дипломы в Оксфорде тысячам людей в помещениях университета, меня б уже правоохранительные органы давным давно задержали", — рассказал "Сегодня" Саввов. По его словам, ни в своих дипломах, ни в рекламе, ни в письмах, компания не указывает, что каким-то образом ассоциируется с Оксфордским университетом, на их дипломах есть лишь название города, Оксфорд, где выдают дипломы.

 

Антон Саввов говорит, что продает компания свои дипломы потому, что организовывает престижные ивенты, в которых участвуют лорды, мэры, министры, члены Европарламента и прочие известные личности. "На участие в этих мероприятиях есть аккредитационные взносы, для кого-то высокие, для кого-то — нормальные. Продавать свои ивенты за столько, за сколько хочу — мое право как бизнесмена", — утверждает наш собеседник и добавляет, что будет защищать свое честное имя, но как, пока не уточняет. Он уверен, что так ему решили отомстить бывшие сотрудницы компании. Для начала позицию Ассамблеи изложат на официальном сайте.

 

Среди тысяч номинантов премии числится ректор НЮУ им. Ярослава Мудрого Василий Таций, которого наградили за достижения в профессиональной деятельности, а также КП "Харьковский метрополитен". Предприятие получило награду за качество, безопасность перевозок и новые технологии. Харьковский антикоррупционный центр уже расследовал получение этих премий. По словам члена ХАКЦ Евгения Лисичкина, в случае с Тацием никакого криминала не нашли.

 

"Метрополитен же потратил 142 тысячи бюджетных гривен на эту премию, о чем свидетельствует отчет о закупке на "Прозорро". Мы усматриваем в этом мошенничество. До конца недели, думаю, подготовим заявление в полицию", — сообщил Лисичкин.

 

На сайте "Прозорро" указано, что 142 000 грн КП заплатило за "организацию конференций и специализированных выставок" и "оформление и сопровождение подачи документов на получение Международной награды". В пресс-службе подземки заявление активистов пока не комментируют.

 

 

 

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31 July 2017 - Useful Immigration News from the Immigration Lawyers who can help - www.legalcentre.org - Ph: 0330 001 0342 or 07791145923

 

⦁ MAC to examine the role EU nationals play in the UK economy and society : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-sec...y-on-eu-workers</noindex>

 

The Home Secretary commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee to examine the role EU nationals play in the UK economy and society.

 

Amber Rudd has commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to examine the British labour market, the overall role of migration in the wider economy and how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy.

 

The commission represents an extremely important piece of work, with free movement ending when we exit the EU. Plans for the UK’s future immigration system are being developed which will enable the government to control the flow of migration from Europe.

 

The Home Office will ask the MAC to focus the study on patterns of EU and EEA (European Economic Area) migration, considering regional distribution; skill levels; industry sectors and the role of the self-employed, part-time, agency, temporary and seasonal workers.

 

⦁ Supreme Court confirms that burden for proving marriage of convenience rests with Home Office : <noindex>https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc...31-judgment.pdf</noindex>

 

The Supreme Court has handed down its judgement in the case of Sadovska and another (Appellants) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) (Scotland) [2017] UKSC 54.

 

In unanimously allowing the appeal, the Supreme Court ruled that the burden of proof of establishing a ‘marriage of convenience’ falls on the Home Office.

 

⦁ Home Office cracking down on entry of amateur cricketers

 

The Home Office appears to be cracking down on the entry of foreign amateur cricketers and sportspeople. Emails released by the Home Office under a Freedom of Information request suggest that unpaid amateur cricketers who might in future wish to earn a living from their sport or even any under 17 player who has played at state, province, territory or national team level, paid or unpaid, should be barred from entry to play as an amateur in the UK “so as to protect opportunities for resident sportspeople who are seeking to make a current or future living in that sport” and “prevent the displacement of settled workers.”

 

The same approach is said to apply to women players as well as men, despite the lower earnings potential for women cricketers.

 

⦁ When will a foreign adoption be recognised in common law for immigration purposes? See see case of W v SSHD [2017] EWHC 1733 (Fam) (07 July 2017) - <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2017/1733.html</noindex>

 

The decision also provides a useful reminder that video messaging is not sufficient to maintain a family relationship between parents and children, and a powerful restatement of the importance of Article 8 ECHR.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Свободный въезд граждан ЕС в Великобританию закончится в марте 2019 года

 

Обновленный документ о правах европейцев в Британии уже подготовлен

 

вободный въезд граждан Европейского Союза в Великобританию прекратится в марте 2019 года, когда островная страна выйдет из состава блока. Об этом сообщает Deutsche Welle, ссылаясь на данные агентство Reuters с комментарием представителя британского премьера Терезы Мэй.

 

"Свободное движение закончится в марте 2019", – заявил пресс-секретарь и добавил, что правительство Терезы Мэй уже подготовило предложения по правам, которые граждане стран-членов Европейского Союза будут иметь после Brexit на территории Великобритании.

 

Спикер добавил, что "было бы неправильно предполагать, что свободное движение будет продолжаться так, как он происходит сейчас".

 

вободный въезд граждан Европейского Союза в Великобританию прекратится в марте 2019 года, когда островная страна выйдет из состава блока. Об этом сообщает Deutsche Welle, ссылаясь на данные агентство Reuters с комментарием представителя британского премьера Терезы Мэй.

 

"Свободное движение закончится в марте 2019", – заявил пресс-секретарь и добавил, что правительство Терезы Мэй уже подготовило предложения по правам, которые граждане стран-членов Европейского Союза будут иметь после Brexit на территории Великобритании.

 

Спикер добавил, что "было бы неправильно предполагать, что свободное движение будет продолжаться так, как он происходит сейчас".

