Important Court of Appeal ruling on children’s settlement applications
19 January 2026
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The case concerns a settlement application made on behalf of a child under paragraph 297 of Part 8 which was instead granted as limited leave
The case concerns a settlement application made on behalf of a child under paragraph 297 of Part 8 which was instead granted as limited leave
It seems it’s currently the Labour government’s turn to fervently and endlessly push the “fixing immigration once and for all” boulder up the very tall
If you are travelling to the UK solely for the purpose of taking a connecting flight or other mode of transport to another country, you
One of the biggest changes introduced by the most recent statement of changes is not so much the replacement of the Part 9 grounds for
Bill Gates once said that your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. If the same applies to the Home Office staff who
Each settlement route has its own unique application form on which the application must be made. Failure to apply on the correct form can in
The English language requirement can be generously viewed as the Home Office’s response to the biblical Tower of Babel story: society is undermined by its
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision by the Home Office to refuse a certificate of travel to a woman granted leave to remain
The High Court in R (TJ Trading Express Limited) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 1274 (Admin) held that before revoking
Following the recent roll out of the new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) regime for non-visa nationals, there has emerged an apparent discrepancy between some of
The case concerns a settlement application made on behalf of a child under paragraph 297 of Part 8 which was instead granted as limited leave under Appendix FM because although her father was a British citizen resident in the UK, her mother only had limited leave. The Court of Appeal...
It seems it’s currently the Labour government’s turn to fervently and endlessly push the “fixing immigration once and for all” boulder up the very tall hill of British politics, as it inevitably rolls back down when it encounters reality. We’ve now had a few weeks to digest the “earned settlement”...
If you are travelling to the UK solely for the purpose of taking a connecting flight or other mode of transport to another country, you may need a transit visa. The rules about who needs a visa and who doesn’t when transiting through the UK can be a little confusing...
One of the biggest changes introduced by the most recent statement of changes is not so much the replacement of the Part 9 grounds for refusal with a new yet very similar “Part Suitability” but rather the way these rules will now apply in full to the following applications that...
Bill Gates once said that your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. If the same applies to the Home Office staff who have the unenviable job of fielding complaints about their colleagues from irate migrants and their lawyers, their enlightenment must rival that of any Renaissance polymath....
Each settlement route has its own unique application form on which the application must be made. Failure to apply on the correct form can in some instances lead to the application being treated as invalid, as the applicant in this recent case sadly found out. There are currently three ten...
The English language requirement can be generously viewed as the Home Office’s response to the biblical Tower of Babel story: society is undermined by its people’s inability to speak the same language. But as anyone who has ever had the misfortune to read Home Office guidance can attest, it is...
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision by the Home Office to refuse a certificate of travel to a woman granted leave to remain on family grounds following an unsuccessful asylum claim. The claimant in R (KH) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ...
The High Court in R (TJ Trading Express Limited) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 1274 (Admin) held that before revoking the sponsor’s licence for non-compliance, the Home Office should have given the business an opportunity to make representations in response to its allegations. Background The...
Following the recent roll out of the new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) regime for non-visa nationals, there has emerged an apparent discrepancy between some of the suitability requirements in the ETA rules and the visitor rules. This is relevant because it could, at least in theory, lead to cases of...