Важные судебные решения и новости для иммигрантов

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

 

⦁ Biometric Enrolment Letter for Tier 4 Students

 

From the 14th September 2017, the Biometric Enrolment Letter (BEL) for students applying from within the UK for the Tier 4 General and Tier 4 Child priority postal and standard routes will be generated automatically online. The letter is currently printed and sent to students by post.

 

Once generated online, the letter can be immediately downloaded and printed by the student at the same time they print their document checklist. This will help reduce the overall processing time.

 

The student should then take their Biometric Enrolment Letter to the Post Office to give their fingerprints and photo.

 

The students should ensure their details are entered correctly in their online application form. In particular:

 

⦁ their name should be entered exactly as shown in their passport; and

⦁ the student should provide their full address, including their flat or room number.

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

 

⦁ The current UK BA Long Residence (Settlement) Guidance can be found here : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/..._eid=1af5cd4d48</noindex>

 

Note the requirements for Settlement in case where part of the 10 year Long Residence were in line with the EEA Regulations

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

 

⦁ Can a parent of a child with limited leave only qualify for a grant of leave outside the rules?

 

Apparently not, because Article 8 ‘outside the rules’ has now entered the Immigration Rules at paras Gen.3.2 and Gen.3.3. of the Appendix FM.

 

⦁ Guidance ECB05: where to apply, the policy : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...pply-the-policy</noindex>

 

Detail on applications for short-term visas and EEA family permits and applications for other entry clearance

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

 

⦁ A responsible adult must have a valid passport when accompanying a child to the biometric enrollment as otherwise the Post Office is likely to refuse to accept the child for the biometric enrollment

 

⦁ A migrant with a Discretionary Leave may not usually sponsor a spouse form overseas unless that migrant has a Refugee, Settled or is a British citizen

 

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

 

⦁ Can the Home Secretary really be guilty of contempt of court for breach of a court order ? : <noindex>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-...t-a7950866.html</noindex>

 

Apparently, yes, they can. The Home Office has been in the news for what one judge described as a “prima facie case of contempt of court.” Officials are reported to have breached multiple orders for the return of asylum seeker Samim Bigzad from Afghanistan to the United Kingdom. Ultimately, though, in legal terms it is Home Secretary Amber Rudd who is responsible for those actions. It is unlikely she personally sanctioned breach of the order.

 

⦁ Stubble banned at work for Home Office immigration officers : <noindex>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/13...ation-officers/</noindex>

 

Britain's immigration officers have been told they are not allowed to sport stubble at work.

 

Dress code guidance published by the Home Office on Tuesday advised staff that an "unshaven or stubble appearance" is not permitted - although full beards and moustaches are allowed.

 

Should a worker wish to grow facial hair, they must do so "at a time that minimises the period when you present an unprofessional image," according to the advice.

 

The Home Office said the rules are specifically for Immigration Enforcement's Criminal and Finance Investigation(CFI) teams, who have a public-facing role. A spokesman for the government department added: "There is no Home Office formal dress code."

 

⦁ Is “residence” the same as “presence” in the Immigration Rules ? : <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/IAC/2017/76.html</noindex> ?

 

Yes, “residence” is the same as “presence”, at least in paragraph 245AAA(a) of the Immigration Rules, says Upper Tribunal Judge Allen. Official headnote:

 

" (i) On a proper construction of paragraph 245AAA(a)(i) of HC 395, an absence from the United Kingdom for a period of more than 180 days in one of the relevant 12 month periods will entail a failure to satisfy the requirements of paragraph 245CD.

 

(ii) The term ‘residence’ in paragraph 245AAA(a) is to be equated to presence."

 

⦁ Human rights, long residence and the integration test in the Court of Appeal : <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2017/1284.html</noindex>

 

Interesting case in relation to the “integration test” in the Immigration Rules to resist an individual’s removal on human rights grounds. The current rules can in some circumstances require a consideration of whether there would be “very significant obstacles” to an individual’s re-integration in that country if they were to be removed or deported. See the details in the links above

 

⦁ Leaked immigration document suggests huge rise in European criminal deportation after Brexit

 

The recently leaked government immigration proposals indicate that European nationals who commit crime in the UK will be subject to the same automatic deportation rules as non-European nationals after Brexit.

 

The UK Borders Act 2007 imposes a legal duty on the Home Office to bring deportation proceedings against any foreign national convicted of a crime and sentenced to 12 months or more in prison. These are referred to as “automatic deportation”: see section 32 of the UK Borders Act 2007. There is currently an exception for those resident under EU law (section 33(4)) but this will end with Brexit when EU law ceases to apply.

 

12 month sentences are imposed for a whole range of crimes, including ‘moment of madness’ offences such as getting into a fight in a pub, or on the street, or for breaching an ASBO.

 

 

 

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В Великобритании признали необходимость изменить визовый режим для Украины

 

Однако планов по открытию британского визового офиса в Украине пока нет

 

Государственный министр Великобритании по вопросам Европы и Америки Алан Дункан пообещал поднять в Лондоне вопрос о смягчении визового режима для граждан Украины. Об этом сообщает Европейская правда.

 

По итогам визита в Киев британский дипломат, в частности рассказал, что узнал о проблемах с выдачей виз для граждан Украины.

 

"Соглашусь, что действующий визовый режим неудовлетворителен. Прекрасно понимаю, что кое-кого в Украине нынешнее состояние очень огорчает... Я услышал о конкретных случаях, когда люди платили за быструю визу, но не получали ее в заявленные сроки. Я слышал, как люди недовольны визовыми сборами. И я понимаю, что особенно острым это чувство стало сейчас, когда Украина получила визовую либерализацию со странами Шенгена, и Британия на этом фоне выглядит не очень хорошо", – заявил он.