 

 

 

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02 August 2017 - Useful Immigration News from the Immigration Lawyers who can help - www.legalcentre.org - Ph: 0330 001 0342 or 07791145923

 

⦁ Under the Regulation 21 an EEA application must be lodged with the (EEA) sponsor's original passport of ID card, unless the application is based on the domestic violence

 

Recent case-law

 

⦁ R (on the application of Gabor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Reg 29AA: interpretation) [2017] UKUT 00287 (IAC) (12 July 2017): <noindex>https://tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/u...c/2017-ukut-287</noindex>

 

1. An application for Temporary Admission pursuant to reg 29AA of the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2006 must be granted unless the applicant’s appearance may cause serious troubles to public policy or public security. Proportionality is not the test, and the cost of facilitating the applicant’s appearance is not a relevant consideration. The test is whether it can be said properly that there is the necessary basis for refusing leave pursuant to para 29AA(3).

 

2. “Appearance”, in this context, means presence in the UK for the purpose of attending the hearing (Kasicky doubted).

 

3. Where admission is granted for this purpose it must take place within a reasonable time to allow the applicant properly to instruct his solicitors. Normally, some 2 or 3 days before the hearing will be required.

 

⦁ R (on the application of Nawaz) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (ETS: review standard/evidential basis) [2017] UKUT 00288 (IAC) (12 July 2017) : <noindex>https://tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/u...c/2017-ukut-288</noindex>

 

(a) Deception in ETS cases is not a question of precedent fact, except in particular circumstances, for example those in Abbas [2017] EWHC 78 (Admin).

 

( There is no fundamental right to study in a foreign country; nor for children to be there with their would-be student parents; nor can a different standard of review fairly be applied in these cases to applicants with and without children.

 

© It follows that the standard of review in all such cases is on ordinary judicial review principles, requiring fair consideration, bearing in mind both the potentially serious effects of deception findings in general, and the requirements of effective administration.

 

(d) Oral or other evidence of an applicant’s English-language skills or attainments is unlikely to have any decisive effect in judicial review proceedings on the fairness of the decision under challenge, for the reasons given in Habib (JR/1260/2016) [20], and those at [21].

 

(e) Evidence obtained by use of the Look-up Tool, and subject to the human verification procedure, is an adequate basis for the Secretary of State’s deception finding in these cases, in the light of Flynn & another [2008] EWCA Crim 970 [24 – 27], and the evidence of both Dr Harrison and Professor French.

 

(f) The lack of visible note-taking by the human verifiers does not provide any ground of challenge to the decision as insufficiently transparent, where there has been an offer (whether accepted or not) to provide a copy of a voice recording for analysis.

 

⦁ C5/2015/0626 AM (Afghanistan) Judgment (27 July 2017) :

 

Includes finding that the rules allow for the appointment of a litigation friend:

 

"I have come to the conclusion that there is ample flexibility in the tribunal rules to permit a tribunal to appoint a litigation friend in the rare circumstance that the child or incapacitated adult would not be able to represent him/herself and obtain effective access to justice without such a step being taken. In the alternative, even if the tribunal rules are not broad enough to confer that power, the overriding objective in the context of natural justice requires the same conclusion to be reached. It must be remembered that this step will not be necessary in many cases because a child who is an asylum seeker in the UK will have a public authority who may exercise responsibility for him or her and who can give instructions and assistance in the provision of legal representation of the child.".

 

⦁ House of Commons' Library Briefing Paper - Brexit: the exit bill (CBP-8039) (31 July 2017) : <noindex>http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/Res...ummary/CBP-8039</noindex>

 

⦁ House of Commons' Library briefing paper: Deportation of foreign national offenders (1 August 2017) : <noindex>http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/Res...ummary/CBP-8062</noindex>

 

This Commons Library briefing paper provides an overview of the Home Secretary's powers to deport foreign criminals from the UK, related Government policy and Parliamentary and external scrutiny of the efficiency of current procedures.

 

⦁ House of Commons' Library briefing paper: UK cases at the European Court of Human Rights since 1975 (Monday 31 July)

 

This note lists brief details of cases against the UK at the European Court of Human Rights since 1975 : <noindex>http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/Res...ummary/CBP-8049</noindex>

 

 

 

 

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03 August 2017 - Useful Immigration News from the Immigration Lawyers who can help - www.legalcentre.org - Ph: 0330 001 0342 or 07791145923

 

⦁ Comprehensive medical insurance - only 2 reciprocal agreements NOW exist ?

 

Under the Regulation 883/2004 only two agreements relating to the UK listed under Annex II exist:

 

"GERMANY-UNITED KINGDOM

 

(a) Article 7(5) and (6) of the Convention on social security of 20 April 1960 (legislation applicable to civilians serving in the military forces);

 

( Article 5(5) and (6) of the Convention on unemployment insurance of 20 April 1960 (legislation applicable to civilians serving in the military forces).

 

IRELAND-UNITED KINGDOM

 

Article 19(2) of the Agreement of 14 December, 2004 on social security (concerning the transfer and reckoning of certain disability credits)."

 

This, regrettably, would suggest that the Regulation 833/2004 has effectively abrogated any reciprocal health arrangement that is not listed in Annex II. It is expected that the UK BA may disclose the complete list of the reciprocal agreements soon, if any.

 

⦁ Submission of residence documents during the naturalization process ?

 

A few colleagues reported that their client's Naturalization applications were refused, where the EEA/non-EEA clients with Permanent Residence obtained MORE than 2 years ago did not or partially (utility bills) provided evidence that the clients were in the UK all that period (EU passports are not usually stamped on exit/entry). Indeed the Regulation 11 states that:

 

"(3) An immigration officer must not place a stamp in the passport of a person admitted to the United Kingdom under this regulation who is not an EEA national if the person produces a residence card, a derivative residence card, a permanent residence card or a qualifying EEA State residence card."

