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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.
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Owing a debt to the National Health Service is a ground for refusing applications for permission to enter or remain in the UK. Such debts arise because “overseas visitors” are charged for certain types of NHS treatment. The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No....
BY Nath Gbikpi
The Upper Tribunal found no error of law in a First-tier Tribunal decision that allowed an EU Settlement Scheme derivative rights appeal, following a Home Office concession that the Appendix EU rules were met. Appealing to the Upper Tribunal, the Home Office argued that the First-tier judge should not have...
BY Chris Benn
The High Court has said that in cases where accommodation is provided under schedule 10 of the Immigration Act 2016, location can in some circumstances be relevant to the Home Office’s assessment of the suitability of the accommodation. This is in contrast to the “no choice” basis under the Allocation...
BY Sonia Lenegan
Two Afghan nationals sought to appeal the High Court’s dismissal of their challenges to the Home Office’s decision to refuse their applications for relocation to the UK under the Afghanistan Response Route, the secret relocation scheme set up in response to the data breach in February 2022. In an OPEN...
BY Aiya Nakash
The Upper Tribunal has handed down a significant decision on overseas adoptions and their interplay with immigration rules in the case of ST (Adoptions: ‘overseas’ adoptions: para 310) India [2025] UKUT 352 (IAC). The case is a reminder that even where an adoption is recognised as an “overseas adoption” under...
BY Nath Gbikpi
In a recent freedom of information request, the S.A.F.E project asked the Home Office for information on how long EU Settlement Scheme administrative reviews are taking to decide, in light of the ever increasing published processing time. The Home Office’s response shows that four in five applications for administrative review...