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Asylum appeals backlog stabilises. For now…

Court of Appeal finds Home Office cannot use the same certification decision in successive removals

New Practice Direction of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal issued

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Asylum appeal backlog rises to 33,000 cases, likely to rise further

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Court of Appeal allows appeal on EU Settlement Scheme dependency rules

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Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner to be replaced by Immigration Advice Authority

5 December 2024

OISC adviser who worked beyond his authorisation loses appeal against cancellation of registration

6 November 2024

OISC publishes practice note on using interpreters and translators

4 November 2024

New OISC exam resource books published

27 September 2024

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

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How to apply for a skilled worker visa

How to apply for leave to remain as a bereaved partner

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Leave obtained by deception does not count as “continuous lawful residence”

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

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18th December 2024

BY Sonia Lenegan

Procedure

New Presidential Guidance on litigation friends in the tribunals

The presidents of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) have published the Joint Presidential Guidance No. 1

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17th December 2024

BY Brian Dikoff

Cases, Procedure

Unrepresented claimant fails in judicial review of voided application

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

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13th December 2024

BY Sonia Lenegan

Human rights, Procedure

Fee waivers: what can you do if you cannot afford to pay your immigration application fee?

Immigration applications are extremely expensive. Most requests for permission to stay in the UK (other than under the points based immigration system) now cost £1,258.

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10th December 2024

BY Nath Gbikpi

Cases, Procedure

Court of Appeal finds Home Office cannot use the same certification decision in successive removals

In Branco-Bonfim v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWCA Civ 1421, the Home Office sought to remove a Portuguese man without giving

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3rd December 2024

BY Iain Halliday

Human rights, Procedure

eVisas and the hostile environment: a disaster waiting to happen

There is now only a month left before all biometric residence permits and biometric residence cards will expire on 31 December 2024 and understanding of

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2nd December 2024

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