 

Британский министр сообщил, что вопрос смягчения визовой политики будет обсуждаться в правительстве: "Могу заверить: я услышал этот очень четкий и громкий сигнал. И также могу заверить, что я буду обсуждать это на высшем уровне, как только вернусь из Украины".

 

Он не стал прогнозировать сроки и суть возможного смягчения, ссылаясь на то, что данный вопрос находится в компетенции британского МВД.

 

В то же время Дункан исключил возможность открытия британского визового офиса в Украине. Как известно, сейчас все паспорта украинцев, подаваемые на британскую визу, направляются на обработку в Варшаву. "На данный момент у нас нет планов создавать такой центр в Украине", – заявил он.

 

 

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

 

⦁ Can an appellant withdraw his/hers appeal and lodge a fresh application instead ?

Apparently, yes, in line with Para 39E :

 

Exceptions for overstayers

 

39E. This paragraph applies where:

 

(1) the application was made within 14 days of the applicant’s leave expiring and the Secretary of State considers that there was a good reason beyond the control of the applicant or their representative, provided in or with the application, why the application could not be made in-time; or

(2) the application was made:

(a) following the refusal of a previous application for leave which was made in-time or to which sub-paragraph (1) applied; and

( within 14 days of:

(i) the refusal of the previous application for leave; or

(ii) the expiry of any leave extended by section 3C of the Immigration Act 1971; or

(iii) the expiry of the time-limit for making an in-time application for administrative review or appeal (where applicable); or

(iv) any administrative review or appeal being concluded, withdrawn or abandoned or lapsing.

 

⦁ Can the UK BA return the applicant's passport in case the application was refused so the applicant, for example, could take the English language test (for a different application) ?

 

Apparently, yes. The Home Office has a policy to return passports to allow someone to sit the test. The information can be usually found in the ‘SELT Frequently asked questions document’ dated March 2017. It states:

 

“What if my passport is held by the Home Office and I don’t have a valid Biometric Residence Permit or EU Identity Card?

You should contact the Home Office to request the return of your passport”.

 

You can find this document at: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...-language-tests</noindex>.

 

⦁ Check your visa or immigration application status on the UK BA web-site via this link : <noindex>https://contact-ukvi.homeoffice.gov.uk/app/...isastatus"</noindex>

 

⦁ UK BA clarifies on the cooling of period :

 

"...where a migrant has had more than one period of Tier 2 leave in the last 12 months and each CoS was assigned for less than 3 months, even where they may total over 3 months, the cooling off period will not apply".

 

The Rule:

 

Para 38.9 of the Tier 2 and 5: guidance for sponsors:

 

"The cooling off period does not apply where the migrant:

 

…

was only in the UK as a Tier 2 migrant during the last 12 months for a short period(s) with a CoS which was assigned for 3 months or less. This could be where a migrant:

…

has had more than one period of Tier 2 leave in the last 12 months and each CoS was assigned for less than 3 months, even where they may total over 3 months, the cooling off period will not apply

 

Recent case-law

 

⦁ R (on the application of Islam and Pathan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Tier 2 licence-revocation-consequences) [2017] UKUT 00369 (IAC) (18 September 2017) : <noindex>https://tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/u...c/2017-ukut-369</noindex>

 

Unlike the situation for Tier 4 applicants, a person whose sponsor's Tier 2 licence was revoked for non-compliance with the Immigration Rules is not entitled to challenge a decision not to provide him/her with a period of 60 days in which to secure an alternative sponsor. Patel [2011] UKUT 211 (IAC) distinguished.

 

⦁ Sleiman (deprivation of citizenship; conduct) [2017] UKUT 00367 (IAC) (19 September 2017) : <noindex>https://tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/u...c/2017-ukut-367</noindex>

 

In an appeal against a decision to deprive a person of a citizenship status, in assessing whether the appellant obtained registration or naturalisation “by means of ”fraud, false representation, or concealment of a material fact", the impugned behaviour must be directly material to the decision to grant citizenship.

 

⦁ UK Visas and Immigration Guidance - Detention and reporting (asylum instructions) : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/d...um-instructions</noindex>

 

⦁ UK Visas and Immigration Guidance - Asylum claims in detention : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ms-in-detention</noindex>

 

 

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

 

⦁ UK banks to check 70m bank accounts in search for illegal immigrants : <noindex>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/se...egal-immigrants</noindex>

 

The UK BA is advancing its formally "Hostile Environment" doctrine. From 2018 the banks will be quarterly checking all 70 000 000 UK accounts to find the accounts held by the illegal migrants.

 

In some cases it is yet not to late to get legal if you have children and/or partner in the UK. We can help.

 

 

 

 

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

 

- Deprivation and nullity of the UK citizenship Guidance : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...policy-guidance</noindex>

 

- Further funds wasting from the UK BA - Assisted Digital service for online immigration applications : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...and-immigration</noindex>

 

Instead of making the forms shorter and to the point the UK BA has appointed the 3rd party agency to tell the applicant on how to complete the on-line based applications. This 3rd party support service will not be able to provide the legal advice, naturally. In other words, this 3rd party will generally be able to tell something like "write you name in the "Your name" box". Very "useful" use of the funds.

 

- Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2006 continue to apply for appeals according to the Tribunal : <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/IAC/2017/165.html</noindex>

 

The Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2006 are apparently preserved for appeals (or rights of appeal) already commenced on 1 February 2017, which was not the case when the 2006 Regulations replaced the predecessor 2000 Regulations (see MG and VC (EEA Regulations 2006; “conducive” deportation) Ireland[2006] UKAIT 00053).