 

So some EEA applicants may find themselves in some sort of a limbo, is they, for example, obtained Permanent Residence more than 2 years ago and since did not work in the UK (NB the UK BA seems to trust pay slips more in this given scenario).

 

⦁ What application is best suited in the following scenario ?

 

A is the minor British child with the visa national mother, living outside of the UK and not in the EEA country. The father is a British citizen and is living in the UK. The parents are divorced. Mayin this given scenario the mother make to come to the UK?

 

Apparently, she may, if she applies as a Parent under the Appendix FM.

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04 August 2017 - Useful Immigration News from the Immigration Lawyers who can help - www.legalcentre.org - Ph: 0330 001 0342 or 07791145923

 

⦁ Lost your British Naturalization certificate ? Get a replacement: Get a replacement UK citizenship certificate here: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/get-replacement-citizenship-certificate</noindex>

 

Useful case-law

 

⦁ Mostafa (Article 8 in entry clearance) [2015] UKUT 00112 (IAC) : <noindex>https://tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/u...c/2015-ukut-112</noindex>

 

Head note:

 

"In the case of appeals brought against refusal of entry clearance under Article 8 ECHR, the claimant's ability to satisfy the Immigration Rules is not the question to be determined by the Tribunal, but is capable of being a weighty, though not determinative, factor when deciding whether such refusal is proportionate to the legitimate aim of enforcing immigration control."

 

⦁ House of Commons' Library Briefing paper 'Brexit: the July negotiations' (CBP -8068) (2 August 2017) : <noindex>http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/Res...ummary/CBP-8068</noindex>

 

What happened at the second round of Brexit negotiations from 17 to 20 July 2017 and what have we learnt? This first phase of the negotiations aims to reach agreement on citizens' rights, the financial settlement and the border between Ireland the Northern Ireland, as well as other separation issues, such as Euratom, EU external agreements and dispute resolution. But there was little evidence of agreement on any of these, and the UK Government has been asked for more clarification at the next round. A lot is at stake, because if sufficient progress isn't made by October, the negotiations will not move on to future relations, an EU-UK trade agreement or transitional arrangements.

 

⦁ UK Visas and Immigration revised version of the Family Tracing asylum instruction (AI) (28 July 2017) : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...eeking-children</noindex>

 

 

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08 August 2017 - Useful Immigration News from the Immigration Lawyers who can help - www.legalcentre.org - Ph: 0330 001 0342 or 07791145923

 

⦁ Statistics on migrants, including other EU nationals, in the UK, House of Commons’ library briefings, 3 August 2017 : <noindex>http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/Res...ummary/CBP-8070</noindex> & <noindex>http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/Res...ummary/CBP-8069</noindex>

 

House of Commons' library briefing paper: Migrant population of the UK (CBP-8070) (3 August 2017)

 

This briefing paper uses statistics on migrant stocks to examine trends in the EU and non-EU migrant population living in the UK since 2007. It also provides an overview of the characteristics of migrants living in the UK, including ethnicity, religion, age structure and employment. Both EU and non-EU migrant populations are divided into smaller country groupings according to common geographies.House of Commons' library briefing paper: Employment of other EU nationals in the UK (CBP-8069) (3 August 2017).

 

This paper provides statistics on nationals of other EU countries who are working in the UK: how many are employed, what kind of work do they do and where do they live, and how numbers have changed over time.

 

Recent case-law

 

⦁ Centre for Advice on Individual Rights in Europe (AIRE) v SSHD & Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, [2017] EWHC 1878 (Admin), 21 July 2017 (Operation Nexus) : http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2017/1878.html

 

This case concerned Operation Nexus. Thee AIRE Centre argued that it is unlawful for the police, in the purported exercise of police powers, to question people for non-policing (in this case immigration) purposes and that by checking systematcially whether EEA citizens are exercising EU Treaty rights where there was no reason to have doubhts about this breached directive 2004/38/EC.

 

The challenge failed. Mrs Justice McGowan held that police officers have the same right as a member of the public to ask non-coercive questions of another person and that the ambit of policing purposes is not confined to the investigation of crime or maintenance of public order and encompasses asking questions, the answer to which, provided to the Home Office, permits immigration law to be enforced. She found no breach of the equal treatment provisions of Directive 2004/38/EC. Officers were entitled to ask preliminary questions. If the answers to these gave rise to a reasonable doubt they were entitled to question further.

 

⦁ R (OGA) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CO/1734/2017, 3 August 2017

 

Grant of permission to bring a judicial review. OGA seeks a declaration that paragraph E-DVILR.1.2. of Appendix FM to the Immigration RulesHC 395, on domestic violence, in its present amended form is incompatible with articles 8 and 14 European Convention of Human Rights, as incorporated into domestic law by the Human Rights Act 1998. She contends that the rule discriminates against foreign national spouses of persons who, consequent to their arrival, secure settled status in the United Kingdom after completing a period of limited leave as a Tier 1 Migrant, thereby precluding these spouses from domestic violence protection in the United Kingdom under the Immigration Rules. They share the same characteristics as foreign nationals who are identified under the rule as falling for protection namely that they enjoy a reasonable expectation of settlement in the United Kingdom but fail to secure such protection because they did not initially enter the United Kingdom with requisite leave

 

 

 

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09 August 2017 - Useful Immigration News from the Immigration Lawyers who can help - www.legalcentre.org - Ph: 0330 001 0342 or 07791145923

 

Delays in considering of the FLR(FP) applications by the UK BA

 

According to the UK BA, they say "FLR(FP) applications are not presently subject to a service standard (NB 6 month max). This is due to their potential complexity, relying as they tend to on human rights claims. Therefore a timescale cannot be provided for this type of application.”

