Who Decides When an Immigration Appeal Ends?
When someone appealing at an immigration tribunal no longer wants the appeal to go ahead, who decides if the immigration appeal comes to an end? Is it the person, the tribunal, or is it the Home Office?
Entrepreneur Visa Court of Appeal
A requirement for Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrants wishing to extend their stay in the UK is to prove they have invested the £200,000 they declared as available for investment in their first application. The Entrepreneur Visa Court of Appeal case of R (Sajjad) v SSHD [2019] has clarified the ways for entrepreneur migrants to do this.
Segregation in Immigration Detention
Segregation (described as “removal from association” by detention centres) is when a detainee is placed in a room alone. When may it be used in immigration detention?
The UK Visa Application System
Anger is growing over the state of the UK visa application process. The processes of applying for a visa, extension, settlement or British citizenship are mostly online, but there is growing evidence of the visa system being unfit for purpose.
UK Student Visa Investigation
Over 34,000 foreign students visas have been cancelled after their holders were accused of cheating in a Home Office test. A thousand people have now been removed from the country following a UK student visa investigation.
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Until 31st July, we have a special offer on naturalisation applications, which are half price at just £500.
Half Price Asylum Visa Applications Now £500
Until 31st July, we have a special offer on asylum visa applications, which are half price at just £500.
When Is Humanitarian Protection Granted?
If you have watched the BBC2 fly-on-the-wall documentary series about immigration lawyers, you may remember Dillian from the Caribbean, who is a gay asylum seeker. Although he is not granted refugee status, he gets a different status called humanitarian protection that allows him to stay in the UK.
Innovator Visa – Just Too Big A Risk?
Since the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur Visa) route was closed in March 2019 here at Scarsdale Solicitors, we are being asked what are the visa options for overseas entrepreneurs. We recently read an article about an innovator visa application that we thought would be good to share with you.