 

- Further guidance from Upper Tribunal on withdrawal of immigration appeals : <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/IAC/2017/295.html</noindex>

 

This Guidance is important in those cases where the Home Office does withdraw a decision once the appeal has been lodged. Official headnote:

 

(i) The public law character of appeals to the FTT is reflected in the regulatory requirement governing the withdrawal of appeals that any proposed withdrawal of an appeal must contain the reasons for the course mooted and must be judicially scrutinized, per rule 17 of the FTT Rules and rule 17 of the Upper Tribunal Rules.

 

(ii) Judicial evaluation of both the withdrawal of an appellant’s appeal and the withdrawal of the Secretary of State’s case or appeal is required.

 

(iii) Every judicial determination of an appellant’s proposal to withdraw an appeal or the Secretary of State’s proposal to withdraw requires a brief outline of the reasons for the decision. The purpose of the judicial scrutiny is to ensure that the appeal is being properly and correctly withdrawn.

 

(iv) Judicial scrutiny will normally result in the mooted withdrawal of the appeal being perfected by transmission of the notice to the parties required by Rule 17(iii). However, this will not occur automatically: for example where the proposed withdrawal lacks coherence or is based on a clear material misunderstanding or misconception.

 

(v) The outcome of the judicial scrutiny should be briefly reasoned.

 

(vi) Rule 29 of the FTT Rules is confined to the substantive determination of appeals.

 

(vii) The power of the FTT to set aside a decision under Rule 32 is exercisable only by the FTT President and the Resident Judges.

 

(viii) In cases where an unsuccessful appellant has a choice, best practice dictates that an application to set aside the impugned decision of the FtT under Rule 32 be first exhausted in advance of the lodgement of an application for permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal. Where both species of challenge are lodged simultaneously, it will be sensible to assign them to the same Judge where feasible.

 

- Tribunal can (but won’t) hold Home Office in contempt for ignoring consent orders : <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/IAC/2017/198.html</noindex>

 

The facts of R (on the application of MMK) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (consent orders – legal effect – enforcement) [2017] UKUT 198 (IAC) involved the not uncommon scenario of the Home Office withdrawing its decision in response to an application for judicial review, agreeing a consent order which included an agreement to pay the costs of the claimant and to make new decision be made within a certain time and then failing to comply with that consent order.

Deception, causation and deprivation of British citizenship : <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/IAC/2017/367.html</noindex>

In Sleiman (deprivation of citizenship; conduct) [2017] UKUT 367 (IAC) the tribunal considered the question of how directly causative past deception must be of a subsequent grant of British citizenship in order for a person to be deprived of that citizenship on the basis of deception.

 

The official headnote:

 

In an appeal against a decision to deprive a person of a citizenship status, in assessing whether the appellant obtained registration or naturalization “by means of” fraud, false representation, or concealment of a material fact, the impugned behaviour must be directly material to the decision to grant citizenship.

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Назван самый популярный среди туристов город мира

 

За прошлый год туристы потратили там 14 миллиардов долларов

 

Бангкок оказался наиболее популярным среди туристов городом мира в 2016 году.

 

Об этом сообщает пресс-служба компании MasterCard. Эксперты финансовой корпорации проанализировали данные о зарубежных гостях в 132 крупных городах мира за прошлый год. В итоге выяснилось, что за этот период в столице Таиланда останавливались с ночевкой 19,41 миллиона путешественников.

 

На втором месте находится Лондон с результатом в 19,06 миллиона человек.

 

Париж замыкает топ-3: в отелях французской столицы в 2016 году на одну ночь и дольше останавливались 15,45 миллиона визитеров.

 

Четвертую строчку занял Дубай (14,87 миллиона человек). На пятой позиции — Сингапур. Азиатский город-государство за год принял 13,11 миллиона путешественников.

 

В первую десятку рейтинга в порядке убывания также вошли Нью-Йорк, Сеул, Куала-Лумпур, Токио и Стамбул.

 

За 2016 год туристы потратили в Бангкоке 14,1 миллиарда долларов.

 

Лидером по общей сумме расходов путешественников стал Дубай.

 

Отдыхающие пополнили бюджет арабского мегаполиса на 28,5 миллиарда долларов.

 

Ранее специалисты исследовательской организации Euromonitor назвали Гонконг самым посещаемым зарубежными гостями городом мира. Бангкок и Лондон попали в тройку лидеров.

 

 

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

 

Under the para V3.9A (Rules for Visitors), an overtsay is committed when a person remained in the UK without a leave (visa) for : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rul...v-visitor-rules</noindex>

 

- (a) 90 days or less, where the overstaying began before 6 April 2017; or

- ( 30 days or less, where the overstaying began on or after 6 April 2017

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Живущие за рубежом граждане России должны будут отчитываться о вступлениях в брак и разводах в российские консульства

 

Живущие за рубежом граждане России должны будут отчитываться о вступлениях в брак, разводах и других изменениях гражданского состояния, совершенных в других странах. Рассказываем, что именно будут обязаны делать россияне, живущие за рубежом, зачем это все делается и для кого это особенно важно.

Что именно будут должны делать граждане РФ, живущие за рубежом?

 

С 1 января 2018 года в России вступают в силу изменения в Федеральный закон «Об актах гражданского состояния». Они обяжут граждан РФ, в отношении которых (либо в отношении несовершеннолетних детей которых) компетентным органом иностранного государства совершена регистрация акта гражданского состояния, направлять по своему месту жительства в орган записи актов гражданского состояния или консульское учреждение Российской Федерации (если гражданин РФ проживает за границей) сведения о факте данной регистрации не позднее чем через месяц со дня совершения такой регистрации на территории иностранного государства. Другими словами, если вы вышли замуж, развелись, сменили имя, усыновили или удочерили ребенка — вам нужно в течение месяца сообщить об этом в консульство.

Эти сведения будут поступать в Единый государственный реестр записей актов гражданского состояния (ЕГРЗАГС) — новый систематизированный свод документированных сведений.