 

In-country extensions of visitor visas

 

 

It may be possible to extend one's visitor visa on the medical grounds, for up to 6 months

 

Changes to nationality instructions, including chapter 18 Annex D good character (3 August 2017) : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/n...policy-guidance</noindex>

 

Court of Appeal considers revocation of deportation order where deportee returns early in breach of the order : <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2017/1069.html</noindex>

 

In SSHD v SU [2017] EWCA Civ 1069 (20 July 2017) the Court of Appeal considered for the first time the unusual case of an individual who had been deported from the UK, returned in breach of the order, and then applied for its revocation having established a private and family life during the subsequent period of unlawful residence.

 

The case clarifies the applicable rules in revocation cases and provides further evidence, if it were needed, of the complexity of the relevant rules, with two differently constituted tribunals failing to consider two key (albeit very recently instituted) provisions.

 

One of the interesting side points is that it took the UK BA some TEN (10) YEARS to consider the appellant's initial immigration application !

 

How expensive are UK immigration applications : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...s-revised-table</noindex> ?

 

The cost of making an immigration or nationality application has risen extremely steeply in recent years. Annual increases of 20% or 25% per year are now standard, bringing the current cost of an application for Indefinite Leave to Remain in 2017 to £2,297.

 

The actual cost of processing such an application is £252, so the Home Office is generating considerable income from each application.

 

Fees were only introduced for in-country applications in 2003 and the increase only began in earnest in 2007, when for example a postal application for Indefinite Leave to Remain was increased from £335 to £775 and an application for naturalization as a British citizen from £200 to to £575.

 

 

 

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11 August 2017 - Useful Immigration News from the Immigration Lawyers who can help - www.legalcentre.org - Ph: 0330 001 0342 or 07791145923

 

⦁ Correcting an incorrect visa/BRP etc endorsement: ECB19 : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...dorsement-ecb19</noindex>

 

"If an applicant finds, after they’ve arrived in the UK, that their visa has been issued with an incorrect endorsement they can request to have it amended. This can be done directly or through a representative or sponsor.".

 

If the error is on a biometric residence permit (BRP) the applicant must report the problem online : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-perm.../report-problem</noindex>

If the error relates to a vignette endorsement the applicant should contact UKVI International Sheffield : (see E-mail in the doucument in the link, above).

 

⦁ Immigration Directorate Instruction Family Migration: Appendix FM Section 1.0a -Family Life (as a Partner or Parent): 5-Year Routes (10 August 2017)

 

The guidance reiterates (at paragraph 13.1) the claim made in the explanatory memorandum to HC 290, that Appendix FM now provides a complete framework for Article 8 decision-making. It is understood that it may be helpful to continue asking in the cover letters that the leave is to be considered outside of the rules if the Secretary of State is not minded to grant leave within the rules, but be prepared to make all your Article 8 arguments within the framework of the rules.

 

⦁ Nationality: Registration of children of EEA Nationals, 3 August 2017 : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...policy-guidance</noindex>

 

The UK BA has clarified that the requirement to produce a document certifying Permanent Residence applies only to those applying to naturalise as British citizens, and so a child’s application can be submitted with the relevant supporting evidence to demonstrate that they (and where applicable, their parents) have acquired the Permanent Residence status (PR) by completing 5 years of residence in the UK in accordance with the EU Regulations.

 

 

 

 

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15 August 2017 - Useful Immigration News from the Immigration Lawyers who can help - www.legalcentre.org - Ph: 0330 001 0342 or 07791145923

 

⦁ Applying for Settlement after 6 years on Discretionary Leave ?

 

It has been reported that some of the applicants are being sent the Section 120 Statement of additional grounds RED.0003 (s120 response) letter, requesting the applicants to re-confirm some of the information already reuquested by the relevant application form. Wht the UK BA is doing that is unclear.

 

⦁ Syrians can now upgrade to full refugee status: new form issued: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...-refugee-status</noindex>

From the official statement:

 

"Particularly relevant to Syrians who were not granted formal refugee status and instead got the lesser status of Humanitarian Protection:

 

This form is for people resettled under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme or the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme who wish to request their status in the UK is changed from Humanitarian Protection to refugee status.".

 

⦁ How to correct a mistake in a Country Guidance case : <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2017/944.html</noindex>

 

What happens where the Upper Tribunal makes a mistake in a Country Guidance case?

 

And in what circumstances will the Court of Appeal have jurisdiction to hear an appeal against an Upper Tribunal decision that has already been remitted to the First Tier Tribunal?

 

It was against this decision that AA appealed to the Court of Appeal, on the basis that there was an error in one of the headnote findings. Unusually, the Secretary of State agreed that the appeal should be allowed on this narrow basis.

Both of these interesting issues crop up in AA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 944 (11 July 2017).

 

⦁ Virtual hearings to be trialed in immigration tribunal from October 2017: <noindex>https://insidehmcts.blog.gov.uk/2017/08/10/...er-flexibility/</noindex>

 

The press statement:

 

" To make sure we reduce inconvenience and cost to our users and provide greater flexibility and access to our services, we must deal with cases in the most efficient and proportionate way. One of the ways in which we are doing this is the expansion of video and telephony links to provide remote access either into a physical court room or into the new design of a ‘virtual court room’.

 

The use of video links already allows victims and vulnerable people to take part in criminal proceedings without having to meet the defendant face-to-face. Telephone conference technology is also already used (to a limited degree) to progress and manage cases in most jurisdictions and for a range of cases. To achieve effective fully virtual hearings, where all parties including the judge, are remote from the court room, we must look at the interactions that currently take place immediately before and after the hearing to make sure we replicate this important activity and, where possible, enhance it. By designing this new service around those who will use it, including those who are seeking justice as well as our justice partners, the judiciary and our staff, we give ourselves the best chance of identifying the right technology required and the right capability and processes to run it…

 

We are working with partners from Microsoft to build a prototype for a fully virtual hearing, which we will be testing in October 2017 for case management hearings in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber with judges, HMCTS staff, the legal profession and Home Office Presenting Officers.".

