- Court of Appeal guidance on costs in ETS cases
- Failure to carry out proper medical assessment makes detention unlawful
- New guidance on costs awards against the Home Office could transform immigration appeals
- No costs awarded despite “clearly unfounded” certification being withdrawn
- Tribunal opens door to awards of costs against Home Office for unreasonable behaviour
Tribunal calls for sensible approach to evidence justifying late applications
Reading the case of R (Prathipati) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (discretion – exceptional circumstances) [2018] UKUT 427 (IAC), it is impossible not to feel deep admiration for Ms Prathipati. The 28-year-old Indian citizen appear ...
21st December 2018Rolling review can be appropriate, Court of Appeal holds
Many of us have been in the situation where, having challenged the opening of a removal window without a decision having made on an outstanding human rights claim, an 11th hour decision comes from the Secretary of State, along with submissions that ou ...
14th December 2018Family of four face removal for failing to tick box on visa application form
Invalid applications: in recent years, this has become one of the trickiest and dense parts of our immigration law. It’s one of my favourite areas because it’s so interesting and technical (as those of you who attended the Immigration Law Mastercl ...
13th November 2018The new UK in-country visa application system
On 2 November 2018, UK Visas and Immigration launched a new system for visa applications made within the UK. It involves an overhauled online application process and new Visa and Citizenship Application Service centres operated by outsourcing firms S ...
12th November 2018New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 1534
A new statement of changes to the Immigration Rules was laid on 10 October 2018. There is some very welcome news, including more flexibility given to caseworkers on whether and when they can write to applicants to ask for missing documents. (Whether ...
12th October 2018Above-inflation increase in immigration and nationality fees for 2018/19
New fees for immigration and nationality applications came into effect on 6 April 2018 and a slightly expanded list of fees applies from 8 October 2018. This post, originally published in April but now updated to reflect those mid-year additions, show ...
20th September 2018