Напомним, что к актам гражданского состояния относятся: рождение, заключение брака, расторжение брака, усыновление (удочерение), установление отцовства, перемена имени и смерть. Соответственно, информация именно об этих сведениях будет включена в ЕГРЗАГС, даже если эти акты случились за пределами России. Каждой записи в ЕГРЗАГС будет присваиваться уникальный регистрационный номер.

Порядок направления информации будет установлен Правительством России, сейчас он не известен.

Для чего это делается?

 

Российское государство делает это для того, чтобы оптимизировать и упростить налоговое администрирование и собирать больше налогов. Об этом говорится в «Концепции формирования и ведения единого федерального информационного ресурса, содержащего сведения о населении Российской Федерации». Собственно, поэтому оператором единого информационного ресурса выступает Федеральная налоговая служба России (ФНС РФ).

Главное

 

Таким образом, начиная с 2018 года, сведения о каждом гражданине РФ можно будет отследить с момента его рождения и до смерти, а ФНС РФ как главный фискальный орган сможет быстрее устанавливать факты родственных и иных юридически важных связей между гражданами и лучше контролировать сделки, которые осуществляются между взаимозависимыми лицами.

Изменения имеют значение в первую очередь для тех граждан РФ, которые ведут предпринимательскую деятельность, вовлекая в нее близких родственников и выводя свой бизнес за пределы границ РФ с целью сократить налоги.

 

 

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

 

⦁ It seems that the UK VAC is not coping with the Appendix FM (Settlement - Spouse, Partner, Fiance(e) etc applications

 

Applied to have your spouse's Entry Clearance case (spouse of a UK citzien etc) via the so-called UK BA Premium Service (14 days) consideration route ? According to multiple reports, it is not working and the applicants receive the following E-mails from various UK VACs aross the globe:

 

"Regarding Visa Application: GWFxxxxxxxxxx

For: XXXXX X XXXXXXX

 

Thank you for applying for a UK visa. Your visa application has been received and is under consideration. We aim to process non settlement applications within 15 working days (unless you have opted for the Priority Visa service), and settlement applications within 60 working days.

 

Unfortunately, the processing of your application has not been straightforward and we will be unable to decide your application within our customer service targets. We are continuing to work on your application and aim to make a decision as soon as possible.

 

We will write to you again if there is any change to this. Please do not attend the Visa Application Centre until you have been advised that your application has been decided and that your passport is ready for collection.

 

Kind Regards,

 

UK Decision Making Centre"

 

⦁ Incorrect Visa and BRP endorsements : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/..._eid=1af5cd4d48</noindex>

 

The options to correct the Incorrect Visa and BRP endorsements.

 

 

 

 

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

 

⦁ Hostile environment (for illegal immigrants in the UK): the UK banks are forced to check 70 million accounts : <noindex>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/se...egal-immigrants</noindex>

 

Banks and building societies are to carry out immigration checks on a reported 70 million bank accounts in accordance with the Immigration Act 2016, amending the Immigration Act 2014.

 

The provision ordering this will come into force on 30 October 2017. Regulations introducing a code of practice have been laid down. For each account belonging to anyone illegally in the country, the bank must, under certain circumstances, notify the Home Office, who will then close it down or freeze it.

 

This measure will make life harder for those in the country illegally.

 

 

⦁ Appendix FM applications from the US Virgin Islands

 

The Appendix FM applications from the US Virgin Islands are treated to be lodged from the USA

 

⦁ Indefinite Leave to Enter endorsements (ILE)

 

The ILE are usually "valid" for 2 years, bringing a lot of consufion. In fact, the ILE does not expire, but rather, the ILE vignette expires in line with the expiration date of the passport submitted at the time of application.

 

See section 9.4:

 

<noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ng-and-validity</noindex>

 

"The ‘expiry’ date which is the date when the entry clearance will not be valid for travel to the UK, and nor will it confer leave to enter. The ‘expiry’ date for applicants who qualify for ILE should represent the expiry date of the applicant’s passport and does not indicate an expiry of ‘indefinite leave to enter’".

 

⦁ Home Office offers dubious assurances on fingerprints and ID cards for EU citizens : <noindex>http://mailchi.mp/the3million/et4z0u9759-739761</noindex>

 

Campaign group the3million has issued a statement on the latest plans for settled status following a meeting with the Home Office.

 

Some clarifications were made during a meeting between the Home Office and the3million regarding some false information circulating around the future criteria required for all of us after Brexit to obtain the documentation providing evidence of our rights.

 

The Home Office has confirmed in accordance with the Policy Paper (of 26th June 2017) and subsequent negotiations with the Commission on Citizens’ Rights its position that EU citizens:

 

- Will not have to prove CSI

- Will not have to meet an income threshold

- Will not have to submit finger prints

- Will not be issued with an ID card

 

The Home Office has repeated that they are focusing on designing a completely new system that will easily allow EU citizens currently living in the UK to obtain documentation.

 

The June policy paper had said that settled status “will be evidenced through a residence document” and that officials “may also need to capture evidence of EU citizens’ biometric information”.

 

Without a residence document, the paper continued, “current residents may find it difficult to access the labour market and services”.

 

Yesterday’s announcement does not change that practical reality for EU citizens granted settled status.

 

As ever, the appropriate response to unofficial Home Office assurances is scepticism.

 

⦁ Citizens’ rights: update after fourth round of Brexit negotiations : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/syste...h_Cion_V2.2.pdf</noindex>

 

The fourth round of Brexit negotiations are over, with some signs of progress on the future status of EU citizens living in the UK.

 

At the end of August, the EU-UK joint comparison of negotiating positions on citizens’ rights showed some 30 issues highlighted in red, indicating no agreement. This has been cut by about half in the latest document, showing the position at the end of September.

