Category: Immigration Insights

January 11, 2012

An interesting case has come to our attention, which raises serious questions about how immigration cases involving Article 8 issues will be handled in the future. The case concerned a Bangladeshi student, Abdullah Munawar, who came to study in the...

January 5, 2012

This week, UKBA announced changes to the UK Immigration Rules which affect Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) applicants who wish Arts Council England (ACE) to endorse their application. From 3rd January 2011, any applicant seeking ACE endorsement must now complete ACE's…

January 4, 2012

We'd like to welcome our readers back to our first blog of the year! We hope that you all enjoyed the festive season and are having a great start to 2012. Last year saw great upheavals as the Government made...

January 3, 2012

Through changes to the Immigration Rules on 1 January 2012, Taiwan is now a participant in the UK's youth mobility scheme under Tier 5 of the points-based system. The other countries participating in the scheme are Australia, Canada, New Zealand,…

December 23, 2011

We'd like to wish all our readers a very happy Christmas and wonderful New Year! Thank you for all your comments and feedback and we look forward to sharing more news and views with you in 2012!

December 22, 2011

The UK Border Agency have released a statement to the effect that from 1 January 2012, they will accept and process visas for foreign visitors coming to the UK to watch the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Many extra visitors will…

December 20, 2011

We have been closely following the case of R (on the application of Chapti & Ors) v SSHD – interventions by JCWI and Liberty, CO/1183/11435/1141/2010, which was a challenge brought in the High Court of the legality of a certain...

December 19, 2011

We recently received important guidance direct from UKBA on 2 important issues which have caused some confusion for Tier 4 foreign students at UK universities. 1) When a sponsor"s licence is revoked – students have 60 days to change sponsor,…

December 16, 2011

We were rather alarmed upon recently discovering that Jobcentre Plus is now placing SOC Codes alongside the job vacancies it advertises, without always consulting employers first as to the accuracy of these Codes. Tier 2 Sponsors who wish to...

December 16, 2011

UKBA has announced that from 19 December 2011, applications for a UK visa made in certain countries must now be completed using the online application system and paid for online in euros. So far UKBA have listed the following countries…