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My name is Colin Yeo and I am a barrister, writer, campaigner and consultant specialising in immigration law. I founded Free Movement in 2007.

Immigration Law Training

We offer a huge range of immigration law training courses for solicitors, barristers, OISC advisers and others of all levels of experience

Introductory

Perfect for the Immigration Advice Authority (formerly OISC) level 1 exams and those new to immigration law.
from £600

Advanced

Taking your knowledge to the next level? Perfect for Immigration Advice Authority (formerly OISC) level 2.
from £600

Webinars

We run regular webinars and workshops on all sorts of immigration, asylum and nationality law and practice issues.
from £55

The Supreme Court has upheld a decision of the Court of Appeal, which had agreed with the Special Immigration Appeals Commission’s decision to dismiss an appeal against deprivation of British citizenship and an application for entry clearance by a woman in Syria. The case is U3 v Secretary of State...

21st May 2025
BY Sonia Lenegan

An unhappy Court of Appeal has warned against the “the type of informal case expansion that was deprecated by this Court in R (Talpada) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 841” and reminded litigants of the need to make formal applications when wanting to amend...

20th May 2025
BY Sonia Lenegan

The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision of the Upper Tribunal to allow the Home Secretary’s appeal against a First-tier Tribunal decision allowing the appeal of a Vietnamese national on humanitarian protection grounds. The court held that the First-tier Tribunal had not given sufficient reasons for finding the appellant...

19th May 2025
BY Sonia Lenegan

The cost of making an immigration or nationality application has risen extremely steeply. Annual increases of 20% or 25% per year have become standard, but now we’re seeing increases of 120%. An example is the Certificate of Sponsorship fee, which rose from £239 to £525 on 9 April 2025. The current...

16th May 2025
BY Colin Yeo

The immigration white paper contains broad changes affecting swathes of UK immigration policy, including workers, students, family, settlement, citizenship and asylum. Here I look at the changes affecting higher education and the student’s journey. Why they are making changes The government is concerned about certain recent trends in student migration. These include...

15th May 2025
BY Ross Kennedy

The foreword to the white paper contained little affirmation of the legitimate reasons employers have for recruiting from overseas, or of the contribution many skilled migrants have made to the UK. The Prime Minister made a decision to refer to high levels of inward migration as causing ‘incalculable damage’, and the...

14th May 2025
BY Alexander Finch

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