 

⦁ Tribunal established that the Home Office must prove present risk to deport EU citizens : <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/IAC/2017/294.html</noindex>

 

In the very recent case of Arranz (EEA Regulations – deportation – test) [2017] UKUT 294 (IAC) President McCloskey set out the correct approach to EU law deportations. The official Headnote instructs us:

 

(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.

 

⦁ This can happen : the Immigration Judge “wholly failing to meet standards”, the Upper Tier Tribunal finds : <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKAITUR/2017/AA069062014.html</noindex>

 

Three judges of the Upper Tribunal have examined 13 separate decisions of the same First-tier Tribunal judge and found them “wholly failing to meet the standards that are demanded by the office of a judge and expected by the parties”.

 

The unreported judgment in AA069062014 & Ors. [2017] UKAITUR AA069062014 (30 August 2017) makes for profoundly uncomfortable reading.

 

The panel, led by the Vice-President, said that “no more than the most basic principles of law are referred to in the decisions” of Judge Majid, “and even these seem to be quite often wrong”.

 

There are many specific examples given. Three suffice to give a flavour of the whole. Each contains a quote from the First-tier decision under appeal, followed by a pithy comment from the Upper Tribunal (in parentheses).

 

The Appellant should be aware that the current fiscal crisis cannot allow judges to permit people to remain in the UK when British citizens need jobs (not surprisingly, this sentiment is not found in any of the law the Judge was supposed to be applying).

 

The burden of proof is upon the Appellant and the standard of proof is the balance of probabilities (in an asylum appeal).

 

The best interests of the children are involved and that creates a knockout element (the opposite of what the authorities say).

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⦁ UK Visas and Immigration Guidance: Priority change of circumstances for sponsors (3 October 2017) : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...sms-user-manual</noindex>

 

Guidance about the priority service for Tier 2 and 5 employers sponsoring foreign workers. It gives information about the service and how to apply.

 

⦁ UK Visas and Immigration Guidance: Guidance on visa applications under Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) (1 October 2017) : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...mobility-scheme</noindex>

 

Use these guidance notes to understand the details of the Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) and how to apply.

 

⦁ UK Visas and Immigration Guidance: Country returns guide (2 October 2017) : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...y-returns-guide</noindex>

 

Home Office guidance on the documents required and processes for returning immigration offenders to their country of origin.

 

⦁ Same day premium service FLR(FP) applications from overstayers/irregular migrants

 

It has ben reported that an FLR(FP) application by an overstayer/irregular migrant was successful when lodged via the PSC, despite the PSC taking some 30 days to decide on the application. NB The postal FLR(FP) application from an overstayer/irregular migrant is taking about 12 months on average.

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• Home Office in breach of law over permanent residence waiting times

The Home Office has broken the law by failing to publish the waiting times faced by EU citizens trying to get residence documents.

 

The Information Commissioner ruled that Amber Rudd’s department is in breach of the Freedom of Information Act, having sat on the request for seven months and counting.

 

• The Council of Europe Agreement on the transfer of refugee status can be found here : <noindex>https://rm.coe.int/1680078b0d</noindex> and the current interim UK BA instructions can be found here : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...-notice-process</noindex>

 

• Appendix T on the Tuberculosis (TB) screening requirements for the UK immigration applications can be found here : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rul...losis-screening</noindex>

 

• Tribunal criticizes government lawyers for “trench warfare” mentality and “inappropriate” conduct : <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/IAC/2017/372.html</noindex>

 

In one of his final judgments as outgoing President, Mr Justice McCloskey launched a bitter broadside at the conduct of government lawyers in long-running litigation over the entry of refugee children.

 

While the criticism of the solicitors at the Government Legal Department and of previous barristers instructed for the Home Office is robust and unambiguous, the background is hard to discern from the judgment itself, which arises essentially as satellite litigation around the failure of the Home Office to comply with previous orders made by the tribunal. The case is R (on the application of AM and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (liberty to apply – scope – discharging mandatory orders) [2017] UKUT 372 (IAC).

 

• Hospital orders and deportation : <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2017/1382.html</noindex>

 

In Secretary of State for the Home Department v KE (Nigeria) [2017] EWCA Civ 382, the Court of Appeal tackled

the narrow, but important, issue as to whether a non-British citizen who is convicted and sentenced to a hospital order with restrictions under sections 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983 is “a foreign criminal who has been sentenced to a period of imprisonment of at least four years” for the purposes of section 117C(6) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, so that the public interest requires his deportation unless there are very compelling circumstances that mean that it would be a disproportionate interference with his rights under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights… to deport him.

The case is also a good example of what can be considered “very compelling circumstances” in deportation cases.

 

• Permanent residence through incapacity to work: no UK derogation : <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/AAC/2017/360.html</noindex>

 

The claimant in SSWP v NZ (ESA) [2017] UKUT 0360 (AAC) is a Polish national who worked in a chip shop. On 4 September 2017, the Upper Tribunal released a third interim decision in the case, relating to a very specific issue: had the UK derogated from Article 17 of Directive 2004/38 by the Accession (Immigration and Worker Registration) Regulations 2004?

 

 

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• Changes in the "Application for UK visa for family settlement: form VAF4A and appendix 2" : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ment-form-vaf4a</noindex>

 

 

 

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 What happens if you are a non-EEA national of a dual (EU and UK) partner in the UK ?

 

The relevant Guidance can be found here : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/syste...ionals_v5_0.pdf</noindex>

 

The following point is very important as in some cases the non-EEA nationals may not acquire the Permanent Residence status in the UK if the following points are not met:

 

“Non-EEA national family members of dual EEA and British citizens

 

This section tells you about family members of ‘dual nationals’, British citizens who are also nationals of other European Economic Area (EEA) member states.

