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Category Archives: Appeals
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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We are very pleased to report the success of recent Tier 2 (General) appeals in the First Tier Tribunal (Asylum and Immigration Chamber). Since the interim cap on Immigration was introduced, the UKBA has refused a significant number of applications … Continue reading
We are absolutely delighted for our clients who had their appeal allowed this week by an Immigration Judge in the First Tier Tribunal. The Appellant had applied for a spouse visa in March 2010 to join his British wife in … Continue reading
Today we are delighted with the outcome of a difficult ‘Returning Resident’ case which was allowed by the Immigration Judge at the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT), Hatton Cross. In January 2010 we received a call from a couple who … Continue reading
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If there is one thing that we always stress when advising clients in appealing a UKBA decision is the importance of being fully prepared for an appeal hearing. Being prepared means making sure that all documents proving you meet the Immigration Rules, together … Continue reading
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The case of EK (Ankara Agreement-1972 Rules-construction) Turkey [2010] UKUT 425 (IAC) is particularly significant for applicants applying for indefinite leave to remain based on four years residence in the UK as self-employed or business people under the Ankara Agreement. … Continue reading
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Attending an Immigration appeal hearing can be daunting and waiting for a decision from the Tribunal several weeks after a hearing takes place is often nerve-racking. We were pleased to hear this week that as of 4 January 2011, an Immigration Tribunal … Continue reading
A ban on young foreign spouses entering the UK has been condemned as “arbitrary and disruptive” by the Court of Appeal. The home secretary banned non-European under-21s from living with British partners in the UK as a way of dealing … Continue reading
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Today we’re working on a matter where the couple made an application to the UK Border Agency (UKBA) for leave to remain as an un-married partner. The applicant is a South African national and previously had leave to remain under … Continue reading
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