 

⦁ Article 3 and the extradition of a British national to Taiwan: <noindex>https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc...12-judgment.pdf</noindex>

 

The Supreme Court in the case of the Lord Advocate (representing the Taiwanese Judicial Authorities) (Appellant) v Dean (Respondent) (Scotland) [2017] UKSC 44 considered the first occasion on which Taiwan has sought to extradite a British national.

 

On appeal from the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary (‘the Appeal Court’) the Supreme Court considered the correct test for Article 3 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (‘the ECHR’) within extradition cases and, in doing so, it reviewed the prison conditions that may reach the Article 3 threshold.

 

This case may extend beyond extradition cases and could be useful guidance for other cases including asylum.

 

⦁ UK’s Home Office issues $118m digitization tender for immigration: <noindex>http://www.planetbiometrics.com/article-de...or-immigration/</noindex>

 

From the official statement:

 

"Britain’s Home Office has issued a £91m ($118m) tender for immigration services using biometrics and the digitisation of supporting evidence. The tender covers how up to 780,000 people either extend their stay in the UK, settle or pursue British nationality."

 

⦁ New official Administrative Court judicial review guide for 2017: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...al-review-guide</noindex>

 

Detailed legal guidance on bringing a judicial review case in the Administrative Court.The July 2017 edition reflects legislative and practice changes relevant to the Administrative Court over the last year.

 

Includes guidance on:

 

starting a claim

applying for permission for judicial review

substantive hearings

remedies

case management

specific practice points

ending a claim

costs

appeals

 

The guide also includes contact details for the court, information on forms and fees, and addresses for serving documents on government departments.

 

⦁ Court of Appeal reiterates effect of orders in the family courts on deportation decisions: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2017/1126.html</noindex>

 

The Court of Appeal in GD (Ghana) [2017] EWCA Civ 1126 explained once again what effect residence orders granted by a Family Court have on immigration matters, and criticised both representatives in the First-Tier Tribunal for failing to put the relevant law to the Tribunal.

 

The ‘residence order’ regime has now been replaced with ‘child arrangement orders’ by the Children and Families Act 2014, but this does not change the effect of family proceedings on immigration proceedings. Residence orders are made by a Family Court and determine with whom a child subject to the order will live, and will usually last until the child is 16 years of age.

 

The ‘residence order’ regime has now been replaced with ‘child arrangement orders’ by the Children and Families Act 2014, but this does not change the effect of family proceedings on immigration proceedings. Residence orders are made by a Family Court and determine with whom a child subject to the order will live, and will usually last until the child is 16 years of age.

 

A decision-maker considering deportation of a child subject to a residence order must discuss the case with a senior case worker and the Officers of Children’s Champion (OCC). Nonetheless, any deportation order lawfully made will override a residence order, so long as the residence order is considered in the decision.

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Recent case-law

 

⦁ RLP (BAH revisited – expeditious justice) Jamaica [2017] UKUT 00330 (IAC) (10 August 2017) : <noindex>https://tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/u...c/2017-ukut-330</noindex>

 

(i) The decision of the Upper Tribunal in BAH (EO – Turkey – Liability to Deport) [2012] UKUT 00196 (IAC) belongs to the legal framework prevailing at the time when it was made: it has long been overtaken by the significant statutory and policy developments and reforms effected by the Immigration Act 2014 and the corresponding amendments of the Immigration Rules, coupled with YM (Uganda) [2014] EWCA Civ 1292 at [36] - [39].

 

(ii)In cases where the public interest favouring deportation of an immigrant is potent and pressing, even egregious and unjustified delay on the part of the Secretary of State in the underlying decision making process is unlikely to tip the balance in the immigrant’s favour in the proportionality exercise under Article 8(2) ECHR.

 

⦁ R (on the application of FT) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (“rolling review”; challenging leave granted) [2017] UKUT 00331(IAC) (10 August 2017) : https://tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/utiac/2017-ukut-331

 

1. The intrinsic undesirability of and the strong general presumption against allowing a “rolling review” in judicial review proceedings whereby the Upper Tribunal admits material evidence that has not been considered by the primary decision maker are important factors in considering an application to amend grounds to challenge a supplementary or new decision (see R (Caroopen & Myrie) v SSHD [2016] EWCA Civ 1307). However, the decision whether to allow amendments of the grounds of challenge is a case management decision taking account of all relevant considerations.

 

2. In applying the policy set out in the Competent Authority Guidance and the Discretionary Leave Guidance, the fact of the respondent having “mishandled” the case and the impact of that upon the applicant, are relevant/material considerations in determining the duration of leave to be granted to a Victim of Trafficking.

 

3. Where the respondent has regard to an earlier disengagement from treatment in considering the duration of leave to be granted, a relevant consideration is whether that disengagement from treatment was because of a failure to provide support as a VOT because of an earlier incorrect “conclusive grounds decision”.

 

 

 

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⦁ Which divorce is recognized in the UK by the UK BA ?

 

The answer can be found here - RECOGNITION OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/syste...63218/recog.pdf</noindex>

 

⦁ The "Theis case": immigration and nationality law for adopted children: <noindex>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/au...-visa-nightmare</noindex>

 

The story of Patrick Thies, a US NHS surgeon who had to return to the US to apply for a new visa for his two adopted children while his British wife and biological son remained in the UK, made the news a couple of weeks ago.

 

Immigration and nationality law as it relates to international adoption is undoubtedly complex and a topic with which only a few practitioners are familiar. There are numerically very few international adoption cases, after all. The inevitable cross over with family law does not make it any easier.