 

British citizens who are also nationals of other EEA member states are not considered to be ‘EEA nationals’ for the purposes of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 (the 2016 regulations). This applies whether or not the dual national has always resided in the UK.

 

A family member of a dual national does not have a right of residence under the regulations on the basis of their relationship to the dual national.

 

If they do not have a right of residence on any other basis under the 2016 regulations, they will need leave to enter or remain in the UK under the Immigration Rules.

 

Transitional arrangements

 

Transitional arrangements were put in place following amendments to the regulations in July 2012, which allowed family members of dual nationals who had already relied upon a right of residence as the family member of that dual national to continue to enjoy a right of residence where the conditions set out below were met.

 

Persons residing in the UK on 16 July 2012

 

Persons already residing in the UK on 16 July 2012 as family members of dual nationals, and who held a valid registration certificate or residence card confirming this right on 16 October 2012 will continue to be treated as the family member of an EEA national for as long as they continue to be the family member of that dual national.

 

This arrangement also applies where a person had a right of residence on this basis on 16 July 2012 and had submitted an application for a document confirming this right on or before 16 October 2012.

 

Such persons will continue to have a right where a document was subsequently issued on the basis of this application.

 

Persons who had applied for an EEA family permit before 16 July 2012

 

A person who submitted an application for an EEA family permit as the family member of a dual national before 16 July 2012 will continue to be treated as the family member of an EEA national if both:

 

• the application resulted in an EEA family permit being issued (including where this document was issued following a successful appeal)

• the applicant travelled to the UK within the 6 month validity period of that EEA family permit

 

If the family member of a dual British citizen and EEA national meets the conditions

above, they will continue to be treated as the family member of an EEA national for

as long as they continue to be the family member of that dual national.

 

Anyone who falls within the transitional arrangements on the basis of an EEA family permit application does not need to apply for further confirmation of a right of residence in the UK.

 

For further information, see the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) judgment in McCarthy (C-434/09)”

 

NB At the same time the case of Lounes C-165/16 has now received a formal Opinion by the Advocate-General suggesting that the UK was wrong to deny EU rights to dual citizens and their family members: <noindex>http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/docu...&cid=747813</noindex>

 

 UK Visas and Immigration Guidance - Grenfell Tower and Nationality (12 October 2017)

 

• A collection of guidance documents used by UK Visas and Immigration when deciding applications for British nationality : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/n...policy-guidance</noindex>

 

• Provides background information about the history of nationality law and can be used in conjunction with guidance to assess citizenship claims : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...-on-nationality</noindex>

 

• Guidance on requests for limited leave to remain outside of the Immigration Rules from relatives of those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...migration-cases</noindex>

 

• Guidance on the handling of immigration cases involving Grenfell Tower fire survivors and other affected individuals : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...migration-cases</noindex>

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• People with the Derivative Rights of Residence (“Zambrano” etc) may not be able to apply for Permanent Residence/Settlement in the UK, according to the UK BA

 

According to the Head of the Family Policy at the UK BA, the time spent with a Derivative Right of Residence will not count for the purposes of qualifying for indefinite leave to remain under the Immigration Rules on long residence.

 

“…there is no provision in the Immigration Rules for time spent in the UK with a right of residence under the 2016 Regulations to be counted as lawful residence for the purposes of the Rules on long residence…”

 

This is a disappointing news as it is hard to imagine how the people in this category may obtain Settlement in the UK at all ? The situation is likely to bring a number of legal challenges.

 

 

• News from the UK BA Sheffield – Settlement applications (helps to understand applicants of which countries need to either send their documents to Sheffield or whether the applications will be scanned at a particular Visa Application Centre (UK VAC)

 

“WHAT IS COVERED BY THIS UK DECISION MAKING CENTRE?

 

This UK Decision Making Centre currently deals with settlement applications lodged in:

 

 

• Afghanistan

• Canada

• Caribbean

• Nigeria

• Pakistan

• Tunisia

• Morocco

• Cameroon

• Gambia

• Ghana

• Senegal

• Sierra Leone

• Russia

• The United States of America

• India (non Priority only)

• Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai (Priority and non Priority)

• Sri Lanka (non Priority only)

• Minsk

• Paris

• Australia

• Egypt (Alexandria)

• China

• Japan (Tokyo and Osaka)

• South Korea (Seoul)

• Philippines

• Taiwan (Taipei)

• Brunei

• Mongolia

• Nepal

• Bhutan

• Bangladesh

• Thailand

• Hong Kong

• Malaysia

• New Zealand

 

This UK Decision Making Centre currently also processes all applications submitted at:

 

• Victoria Island Visa Application Centre in Lagos, Nigeria.

• Visa Application Centres in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Banjul, Gambia, Yaounde, Cameroon, Dakar, Senegal and Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Indonesia, Pune, Dusseldorf, Madrid, Geneva, Dublin and Rome”

 

Most recent case-law

 

• Sleiman (deprivation of citizenship; conduct) [2017] UKUT 00367 (IAC)

 

In an appeal against a decision to deprive a person of a citizenship status, in assessing whether the appellant obtained registration or naturalisation “by means of”fraud, false representation, or concealment of a material fact, the impugned behaviour must be directly material to the decision to grant citizenship.

 

• R (on the application of Islam and Pathan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Tier 2 licence-revocation-consequences) [2017] UKUT 00369 (IAC)

 

Unlike the situation for Tier 4 applicants, a person whose sponsor's Tier 2 licence was revoked for non-compliance with the Immigration Rules is not entitled to challenge a decision not to provide him/her with a period of 60 days in which to secure an alternative sponsor. Patel [2011] UKUT 211 (IAC) distinguished.

