Our comprehensive online immigration law training course for new immigration lawyers or advisers is perfect for the OISC Level 1 exams. It costs just £20 plus VAT to get started as a monthly member with access to this and over 100 hours of our other courses, and you can cancel your membership at any time.
We’ve used every trick in our book to make the courses as accessible and easy to follow as we can: plain and simple language, diagrams, infographics, a ludicrous number of worked examples and, occasionally, humour.
You can see the course contents and paid members can access the course here (click to expand):
Module 1 | Introduction to immigration law |
Unit 1 | How does immigration law work? |
Unit 2 | How do the Immigration Rules work? |
Unit 3 | The exclusionary principle |
Unit 4 | Permission to travel, enter and remain |
Unit 5 | Who does what in immigration control? |
Unit 6 | How to make a valid application in the UK |
Unit 7 | How to make a valid application outside the UK |
Module 2 | Visitors, residents and family |
Unit 1 | Visitors |
Unit 2 | Family members of settled residents and citizens |
Unit 3 | Family members of migrants |
Unit 4 | Private life, long residence and returning residents |
Unit 5 | Human rights: Article 8 and best interests of children |
Module 3 | Asylum and protection |
Unit 1 | Who is and isn't a refugee? |
Unit 2 | Making an asylum application |
Unit 3 | Protection status and benefits |
Module 4 | European Union free movement law |
Unit 1 | How EU law works |
Unit 2 | Who has EU law rights? |
Unit 3 | What rights does EU free movement law confer? |
Unit 4 | Family members |
Unit 5 | Exclusion and deportation in EU law |
Unit 6 | Turkish workers and self employed persons |
Unit 7 | Making an EU residence document application |
Module 5 | Nationality |
Unit 1 | History of British nationality law and types of British nationality |
Unit 2 | Becoming British by birth |
Unit 3 | Becoming British by registration |
Unit 4 | Becoming British by naturalisation |
Unit 5 | Losing British nationality |
Module 6 | Business immigration and students |
Unit 1 | Tier 1 and Appendix W |
Unit 2 | Tier 2: sponsor needed |
Unit 3 | Tier 4: students |
Unit 4 | Tier 5: temporary work routes |
Unit 5 | Other work and study routes |
Module 7 | General grounds for refusal, deportation and detention |
Unit 1 | General grounds for refusal |
Unit 2 | Deportation |
Unit 3 | Detention and bail |
Module 8 | Appeals and remedies |
Unit 1 | Administrative Review and Home Office remedies |
Unit 2 | Appeals to the First-tier Tribunal |
Unit 3 | Applications for judicial review |
Unit 4 | Feedback and evaluation |
Unit 5 | Mock exams |
Feedback is all “good” or “excellent”, with one happy trainee telling us it was the best online training course she’d ever taken (although she didn’t mention how many other online courses she’d done…)






We’ve also created a separate shorter course all about the OISC regulations, system of ethics and the exams, and we’ve turned that into a free ebook. Click to expand the shorter course contents:
Module 1 | Introduction to OISC Level 1 |
Unit 1 | What is the OISC and how does the scheme work? |
Unit 2 | Fit, proper and competent |
Unit 3 | Permitted and prohibited work at OISC Level 1 |
Unit 4 | Ethics, conduct, standards and the OISC |
Unit 5 | Signposting and referral |
Module 2 | Essential skills and abilities and the exam |
Unit 1 | Essential skills and abilities required at OISC Level 1 |
Unit 2 | Getting ready for the OISC Level 1 assessment |
Unit 3 | Multiple choice test |
Unit 4 | Scenario based exam questions |
Unit 5 | Mock OISC Level 1 multiple choice test 1 |
Unit 6 | Mock OISC Level 1 multiple choice test 2 |
Unit 7 | Mock OISC Level 1 multiple choice test 3 |
Unit 8 | Feedback and evaluation |
The 20 question, timed, auto-marking mock multiple choice exams are modelled closely on real papers from the OISC. We’re also testing a whizzy new system of giving targeted feedback; where people get questions wrong we’ll point out if there is a theme or weak area of knowledge and offer further reading suggestion
Take a look for yourself and let us know what you think. We’re keen to improve and enhance the course over time and this is just the first version.
Access to the OISC Level 1 training course, and our other immigration law training courses, is for paying Free Movement members only. If you haven’t joined already then sign up on our joining page. Membership is available for just £20 per month plus VAT and can be cancelled at any time.