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Chris Desira

Christopher Desira is the Director of Seraphus (www.seraphus.co.uk). Chris is experienced in all areas of immigration and offers legal advice and services via Free Movement. He is the advisor on Brexit immigration issues to the European Union and to European embassies. He is a trustee of Settled and regularly supports the wider charity sector. He regularly provides media comment and is happy to be contacted by journalists. Chris tweets from @cldesira.

Late applications to the EU Settlement Scheme

From 1 July 2021, EU, EEA and Swiss citizens living in the UK without having applied for pre-settled or settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme will be here unlawfully. […]

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12th April 2021
BY Chris Desira

Refugee rights under threat from Channel boats hysteria – and Brexit

Human beings crossing the English Channel are making headlines again. The number of people who reach the UK via this extremely difficult, dangerous but lawful route is minuscule, and the […]

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12th August 2020
BY Chris Desira

New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 120

The government continues to keep us immigration lawyers on our toes, and everyone else completely flummoxed, with yet another statement of changes to the Immigration Rules. Thankfully, many of these […]

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13th March 2020
BY Chris Desira

New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 170

Another statement of changes to the Immigration Rules (HC 170) was laid on 24 October 2019. The changes relate to Appendix EU of the Rules and their functioning in a […]

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25th October 2019
BY Chris Desira

Do dependent parents actually need to be dependent under the EU Settlement Scheme?

An EU citizen, or their spouse or civil partner, is entitled to have his or her dependent parent continue to live with them or join them in the UK under […]

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16th September 2019
BY Chris Desira

Welcome and unwelcome rule changes made to EU Settlement Scheme: analysis

Yesterday afternoon the government dropped statement of changes to the Immigration Rules HC 2631. This is a formal change to the Immigration Rules and there is a lot to it: […]

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10th September 2019
BY Chris Desira

Still no clarity on immigration status checks for European residents

Following Priti Patel’s recent comments about the immediate end of free movement following a no-deal Brexit, the Home Office sent an email reassuring EU citizens that they will continue to […]

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28th August 2019
BY Chris Desira

Ending free movement overnight: what exactly is the government playing at?

Confusion abounds after Dominic Cummings sources close to Home Secretary Priti Patel told the Telegraph and Independent over the weekend that free movement of EU citizens would end the day […]

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19th August 2019
BY Chris Desira

EU settled status: the story so far

Over 900,000 people have applied for EU settled status so far. By the end of June 2019, the Home Office had processed 806,000 applications, granting full settled status in 65% […]

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23rd July 2019
BY Chris Desira

Government announces plan for EU immigration if no Brexit deal

The UK government has confirmed what was suspected (and what the Home Office has hinted at in private talks): in the event of a no-deal Brexit, free movement will end […]

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29th January 2019
BY Chris Desira
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