 

• Doubtful and disputed nationality cases Guidance : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-doubtful-disputed-and-other-cases-instruction

 

Asylum policy guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration when the applicant’s nationality is doubtful or disputed.

 

• UK Visas and Immigration Guidance - Application to extend sty in UK (long residence): form FLR(LR) (5 October 2017) : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ence-form-flrlr</noindex>

 

Use this form if you are already in the UK with temporary permission to stay and want to extend your stay on the basis that you have lived here legally for many years.

 

• UK Visas and Immigration Guidance - Settle in the UK on the basis of long residence: form SET(LR) (5 October 2017) : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...n-uk-form-setlr</noindex>

 

Use this form if you have lived in the UK lawfully for many years and now want to apply for settlement and a biometric residence permit.

 

 

 

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• People with the Derivative Rights of Residence (“Zambrano” etc) may not be able to apply for Permanent Residence/Settlement in the UK, according to the UK BA

 

According to the Head of the Family Policy at the UK BA, the time spent with a Derivative Right of Residence will not count for the purposes of qualifying for indefinite leave to remain under the Immigration Rules on long residence.

 

“…there is no provision in the Immigration Rules for time spent in the UK with a right of residence under the 2016 Regulations to be counted as lawful residence for the purposes of the Rules on long residence…”

 

This is a disappointing news as it is hard to imagine how the people in this category may obtain Settlement in the UK at all ? The situation is likely to bring a number of legal challenges.

 

 

• News from the UK BA Sheffield – Settlement applications (helps to understand applicants of which countries need to either send their documents to Sheffield or whether the applications will be scanned at a particular Visa Application Centre (UK VAC)

 

“WHAT IS COVERED BY THIS UK DECISION MAKING CENTRE?

 

This UK Decision Making Centre currently deals with settlement applications lodged in:

 

• Afghanistan

• Canada

• Caribbean

• Nigeria

• Pakistan

• Tunisia

• Morocco

• Cameroon

• Gambia

• Ghana

• Senegal

• Sierra Leone

• Russia

• The United States of America

• India (non Priority only)

• Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai (Priority and non Priority)

• Sri Lanka (non Priority only)

• Minsk

• Paris

• Australia

• Egypt (Alexandria)

• China

• Japan (Tokyo and Osaka)

• South Korea (Seoul)

• Philippines

• Taiwan (Taipei)

• Brunei

• Mongolia

• Nepal

• Bhutan

• Bangladesh

• Thailand

• Hong Kong

• Malaysia

• New Zealand

 

This UK Decision Making Centre currently also processes all applications submitted at:

 

• Victoria Island Visa Application Centre in Lagos, Nigeria.

• Visa Application Centres in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Banjul, Gambia, Yaounde, Cameroon, Dakar, Senegal and Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Indonesia, Pune, Dusseldorf, Madrid, Geneva, Dublin and Rome”

 

Most recent case-law

 

• Sleiman (deprivation of citizenship; conduct) [2017] UKUT 00367 (IAC)

 

In an appeal against a decision to deprive a person of a citizenship status, in assessing whether the appellant obtained registration or naturalisation “by means of”fraud, false representation, or concealment of a material fact, the impugned behaviour must be directly material to the decision to grant citizenship.

 

• R (on the application of Islam and Pathan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Tier 2 licence-revocation-consequences) [2017] UKUT 00369 (IAC)

 

Unlike the situation for Tier 4 applicants, a person whose sponsor's Tier 2 licence was revoked for non-compliance with the Immigration Rules is not entitled to challenge a decision not to provide him/her with a period of 60 days in which to secure an alternative sponsor. Patel [2011] UKUT 211 (IAC) distinguished.

 

• Doubtful and disputed nationality cases Guidance : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ses-instruction</noindex>

 

Asylum policy guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration when the applicant’s nationality is doubtful or disputed.

 

• UK Visas and Immigration Guidance - Application to extend sty in UK (long residence): form FLR(LR) (5 October 2017) : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ence-form-flrlr</noindex>

 

Use this form if you are already in the UK with temporary permission to stay and want to extend your stay on the basis that you have lived here legally for many years.

 

• UK Visas and Immigration Guidance - Settle in the UK on the basis of long residence: form SET(LR) (5 October 2017) : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...n-uk-form-setlr</noindex>

 

Use this form if you have lived in the UK lawfully for many years and now want to apply for settlement and a biometric residence permit.

 

 

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• NHS identity checks. A pilot programme to recover more of the (derisory) sums said to be lost from “health tourism” has been causing “panic, fear, confusion” in hospitals, Politics.co.uk reports : http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2017/10/13/panic-and-confusion-the-hospitals-piloting-migrant-id-checks

 

• UK Visas and Immigration Guidance - Points-based system: Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) (13 October 2017) : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...mobility-scheme</noindex>

 

Modernized guidance for how UK Visas and Immigration considers applications under the Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) category of the points-based system.

 

• Detention services order 09/2007 about escorting detainees with cash guidance : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...inees-with-cash</noindex>

 

This guidance has simply been re-branded and contains no amendments

 

• Chapter 08: appendix FM family members (immigration directorate instructions). Updated 16th October 2017 : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...-family-members</noindex>

 

Recent case-law

 

- R (on the application of Anjum) v Entry Clearance Officer, Islamabad (entrepreneur – business expansion – fairness generally) [2017] UKUT 00406 (IAC) (11 October 2017) : <noindex>https://tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/u...c/2017-ukut-406</noindex>

 

(i) A proposal by a Tier 1 Entrepreneur applicant who operates an existing business to use part of the prescribed minimum finance of £200,000 to purchase a second business for the purpose of developing and expanding the existing enterprise is compatible with paragraph 245 of the Immigration Rules.