 

⦁ Upper Tribunal provides guidance in cases of judicial bias: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/IAC/2017/293.html</noindex>

 

In Sivapatham (Appearance of Bias: Sri Lanka) [2017] UKUT 293 (IAC) (7 July 2017) frustrated novelist and president of the Upper Tribunal McCloskey J considers the law surrounding judicial bias in the tribunal.

 

As with previous exponents of the art (see Denning LJ, or Moses LJ), judgments of the President are almost always entertaining on some level, written with eloquence and a sense of the dramatic, in ornate prose.

 

This determination is no different, and brings together important guidance on the steps to be taken where judicial bias is alleged, and the relevant legal principles for a court hearing any such allegation.

 

⦁ A genuine couple can enter in a marriage of convenience, says High Court: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2017/1730.html</noindex>

 

A couple may enter into a “marriage of convenience”, even if they are in a genuine relationship. This was, in summary, the finding of the High Court in the case of Molina, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWHC 1730 (Admin).

 

⦁ Study finds asylum judges fail to assist vulnerable appellants : <noindex>http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11...964663917703178</noindex>

 

 

 

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⦁ An EEA family permits may be obtained from any visa issuing post. It is not necessary for an applicant to be lawfully or normally resident in the country to apply : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ly-permit-eun02</noindex>

 

⦁ The updated Nationality (Current/General) Guidance can be found here: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/syste...als-v1.0EXT.pdf</noindex>

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⦁ Types of adoption vs the UK Immigration applications

 

There are different types of adoption:

 

1. Adoptions under the terms of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption 1993 (or just “Hague Convention” in this context). The Hague Convention only applies to inter-country adoptions. In other words, a family based in the US adopting a child in the US cannot adopt under the terms of the Hague Convention. In addition, not all counties are party to the Convention.

 

2. Overseas adoptions recognized by UK law. These are adoptions which took place in countries or territories whose adoption procedures are recognized by the UK. For adoptions which took place before 3 January 2014, the list of countries is found in The Adoption (Designation of Overseas Adoptions) Order 1973 and The Adoption (Designation of Overseas Adoptions)(Variation) Order 1993. For adoptions which took place after 3 January 2014, the list of countries is found in The Adoption (Recognition of Overseas Adoptions) Order 2013 for England, Wales and Northern Ireland; and in The Adoption (Recognition of Overseas Adoptions)(Scotland) Regulations 2013 for Scotland.

 

3. Overseas adoptions not recognized by UK law. These are adoptions which took place in countries not listed above. These cases can be very difficult in immigration terms unless they are classed as “de facto adoptions” (see below) but the recent case of W v SSHD [2017] EWHC 1733 (Fam) provides a rare example of a reported successful resolution, although not without considerable stress and expense.

 

4. De facto adoptions, defined at paragraph 309A of the Immigration Rules as situations where:

 

- The adoptive parents have been living together abroad for at least eighteen months; and

- The adoptive parents have been living together with the child for twelve months; and

- The adoptive parents have cared for the child for the full eighteen month period.

 

⦁ It is official: CJEU says prison does not count : <noindex>http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/docu...&cid=670176</noindex> and <noindex>http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/docu...&cid=670807</noindex>

 

The CJEU held very firmly that periods in prison cannot be counted towards permanent residence. The court re-emphasized the importance of “social cohesion” and the need for genuine integration as a way to “strengthen the feeling of Union citizenship”. A prison sentence, which demonstrates that the person concerned does not comply with the values of the host member state as expressed in its criminal law, shows that the link of integration with the host member state has been undermined. It would be contrary to the aims of the Directive to allow periods in prison to count towards a right of permanent residence.

 

 

 

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⦁ Who needs to pay the NHS surcharge fee : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-a...n/who-needs-pay</noindex>

 

⦁ The Delhi UK Visa Application Centre news

 

The UK Visa Application Centre now open 24 hours a day/ 5 days a week.

 

VFS and UKVI have announced that the Delhi Visa Application Centre is now open 24 hours a Day / 5 Days a week for one month starting 16 August 2017 until 15 September 2017.

 

Students can access late appointments and interviews with UKVI between 17:00 and 20:30. Open Monday to Friday, the service offers early (before 8am) and late (after 4pm) appointments, as well as additional appointments throughout the night. Charges for these services start at INR 6750 and come with complimentary access to the Premium Lounge at the VAC, as well as the benefit of a quicker application process at a lessc rowded VAC.

 

To make a booking or to find out more about this service, visit

<noindex>https://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/india/user_pay_services.html</noindex> or call +91 22 6786 6031.

 

⦁ UK Visas and Immigration Guidance - Chapter 1a: applications for fee waiver and refunds (22 August 2017) : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ver-and-refunds</noindex>

 

Chapter 1a of the immigration directorate instructions deals with applications for fee waiver and refunds.

 

⦁ UK Visas and Immigration Guidance: Giving evidence in court (18 August 2017) : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...idence-in-court</noindex>

 

UK Visas and Immigration modernised guidance for how it prepares and gives evidence in court, and what it expects when it gives evidence, and the rules of evidence.

 

⦁ UK Visas and Immigration Guidance: Tariff-expired removal scheme (21 August 2017) : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...-removal-scheme</noindex>

UK Visas and Immigration guidance about the tariff-expired removal scheme (TERS) for foreign offenders.

 

⦁ Commissioning letter to the Migration Advisory Committee on students : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...tee-on-students</noindex>

 

The Home Secretary's commissioning letter to the chair of the Migration Advisory Committee on international students.

 

Recent case-law:

 

⦁ Arranz (EEA Regulations - deportation - test) [2017] (23 August 2017) : <noindex>https://tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/u...c/2017-ukut-294</noindex>

 

(i) The burden of proving that a person represents a genuine, present and sufficiently threat affecting one of the fundamental interests of society under Regulation 21(5)© of the EEA Regulations rests on the Secretary of State.

