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Category Archives: Appeals
We have had a noted increase in enquiries about refusals of visit visas. There seems to be a misconception, with some clients, about a visit visa being one of the easier visas to secure. Perhaps this is because it is … Continue reading
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The Home Office has today laid before Parliament a statement of changes proposing the abolishment of paragraph of 395C of the Immigration Rules which demands that the Secretary of State takes into consideration the following factors before setting removal directions: … Continue reading
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From 19 December 2011, if your application for a visa has been refused and you wish to appeal to the First Tier Tribunal against the decision, you will now have to pay a fee to lodge an appeal. To facilitate … Continue reading
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We have received brilliant news that the UKBA has granted leave to remain to two senior care workers under Tier 2 (General) after a long battle to secure their leave in the UK. The interim cap on Immigration last year … Continue reading
In 2003, Labour introduced a policy that meant those who avoided contact with the authorities for 14 years would then have the right to demand indefinite leave to stay under Article 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998. Article 8 … Continue reading
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From 23 May 2011 evidence submitted after a visa application has been made will not be considered at an appeal. According to the UK Border Agency, statistics show that around two-thirds of appeals allowed by immigration judges are due to … Continue reading
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We have received brilliant news this week that our client’s appeal against the UKBA’s decision to refuse her Tier 1 (General) application was allowed by an Immigration Judge. The application was refused on the grounds that our client had not … Continue reading
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We bring to your attention the recent case of Kurumuth v NHS Trust North Middlesex University Hospital (UKEAT/0524/10) the conclusion of which highlights the importance of taking all reasonable steps to investigate the immigration status of the employee before making … Continue reading
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The Guardian today exclusively reports a leaked Home Office policy paper which reveals that Ministers are to scrap the right of appeal for more than 80,000 relatives of British families who are refused visas to visit them each year. Family … Continue reading
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It is surprising how many enquiries we receive each week from people who have been refused a Tier 4 (student) extension. Many are quite surprised at how simple errors made in their applications, turned into a pretty big problem and … Continue reading
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