Procedure
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Latest posts on Appeals
- Patel pleads for time to stop Channel crossings
- No blanket relief for appellants denied hearing under unlawful pandemic guidance
- Home Office conceding 30% of appeals, Pres says
- Lawyers must lodge out of country appeals through MyHMCTS
- Proposed code of conduct for Home Office Presenting Officers
Keys posts on Procedure
Immigration Act 2016: latest
- Uproar over foreign criminals ducking bail puts electronic monitoring back on the agenda
- New guidance for judges on granting immigration bail
- Immigration Act 2016: changes to immigration bail and detention powers now in force
- Immigration detention system failing mentally ill, Court of Appeal finds
- Book review: A Guide to the Immigration Act 2016 by Alison Harvey and Zoe Harper
Latest posts on Applications
- How to apply for a UK domestic worker visa
- Frontline carers are eligible for work permits from today: six things to bear in mind
- How to apply for an Intra-Company Transfer to the UK
- How to apply for an International Sportsperson visa
- You can now get an EU Settlement Scheme application form online
Briefing: invalid immigration applications
For a UK immigration application to be considered at all, it must be valid. Whether an applicant meets the criteria is a moot point if this first, fundamental requirement isn’t met. Validity is a bit like oxygen: all things being well, it is invisib ...
25th April 2022Can someone who has made an invalid extension application still rely on the 14-day grace period?
How broadly does the decision in R (Afzal) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 1909 protect applicants from the catastrophic consequences of becoming an overstayer after making an invalid application to extend immigration perm ...
14th April 2022Immigration and nationality fees for 2022/23
The updated list of fees for immigration and nationality applications that apply from 6 April 2022 shows that most visas and extensions are up £15. Citizenship and sponsor licence rates are unchanged. Headline application fees had been largely froz ...
7th April 2022Afghan judge to get visa decision before having to come out of hiding
The Home Office has been ordered to make a decision in principle on an Afghan judge’s visa before making him come out of hiding to lodge a formal application. The case is R (JZ) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affa ...
5th April 2022Falling foul of contempt of court may be easier than you think
Few people I know have ever had to face a contempt of court allegation. This is perhaps surprising given the range of activities potentially covered by the law of contempt, highlighted by the very recent decision of the Court of Appeal in R (Counsel G ...
17th February 2022Unfairness required to set aside appeals decided on paper under unlawful COVID-19 process
Immigration appeals decided without a hearing under the Upper Tribunal’s notorious COVID-19 guidance don’t automatically fall to be set aside, the Court of Appeal has held in Hussain and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] ...
17th February 2022