Immigration update podcast, episode 2
2 May 2014
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Welcome to the February 2014 edition of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. This month’s update covers a range of subjects including some immigration news
Welcome to the February 2014 edition of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. This month’s update covers a range of subjects including some immigration news
The online CPD training and membership package on Free Movement is nearly ready for a public launch, hopefully next week if the final preparations go
The team at gov.uk are making definite progress with improving the immigration bits of the website. This latest collection of all the major immigration forms
This jumped out at me from the newspaper the other day: People who may find it difficult to give their best possible evidence in a
Ved and another (appealable decisions; permission applications; Basnet) [2014] UKUT 150 (IAC) is a new case from the Upper Tribunal on the vexed issue of
When the Immigration Rules for families were changed in July 2012, it was the minimum income threshold that rightly attracted the most attention. It has
The present Government has declared its intention to create a ‘hostile environment’ for migrants. True to its word, the Go Home vans, the ‘papers please’
The Court of Appeal has in the case of Edgehill & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 402 settled
Important grant of permission from the Court of Appeal in six linked cases addressing issues arising from D and N cases at Strasbourg and subsequent
Update: The Daily Record has carried a story about the whole affair. Update 2: And it’s on Buzzfeed now as well. Busy creating some of
Welcome to the February 2014 edition of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. This month’s update covers a range of subjects including some immigration news updates on asylum issues, some legal updates including two recent Supreme Court decisions and, briefly, some practical questions on costs, visit appeals or judicial reviews...
The online CPD training and membership package on Free Movement is nearly ready for a public launch, hopefully next week if the final preparations go well. In advance, I’m making the update podcasts that go with the update CPD courses available to all readers for free. I hope these will...
This jumped out at me from the newspaper the other day: People who may find it difficult to give their best possible evidence in a courtroom environment and all child victims will be considered in the pilot areas. This allows them to give evidence and be cross-examined by both prosecution...
Ved and another (appealable decisions; permission applications; Basnet) [2014] UKUT 150 (IAC) is a new case from the Upper Tribunal on the vexed issue of immigration applications the Home Office considers to be invalid. The tribunal takes the view that a Home Office decision that an application is invalid cannot...
When the Immigration Rules for families were changed in July 2012, it was the minimum income threshold that rightly attracted the most attention. It has caused huge misery and has divided many loving families, sometimes separating children from parents. It is particularly harsh because the income threshold is set so...
The present Government has declared its intention to create a ‘hostile environment’ for migrants. True to its word, the Go Home vans, the ‘papers please’ raids on public transport hubs, the targeting of foreign students, the increasingly demented bureaucracy of the immigration rules and the harsh family migration rules are...
The Court of Appeal has in the case of Edgehill & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 402 settled the question of whether the new human rights rules introduced on 9 July 2012 apply to applications made before that date: they do not. Specifically,...
Important grant of permission from the Court of Appeal in six linked cases addressing issues arising from D and N cases at Strasbourg and subsequent treatment by the UK courts. For some legal background see this earlier blog post. In granting permission Maurice Kay LJ says: I have indicated that...
Update: The Daily Record has carried a story about the whole affair. Update 2: And it’s on Buzzfeed now as well. Busy creating some of the new online courses for the new training project, I was looking for something on the unnavigable gov.uk website and came across the Home Office...