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Home Office launching online EU applications and passport return service

A series of pages have appeared on the Governments official gov.uk website suggesting that the Home Office will be launching a new online application process for EEA nationals on 1 October 2016: The European passport return service is available for EEA and Swiss nationals applying online using the EEA(QP) or EEA(PR) application forms. The service appears to be restricted to those willing to use the official EEA(QP) and … [Read More...]

It’s Friday. Thankfully. Sesame Street’s Grover explains about refugees and the unbuilding. Many thanks to colleague Greg O’Ceallaigh for spotting it and sharing. Wouldn’t it be[Read More…]

The Home Office has issued a series of new policy positions on safe return to Iraq. In summary: The Home Office now seeks to depart from[Read More…]

The Home Office has confirmed that where it holds the passport of a migrant who wishes to sit the Secure English Language Test (SELT) it will either[Read More…]

Government confirms that fees for immigration tribunal hearings will skyrocket on 10 October 2016

20 September 2016 By Colin Yeo 4 Comments

UPDATE: The First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Fees (Amendment) Order 2016 has been laid and brings the fee changes into effect on 10 October 2016. The Government has announced its intention dramatically to increase fees for immigration tribunal hearings. The announcement … [Read More...]

May 2016 immigration update podcast

19 September 2016 By Colin Yeo Leave a Comment

Welcome to the May 2016 edition of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. In this (slightly belated) episode I cover a number of tribunal then Court of Appeal then High Court cases, including on refugee children and adult dependent relatives,,move on to cover several issues around … [Read More...]

Inspectors criticises Home Office handling of refugee family reunion applications

15 September 2016 By Colin Yeo Leave a Comment

The Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, David Bolt, has criticised Home Office handling of applications by family members of refugees settled in the UK. The report found the Home Office was too quick to refuse applications which might ultimately succeed once fuller evidence was provided, … [Read More...]

Dura Lex, Sed Lex: Refugee children must remain in Calais says Court of Appeal

7 September 2016 By Jared Ficklin Leave a Comment

The UK government, and Europe, has spared no expense to ensure that wherever the people trying to get to Europe end up, it isn’t here. But the courts are seemingly doing their best to help. The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Secretary of State for the Home Department v ZAT & Ors (Syria) [2016] … [Read More...]

Home Office imposes illegal working fines of £14 million on small businesses in 3 month period

6 September 2016 By Colin Yeo Leave a Comment

Operation Mayapple Home Office enforcement arrest illegal working

The Home Office has imposed fines on small businesses for employing illegal workers of over £14 million in just a three month period. The period covered is January to March 2016. The list of businesses targeted by officials appears to include mainly small ethnic minority shops and takeaways. It is … [Read More...]

Home Office launching online EU applications and passport return service

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No right of appeal against refusals for extended family members rules tribunal

Immigration tribunal to be merged into unified online justice model?

Government confirms that fees for immigration tribunal hearings will skyrocket on 10 October 2016

May 2016 immigration update podcast

Inspectors criticises Home Office handling of refugee family reunion applications

Dura Lex, Sed Lex: Refugee children must remain in Calais says Court of Appeal

Home Office imposes illegal working fines of £14 million on small businesses in 3 month period

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