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Alex Piletska

Alex Piletska is a solicitor at Turpin Miller LLP, an Oxford-based specialist immigration firm where she has worked since 2017. She undertakes a wide range of immigration work, including family migration, Points Based System applications, appeals and Judicial Review. Alex is a co-founder of Ukraine Advice Project UK and sits on the LexisPSL panel of experts and Q&A panel. You can follow her on Twitter at @alexinlaw.

High Court finds passport office prevented from refusing passport to person who may not actually be British

In a really interesting case, the High Court has held that issue estoppel prevents His Majesty’s Passport Office from refusing to issue a passport to an applicant, because of a […]

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24th July 2024
BY Alex Piletska

Court of Appeal resolves ambiguity about assumed dependency in EU Settlement Scheme

The court has held that a parent granted a family permit under the EU Settlement Scheme based on assumed dependency must show actual dependency to get leave to remain when […]

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17th July 2024
BY Alex Piletska

New Home Office guidance clarifies transitional provisions for absences in the 10 year long residence route

The change to the immigration rules on 11 April 2024 regarding how absences would be calculated in the long residence route initially caused a lot of confusion because the drafting […]

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16th July 2024
BY Alex Piletska

What is the 20 year rule on long residence and other private life applications?

The immigration rules allow some people to apply to remain in the UK on the basis of long residence. Those who had periods of overstaying can apply for limited leave […]

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10th May 2024
BY Alex Piletska

Briefing: how does the 10 year route in Appendix Long Residence work?

Appendix Long Residence of the immigration rules enables a person with 10 continuous and lawful years of residence in the UK to apply for indefinite leave to remain. It is […]

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9th May 2024
BY Alex Piletska

Appendix Children: which routes does it apply to and what are the requirements?

Appendix Children was published in October 2023 and consolidates most of the rules for child dependents of parents on points-based immigration routes which were previously spread out across the individual […]

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18th January 2024
BY Alex Piletska

Making an early application to beat the immigration health surcharge increase

With the news that the immigration health surcharge will be going up dramatically, potentially in the next few weeks, it makes sense for people already in the UK or looking […]

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8th January 2024
BY Alex Piletska

In-country settlement applications for children and the different sole responsibility requirements

As anyone who has ever battled the Home Office over whether a client has “sole responsibility” over a child’s upbringing or whether their exclusion is otherwise undesirable will know, this […]

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15th December 2023
BY Alex Piletska

Supreme Court dismisses appeals in validity and continuous residence case

This week, the Supreme Court brought us the (hopefully) final instalment of the long residence cases, R (Afzal) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] UKSC 46. Immigration […]

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5th December 2023
BY Alex Piletska

How to make a complaint to the Home Office

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 […]

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16th August 2023
BY Alex Piletska
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