The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision of the Upper Tribunal to allow the Home Secretary’s appeal against a First-tier Tribunal decision allowing the
Following on from my look at the proposals for work and student routes, I have now tackled the rest of the immigration white paper. There
This morning I did a quick post to let everyone know that the immigration white paper had been published, along with the summary recommendations from
The immigration white paper has been published containing proposals for future legislation. The summarised proposals from the paper are set out in full below. We
It was a relatively quiet April ahead of what looks to be a busy May. Sonia is joined by Andrew again this month. Sonia runs
The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill has completed its committee stage in the House of Commons and report stage will take place on Monday
The Home Secretary has had an absolute howler in the Upper Tribunal, it is one of those decisions that is worth a read in full
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by an Albanian women in a protection claim where she initially succeeded in the First-tier Tribunal but
Fee waivers (meaning that the application can be made without paying the fee) are available for people who are outside the UK and who are
A Sudanese refugee has succeeded in challenging a negative trafficking decision after he was wrongly criticised for a lack of detail and supporting evidence for
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision of the Upper Tribunal to allow the Home Secretary’s appeal against a First-tier Tribunal decision allowing the appeal of a Vietnamese national on humanitarian protection grounds. The court held that the First-tier Tribunal had not given sufficient reasons for finding the appellant...
This morning I did a quick post to let everyone know that the immigration white paper had been published, along with the summary recommendations from the paper. Let’s now take a closer look at what is being proposed for workers and students. I have looked separately at the rest of...
The immigration white paper has been published containing proposals for future legislation. The summarised proposals from the paper are set out in full below. We have also published a more detailed look at the proposals affecting work and student routes and a separate look at the rest of the proposals,...
It was a relatively quiet April ahead of what looks to be a busy May. Sonia is joined by Andrew again this month. Sonia runs through the amendments made at committee stage of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration one and despaired over the lack of attention given to the...
The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill has completed its committee stage in the House of Commons and report stage will take place on Monday 12 May 2025. The Bill as first introduced has had a couple of amendments at committee stage, both introduced by the government. There are also...
The Home Secretary has had an absolute howler in the Upper Tribunal, it is one of those decisions that is worth a read in full if you have the time. It is a successful judicial review challenging a refusal to recognise further submissions as amounting to a fresh claim. This...
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by an Albanian women in a protection claim where she initially succeeded in the First-tier Tribunal but that decision was later overturned by the Upper Tribunal. Her asylum claim was based on a risk on return from former clients of her husband’s...
Fee waivers (meaning that the application can be made without paying the fee) are available for people who are outside the UK and who are making certain types of entry clearance applications but cannot afford the fee. This is important as the fees are set at a level that is...
A Sudanese refugee has succeeded in challenging a negative trafficking decision after he was wrongly criticised for a lack of detail and supporting evidence for his claim. The case is R (Alnoor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 922 (Admin). Background The claimant is a Sudanese...
