BY Sonia Lenegan
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My name is Colin Yeo and I am a barrister, writer, campaigner and consultant specialising in immigration law. I founded Free Movement in 2007.
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In the case of Secretary of State for the Home Department v Khera [2025] EWCA Civ 1571, the Court of Appeal has given guidance on the interpretation of GEN 3.1(1)(b) of Appendix FM of the immigration rules. GEN 3.1(1)(b) is significant for applicants who cannot meet the financial requirements under...
BY Jennifer Lanigan
The High Court has ordered the Home Secretary to grant indefinite leave to remain to a man who has held discretionary leave to remain for 15 years, first granted under the pre-July 2012 policy. The Home Secretary had tried to rely on a conviction that pre-dated the first grant of...
BY Sonia Lenegan
In July to September this year, the number of appeals received by the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) increased by 123%, to 30,000, compared to the same period last year. Disposals (the number of concluded appeals) increased by 50% to 15,000 and the tribunal’s total open caseload increased by...
BY Sonia Lenegan
The Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme was first announced in the March 2023 Statement of Changes to the immigration rules HC 1160. The first stage of the scheme launched in October 2023 and it was then gradually rolled out in phases. So far the scheme has not been fully enforced to allow for...
BY Rachel Whickman
It seems it’s currently the Labour government’s turn to fervently and endlessly push the “fixing immigration once and for all” boulder up the very tall hill of British politics, as it inevitably rolls back down when it encounters reality. We’ve now had a few weeks to digest the “earned settlement”...