(ii) An immigration interview may be unfair, thereby rendering the resulting decision unlawful, where inflexible structural adherence to prepared questions excludes the spontaneity necessary to repeat or clarify obscure questions and/or to probe or elucidate answers given.

 

• The case of Sala is now overturned at the Court of Appeal. Briefly, the expended family members’ rights do come under the EEA Regulations, thankfully

 

• High Court defeat for Home Office over torture policy : www.medicaljustice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CO-5386-2017_Medical_Justice_v-_SSHD-Approved_Judgment.pdf

 

The Home Office has lost a judicial review over its controversial change to the definition of torture in a claim brought by unlawfully detained torture victims.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• Varying immigration applications (that is, submitting one application and then changing it for another type of the application)

 

What happens if one needs to submit, say, an extension of the UK Spouse visa application yet for some reason the financial requirement is not met, such as there are only, say, 4 months wage slips out of the required 6?

 

The application FLR(FP) does not require the prescribed level of income under the Appendix FM, so one can write a cover letter and explain the reasons as to why the application FLR(FP) is lodged instead of the application FLR(M). Also, when the other 2 months wage slips become available, one can then vary the application to FLR(M) provided the UK BA did not decide the application before. The UK BA may grant further leave under the FLR(M) route yet in some cases they may refuse the grant of the FLR(M) (5 year route to Settlement) and instead grant further leave to remain purely on the basis of the FLR(FP) application = 10 year route or even refuse the application arguing that the ‘date of application’ (relevant for the 6 months of evidence prior to date of application under appendix FM) was date of initial FLR (FP) application. The refusal may be appealed and allowed by the Immigration Judge establishing that the effective ‘date of application’ was the date of variation rather than the date of the initial FLR(FP) application.

 

The argument in the above appeal scenario may be a common sense argument relying on the case of Qureshi (Tier 4 – effect of variation – App C) Pakistan [2011] UKUT 00412 (IAC) and arguing that the ratio should apply to any application not just Tier 4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• UK BA reply under the FOI request about the EEA Residence Documentation applications (EEAFM, EEAPR etc) consideration times – the delays are mounting : <noindex>https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/3914...%20V2.xlsx.html</noindex>

 

That means that if you are still considering to apply for Permanent Residence, Registration Certificate etc rather later than sooner, you may need to think again.

 

• UK BA Premium Service Centres appointments usually become available no earlier than 6 weeks before the desired appointment date

• Court of Appeal: private religious belief does not risk persecution: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2017/1539.html</noindex>

 

The case seems to pose a novel difficulty: should a claim by a person who would exercise their religion in utter privacy be accepted? These are not readily answered by HJ (Iran), which dealt with concealment of identity. In light of this distinction, a revisiting by the Supreme Court of the issue may be constructive.

 

• Home Office: a stroke is not “exceptional circumstances”

 

An ex-soldier who struggles to walk, speak or perform basic household tasks following a stroke has been told that he must look after his children without their Philippine national mother because these do not constitute “exceptional circumstances” in the eyes of the Home Office.

 

The appeal is under way, and will, hopefully, succeed : <noindex>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oc...es-for-children</noindex>

 

 

 

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- The Republic of Ireland citizens have Settled status by default ?

 

Yes, they have, yet it is worth remembering that this is applicable IF :

 

S50A(5) of the 1981 Act states:

 

(5)For the purposes of subsection (4)(d), a person has a qualifying CTA entitlement if the person—

(a)is a citizen of the Republic of Ireland,

(b)last arrived in the United Kingdom on a local journey (within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971) from the Republic of Ireland, and

©on that arrival, was a citizen of the Republic of Ireland and was entitled to enter without leave by virtue of section 1(3) of the Immigration Act 1971 (entry from the common travel area).

 

- Detained immigrants appeals – no Case Management Reviews (CMRs) ?

 

According to the Harmondsworth First Tier Tribunal (FTT), the CMRs and the Pre-Hearing Reviews are not listed for detained immigration appeals. That means the detainees appeals may be listed to proceed to a full hearing, without a Case Management Review hearing or a Pre-Hearing Review.

 

- Can a Permanent Residence (EEA(PR)) application be downgraded to grant of a Residence Certificate ?

Apparently, it can. According to the UK BA, if an applicant applies for a Permanent Residency and does not qualify but does meet the criteria for a Registration Certificate the UK BA will contact the applicant and offer him/her the alternative product. Unfortunately, the UK BA cannot do this automatically as they need the applicant’s permission to vary the application and cannot give the applicant a (lesser) product they did not apply for without the applicant's explicit consent. The UK BA can only make one attempt at contact because of pressure of time, but usually where a customer has a representative, that contact should be successful. If the UK BA are unable to contact the applicant the UK BA will refuse Permanent Residence, but explain the reasons in the letter.

 

- EEA Applications – Issue of the Certificates of Application (CoA) timing

According to the UK BA, now the CoAs are issued on the 4th day after the applicant's biometric enrolment

 

 

 

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- THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (CHARGES TO OVERSEAS VISITORS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2017 : <noindex>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/75...20170756_en.pdf</noindex>

 

Note that the NHS-funded assisted conception services will NOT be included in the exemption from charge applicable to people who are caught within surcharge arrangements:

 

Section 7.39:

 

"From 21 August 2017, NHS-funded assisted conception services will not be included in the exemption from charge applicable to people who are caught within surcharge arrangements (i.e. those who have paid the surcharge, or who are exempt from paying it (with certain exceptions) or in respect of whom it has been waived). This means that, unless another exemption applies, where NHS assisted conception services are provided to a person who is exempt under surcharge arrangements, overseas visitor charges will apply. This is brought forward through regulations 11, 12 and 13 of this instrument, which insert a new regulation (9A) and amend regulation 10 and 11 respectively.".