(ii) The standard of proof is the balance of probabilities.

(iii) Membership of an organisation proscribed under the laws of a foreign country does not without more satisfy the aforementioned test.

(iv) The “Bouchereau” exception is no longer good law: CS (Morroco) applied

 

 

 

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⦁ Can an EEA national, who has been residing in the UK since 2008 and was exercising her Treaty Rights until 2010 become a Permanent Resident in the UK, provided that EEA national has been permanently incapacitated since 2008 ? Can that EEA national sponsor an overseas spouse to come to live with her in the UK ?

 

Yes, if the incapacity is permanent and it can be shown the EEA national resided in the UK for two or more years prior to the termination of her activity, then that EEA national may have acquired the Permanent Residence status in the UK. Accordingly, such an EEA national can also sponsor her spouse to come to live with her in the UK. Also, when that migrant spouse comes to the UK, that migrant spouse may immediately have a Permanent Residence status in the UK as the family member of an EEA National who has ceased activity under the Regulation 5(3):

 

(3) The condition in this paragraph is that the person terminates activity in the United Kingdom as a worker or self-employed person as a result of permanent incapacity to work; and—

 

(a)had resided in the United Kingdom continuously for more than two years prior to the termination

 

⦁ Upper Tribunal on readmission of EU nationals to attend deportation appeal hearings: <noindex>https://tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/u...c/2017-ukut-287</noindex>

 

The UK now removes EU citizens and family members before their deportation appeal takes place. Obviously, this interferes with the life that the person has established in the UK (job and home may be lost, for example), in effect prejudges the outcome of the appeal, has a drastic impact on family members and also interferes somewhat with preparing the appeal. However, it is possible for such an individual to re-enter the UK for the purpose of attending the appeal hearing, for example to give evidence. This tribunal case addresses the test for readmission and the procedure.

 

The official headnote:

 

1. An application for Temporary Admission pursuant to Reg 29AA of the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2006 must be granted unless the applicant’s appearance may cause serious troubles to public policy or public security. Proportionality is not the test, and the cost of facilitating the applicant’s appearance is not a relevant consideration. The test is whether it can be said properly that there is the necessary basis for refusing leave pursuant to para 29AA(3).

 

2. “Appearance”, in this context, means presence in the UK for the purpose of attending the hearing (Kasicky doubted).

 

3. Where admission is granted for this purpose it must take place within a reasonable time to allow the applicant properly to instruct his solicitors. Normally, some 2 or 3 days before the hearing will be required.

 

 

 

 

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⦁ Notes on the UK Spouse/Partner visa English language test

If you are taking an IELTS test make sure that you book it as the IELTS Test for the UKVI at the SELT location as otherwise it is unlikely to be accepted

 

See : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/syste...est_Centres.pdf</noindex>

 

⦁ Notes on the Para 39E(2) refusals

 

There is no requirement to show exceptional circumstances to make a further application after a refusal under 39E(2). One will have the intial 14 days to do so during the one's Section 3C leave which continues after the refusal if the one has made an in-time application, and a further 14 day period after that as an overstayer.

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⦁ Knowledge of language and Life in the UK Test exemption: long term physical or mental condition : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ental-condition</noindex>

 

Request an exemption from the knowledge of language and Life in the UK Test requirement because of a long term physical or mental condition.

 

⦁ Can the fresh documentary evidence be adduced at a later stage on appeal ?

One may add the the fresh documentary evidence on appeal as the bar on the fresh documentary evidence under the Section 85(5) (amended by the Immigration 2014 Act) no longer exists.

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⦁ Guidance on application of EX1 – consideration of a child’s best interests under the family rules and in article 8 claims where the criminality thresholds in paragraph 399 of the rules do NOT apply : <noindex>https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/1731...20interests.pdf</noindex>

 

 

 

 

 

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⦁ Can a Tier 1 Entrepreneur work elsewhere ?

 

Generally – no, with some exceptions : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/syste...nce_04_2017.pdf</noindex>

 

Conditions of stay:

 

38. Permission to stay under this route will be subject to the following conditions :

 

…..

 

“c. no employment other than working for the business or businesses that you have established, joined or taken over but working for such business(es) does not include any work you do which is effectively employment with another business (for more details – see Annex A, A41), and

 

d. no employment as a professional sportsperson (including as a sports coach).

 

 

 

 

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⦁ Leaked document on post Brexit immigration : <noindex>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/se...r-eu-immigrants</noindex>

 

The Guardian newspaper has obtained a copy of a leaked document setting out the government’s proposals on how to end free movement and what comes next. Why Commission the Migration Advisory Committee to advise you when you have a blueprint, right down to the naff icons, ready prepared? One that appears to envisage business as usual with EU nationals absorbed into something that looks very like the current immigration system, with no sign of fears that that system might crack under the strain.

 

As to the transitional period there are signs that the government is itching to make changes during it, for example to the rights of EU nationals to be joined by family members. And the document makes express that the government has Metock, Zambrano, and Surinder Singh in its sights.

 

⦁ European Union (Withdrawal) Bill papers (6 September 2017) : <noindex>http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/Res...ummary/CBP-8079</noindex>

 

⦁ UK Visas and Immigration Guidance - Level of decision making: nationality procedure guidance : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...cedure-guidance</noindex>

 

Guidance on authority levels for decisions on nationality applications.

 

Despite its dull appearance, provides an inkling of which matters Home Office considers controversial in nationality applications.

 

⦁ Is curtailment of leave a variation of leave ? Can I migrant student carry on working for the permitted 20 hours while the leave was curtailed and that person is re-applying ?

 

Curtailment is not a variation of leave. It is exactly what it is – a curtailment. The student migrant would remain lawfully on the Tier 4 visa, assuming that the migrant student made an in time application for further leave to remain.

