Welcome to the April 2017 edition of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. This month we cover the increase in immigration fees, several nationality law issues, run though the most important cases we saw in April and end with some mentions for some new or amended Home Office policy documents, including on permanent residence applications, and for a mega-post on the general grounds for refusal in the immigration rules.

The material is all drawn from the April 2017 blog posts on Free Movement.

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The downloadable 25 minute audio podcast follows the (non chronological) order of content below:

• Another massive increase in immigration and nationality application fees for 2017-18
• Do dual EU-UK citizens have rights under EU law?
• Can President Assad’s wife be deprived of her British citizenship on public good grounds?
• Upper Tribunal dismisses appeal against deprivation of citizenship of Rotherham sex gang
• Tribunal finds Home Office has wrongly issued British passports to EU citizens and their children
• Supreme Court refuses damages to refugee wrongly prosecuted for illegal entry
• Court of Appeal gives guidance on meaning of ‘unlawful residence’
• Court of Appeal decides Supreme Court ruling in Hesham Ali is already redundant
• Home Office cannot unilaterally modify tribunal bail conditions (updated)
• Ankara Agreement standstill clause does not apply to settlement applications says tribunal
• Tribunal gives guidance on revocation of deportation orders after 10 years
• Reference made to CJEU on extended family members, Surinder Singh and appeal rights
• New guidance on validity, variation and withdrawal of immigration applications
• Home Office belatedly issues guidance on Operation Nexus
• New EEA(PR) application form guidance published
• General grounds for refusal: criminal convictions, public good, character, conduct and associations