Category: Immigration Insights

July 20, 2012

Recently, China"s Ministry of Public Security announced a new Exit-Entry Administration Law which is intended to come into force on 1 July 2013. Issues of illegal employment, illegal entry and overstay, caused by the rise in the numbers of foreigners…

July 18, 2012

Following our post on the changes to the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 which govern Rights of Residence and Free Movement, we are now publishing details of the other key changes. These offer some important clarification, for example with…

July 16, 2012

The UK Government has announced changes to the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 which will come into force from the 16th July 2012. The Regulations have been amended to give effect to the judgments of the Court of Justice…

July 11, 2012

The new changes to UK Family Immigration came into force on Monday. We hope that our readers have managed to submit any dependant visa applications where it was practical and possible to do so, and we will continue to offer...

July 11, 2012

This week, the UK Immigration Minister Damian Green announced that a targeted interview system for students will be introduced, with the aim of concentrating on high-risk applicants. The new scheme will be launched in the next few months, although we…

July 10, 2012

It is important that when submitting evidence of maintenance funds, Points Based System applicants ensure that these funds are verified by an approved financial institution. The UKBA maintains a list of financial institutions in some countries which do not satisfactorily…

July 6, 2012

In April 2012 the British Government made many changes to the UK Immigration Rules. These included the introduction of the Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) visa category for students who have been identified by the UK higher education institutions they studied…

July 5, 2012

It has been widely reported through various media outlets that the Life in the UK test which migrants must pass before they can be eligible for settlement will be drastically changed under new plans drawn up by the Home Secretary…

July 3, 2012

The UK Border Agency has announced that from the 1 October 2012, if any UK visa holder overstays their leave in the UK by more than 28 days, any application which is submitted for further leave will be refused. They…

June 29, 2012

In the second of our blogs on the forthcoming changes to UK Family Immigration we intend to focus on the changes which will be made to settlement in the UK for non-EEA nationals. In this post we will focus on...