 

 

 

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⦁ The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/885) (8 September 2017) : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...nge-rate-policy</noindex> and <noindex>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/885/note/made</noindex>

 

These regulations come into effect on 1 October 2017. They amend the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/515). In particular, the Regulations make provision in respect of the exchange rate which the Home Office is to apply when receiving payments in currencies other than sterling, set out in the new Home Office Exchange Rate Policy. Over the years many have expressed concerns about exchange rates used by the Home Office: the lack of possibility to elect whether to pay a fee in local currency or in sterling and that changes to prices seem to be made rapidly when the exchange rate stops favouring the Home Office and very slowly indeed when it stops favouring an applicant. There is now a published policy on the subject, although it may not provide much comfort: “The model will be updated at least yearly.” There is however, an email to use if you are unhappy: HOExchangeRates@HomeOffice.gsi.gov.uk The changes are a response to the report of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments on the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2016, its 25th report of session 2015-2016, HL Paper148 HC 352-xxv of 11 May 2016 <noindex>https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201...tin/148/148.pdf</noindex> . Not exactly a rapid response to a report that suggested that charges were ultra vires insofar as they resulted from the discretion conferred by regulation 13 to increase fees over the amount established by the rate of exchange in question. Applicants may have paid fees an element of which was wrongly levied.

 

Other changes made by the regulations are to address drafting errors and to make changes ‘more clearly to reflect the policy intention’, to remove fees for Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) (Short term staff) but preserve them for the dependants of such staff. The Explanatory Memorandum is obfuscatory, illiterate and unhelpful: “As this instrument is subject to negative resolution procedure and has not been prayed against, consideration as to whether there are other matters of interest to the House of Commons does not arise at this stage.” Not so; it is supposed to be the Explanatory Memorandum that alerts the House to such changes.

 

Home Office notification of 7 September:

 

Regulations were laid in Parliament today, Thursday 7 September, which set out a change to the immigration and nationality fees. This change will come into effect on Monday 2 October 2017.

 

Rate of exchange on immigration applications

 

Changes are being introduced on how the Home Office calculates exchange rates for overseas visa applications. The new policy, which will benefit customers, uses a new set of exchange rates where payments for UK Visa and Immigration Services are taken in cash or by a bank card in a currency other than Sterling.

 

The new Home Office Exchange Rate Policy will provide a fairer and more transparent service to customers and will allow them to calculate in advance the cost of their visa application. The exchange rates will be reviewed on a fortnightly basis.

 

 

⦁ Brexit: beyond the highly skilled – the needs of other economic stakeholders : <noindex>http://appgmigration.org.uk/wp-content/upl...t-Sept-2017.pdf</noindex>

 

 

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УКРАИНЦАМ НЕ СТОИТ ОЖИДАТЬ ОТМЕНЫ ВИЗ В БРИТАНИЮ, - КЛИМПУШ-ЦИНЦАДЗЕ

 

Вице-премьер по европейской и евроатлантической интеграции Иванна Климпуш-Цинцадзе назвала британскую визовую политику "странной" и заявила, что намерена поднять визовый вопрос в переговорах с представителями Великобритании.

 

"Я разделяю обеспокоенность той странной ситуацией, которая есть сейчас. Да, это странно, что в Украине нет визового присутствия Великобритании. И я буду обращать внимание британских коллег на этот вопрос", - заявила вице-премьер.

 

Как известно, в Украине есть посольство, но нет визовых офицеров Великобритании. Поэтому все паспорта украинцев, которые хотят получить визу, направляются в Варшаву компанией-посредником.

 

С обработкой виз также регулярно возникают задержки, из-за чего украинцы жалуются на "сгоревшие" авиабилеты и бронирование гостиниц.

 

В то же время Климпуш-Цинцадзе посоветовала не рассчитывать на отмену виз в Британию в ближайшее время.

 

"Наш МИД ведет разговор о визовой либерализации с Британией, хотя я понимаю, что это не является приоритетным вопросом для Лондона. И поэтому, объективно, я не жду, что вопрос отмены виз Великобритании для граждан Украины может быть решен в близкой перспективе", - пояснила она.

 

 

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[British Lawyer]

12 September 2017 - Useful Immigration News from the Immigration Lawyers who can help - www.legalcentre.org - Ph: 0330 001 0342 or 07791145923

 

⦁ Can a non-working EU spouse of a working EU applicant still apply for Permanent Residence in the UK ?

 

Apparently yes, provided is the main EU applicant (the spouse) was working in the UK (this does not work with other types of the main applicant's economic activities such as self-employment etc)

 

⦁ The UK VAC can now only scan the documents/copies which are strictly in the A4 format, including the family (relationship) photos (which, therefore, can be printed on the A4 sized paper)

 

⦁ Entry Clearance Application overseas vs the applicant's immigration status overseas

 

28. An applicant for an entry clearance must be outside the United Kingdom and Islands at the time of the application. An application for an entry clearance as a visitor or as a short-term student must be made to any post designated by the Secretary of State to accept such applications. Subject to paragraph 28A, any other application must be made to a post in the country or territory where the applicant is living which has been designated by the Secretary of State to accept applications for entry clearance for that purpose and from that category of applicant. Where there is no such post the applicant must apply to the appropriate designated post outside the country or territory where he is living.

 

Also from the UK BA :

 

"2. Applications for other entry clearance

 

Applications for other types of entry clearance (except for Tier 5) should be made in your country of residence. ‘Country of residence’ might not be your country of origin and refers to wherever you have permission to live, for example for work or study purposes. Many countries issue overseas nationals with residency cards in these circumstances. If you have permission to stay in a country as a visitor for 6 months, for example, you are not a resident.

 

Where there is no post in the country where you live, you should make the application to the appropriate application post."