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My name is Colin Yeo and I am a barrister, writer, campaigner and consultant specialising in immigration law. I founded Free Movement in 2007.
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Each settlement route has its own unique application form on which the application must be made. Failure to apply on the correct form can in some instances lead to the application being treated as invalid, as the applicant in this recent case sadly found out. There are currently three ten...
BY Alex Piletska
An adult who is not a British citizen can apply to become one. This process is known as naturalisation. People will normally be eligible to apply for naturalisation under section 6 of the British Nationality Act 1981 if they: This post focuses on the final requirement: intention to settle. British...
BY Colin Yeo
The Upper Tribunal has held that a Home Office interview, which took place in prison and in which the applicant provided answers demonstrating that she wanted to remain in the UK based on her private and family life, amounted to a human rights claim. The tribunal separately held that the...
BY Sonia Lenegan
In a new reported decision the Upper Tribunal has set out when new evidence can be considered in an administrative review. The tribunal also said that the evidential flexibility guidance is now so different to that considered by the Court of Appeal in Mudiyanselage v Secretary of State for the...
BY Sonia Lenegan
Earlier today the High Court handed down a judgment discharging a super-injunction granted to the Ministry of Defence on 1 September 2023. Following on from this, five previously private judgments have also been published, four by the High Court and one from the Court of Appeal. The case is Ministry...
BY Sonia Lenegan
Employers generally, and organisations which hold a sponsor licence in particular, are told over and over again that any workers must have the correct immigration permission in order to undertake a role. Considering the messaging, and that the consequences of employing illegal workers include the revocation of a sponsor licence...