The Immigration Advice Authority, formerly known as the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner or ‘OISC’, is a governmental body established by the Immigration and
The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, or OISC to everyone who knew it, is being renamed from today as the Immigration Advice Authority. A
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg handed down judgment in two separate cases in December addressing the subject of family life between adult
What should happen where young children are carried in a small boat to the United Kingdom and thereby separated from their parents in France? Should the
Every year I put together a round up of what’s been going on in the immigration world and here on Free Movement over the last
We are running a two week sale on Free Movement annual and small group memberships for new and lapsed members from 1 to 14 January
We’ll be increasing the prices of our webinars and workshops from 2 January 2025 to account for inflation. It’s not going to be a massive
The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, or OISC as we all call it, is to be abolished in the new year. It will be
They grow up so fast. As we will see, Paddington himself has almost certainly reached the age of ursine majority, whatever that might be. When
The Law Society is launching its latest round of reaccreditations for senior caseworkers and supervising senior caseworkers in immigration law. Here we take a look
The Immigration Advice Authority, formerly known as the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner or ‘OISC’, is a governmental body established by the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to regulate the provision of immigration advice and services throughout the UK. The Immigration Advice Authority has around 60 staff. The Immigration...
The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, or OISC to everyone who knew it, is being renamed from today as the Immigration Advice Authority. A colourful new logo is also being deployed. There is not a huge amount to say about it other than it is a pain. It is...
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg handed down judgment in two separate cases in December addressing the subject of family life between adult family members outside the “core” nuclear family of spouses, partners, parents and minor children. The court confirms that “additional elements of dependence, involving more than...
What should happen where young children are carried in a small boat to the United Kingdom and thereby separated from their parents in France? Should the children be returned to France to be reunited with their parents there? Or should the parents be admitted to the United Kingdom to be reunited...
We are running a two week sale on Free Movement annual and small group memberships for new and lapsed members from 1 to 14 January 2025. The deal is half price for the first year and then membership automatically renews at full price unless cancelled in the meantime. Small groups...
The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, or OISC as we all call it, is to be abolished in the new year. It will be replaced by a new-look Immigration Advice Authority, or IAA. Not to be confused with the Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme (IAAS) run by the Law...
The Law Society is launching its latest round of reaccreditations for senior caseworkers and supervising senior caseworkers in immigration law. Here we take a look at what we know and do not know about the scheme and then turn to how we can help you at Free Movement. Before we...
