Immigration roundup podcast: December 2024
17 January 2025
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It’s goodbye to 2024 in this month’s podcast, with Sonia and Barry wrapping up December. They spend a bit of time discussing eVisas at the
It’s goodbye to 2024 in this month’s podcast, with Sonia and Barry wrapping up December. They spend a bit of time discussing eVisas at the
The Administrative Court has set some boundaries and given a warning of potential sanctions to the GLD regarding the withholding of charter flight details in
A mother and her severely disabled child have been successful in obtaining a mandatory order for the Home Office to provide them with suitable accommodation
The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland has dismissed an appeal challenging refusal of Schedule 10 accommodation on the grounds that the applicant did not
The Court of Appeal has upheld the Home Secretary’s decision to refuse an application made under Appendix EU by an extended family member who had
In a fairly unsurprising decision, the Upper Tribunal has said that indefinite leave to remain obtained by deception and subsequently revoked cannot be counted as
The Court of Appeal has said that a child, who is over 21 and has rights of residence based on dependency on their EU citizen
An unrepresented claimant has been unsuccessful in her challenge to the Home Secretary’s decision to void her indefinite leave to remain application because she submitted a
An appeal against the refusal of an asylum claim made by an Iranian man who sought to rely on his attendance at protests in the
A fifth decision on the same application made under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy has just been quashed on the grounds of unfairness, meaning
It’s goodbye to 2024 in this month’s podcast, with Sonia and Barry wrapping up December. They spend a bit of time discussing eVisas at the beginning of the podcast, before moving on to asylum and trafficking where issues around the quality of decision making have been raised in a couple...
The Administrative Court has set some boundaries and given a warning of potential sanctions to the GLD regarding the withholding of charter flight details in removal cases. The case is R (Jasseh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 47 (Admin). The claimant was issued with removal...
A mother and her severely disabled child have been successful in obtaining a mandatory order for the Home Office to provide them with suitable accommodation as part of their asylum support. The case is R (AYW & Anor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 3291 (Admin)....
The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland has dismissed an appeal challenging refusal of Schedule 10 accommodation on the grounds that the applicant did not have a bail address, which is what she was asking for by making the Schedule 10 application. The situation endorsed by the Court of Appeal...
The Court of Appeal has upheld the Home Secretary’s decision to refuse an application made under Appendix EU by an extended family member who had not first obtained a residence document under the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2016. The case is Emambux v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024]...
In a fairly unsurprising decision, the Upper Tribunal has said that indefinite leave to remain obtained by deception and subsequently revoked cannot be counted as “continuous lawful residence” for the purposes of an application for indefinite leave to remain based on ten years’ residence. The case is R (on the...
The Court of Appeal has said that a child, who is over 21 and has rights of residence based on dependency on their EU citizen parent, does not lose those rights if they start working and are no longer financially dependent on the parent. Essentially, dependency is determined at the...
An unrepresented claimant has been unsuccessful in her challenge to the Home Secretary’s decision to void her indefinite leave to remain application because she submitted a second application to the EU Settlement Scheme. The decision was not communicated to the claimant until it was disclosed during her appeal against the...
A fifth decision on the same application made under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy has just been quashed on the grounds of unfairness, meaning that a sixth decision will now need to be made. The Foreign Secretary unsuccessfully tried to conceal the names of the civil servants involved. Once...