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High Court judge rules against Home Office in major development for EEA nationals with Pre-Settled Status
By Tom Marsom
A recent High Court judgment has ruled against the UK Government: this has some interesting implications for those EEA/Swiss nationals...
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No joy for UK investors just yet as immigration rule changes are published
By Tom Marsom
The Home Office tends to serve up major changes to the Immigration Rules twice a year, in Spring and Autumn, with emergency measures...
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UK to begin roll-out of electronic travel authorisation programme from January 2023
By Tom Marsom
If you have ever travelled to the US as a visitor, you may be familiar with ESTAs. ESTA is a US government programme which allows you to...
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Farewell Police Registration Certificates
By Jessica Yu
It has been an unusual feature of the UK immigration process that certain nationals (e.g. of Brazil, China, Israel, Russia, Turkey, UAE)...
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Home Office resumes priority processing
By Tom Marsom
Last week, I wrote about the issues the Home Office faces as a consequence of a surge of applications, a lack of caseworkers and the...
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The impact of the war in Ukraine on the Home Office
By Tom Marsom
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 created a refugee crisis as almost four million, mostly, women and children fled the...
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The UK Government closes the Investor visa category
By Jessica Yu
The Home Office has just announced that it has closed the Investor visa category to new applicants with immediate effect.Current Investor...
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Dual/multiple nationalities: will you have to choose?
By Jessica Yu
The UK and many other countries allow their citizens to hold dual/multiple nationalities. I am Canadian (a country that permits its...
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Trading for visas: UK considers easing visa requirements for Indian nationals
By Tom Marsom
When the UK left the UK-EU transition period on 31 December 2021, it ended free trade of goods and services with a trading bloc of 450m...
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UK Budget and immigration - Chancellor confirms 2022 high skilled visa plans
By Tom Marsom
Today, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the Government’s fiscal plans for the immediate and near future. Amongst the tax...
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Remote right to work checks to continue until 5 April 2022
By Tom Marsom
The UK Government has announced that the temporary concession on remote right to work checks will now continue until at least 5 April...
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A degree and potential? Welcome to the UK!
By Anske Venter
As free movement between the UK and the European Union ended on 31 December 2020, the UK Government is considering opening a new visa...
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Court of Appeal decision gives Pyrrhic victory to Investors who used the "Maxwell Scheme" - a cautionary tale
By Jessica Yu
Applicants who submitted their Tier 1 (Investor) visa applications before 6 November 2014 had to show that they had at least £1m under...
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The end for citizenship by investment programs?
By Jessica Yu
The Cyprus Citizenship by Investment program, which enabled wealthy foreign investors to obtain a Cypriot passport within months of...
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UK introduces tighter travel restrictions to combat new Covid-19 variants
By Tom Marsom
UPDATE: From 15 February 2021, new guidance is in effect - please see our updated note here: Covid-19 UK travel restrictions and...
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New Post-Brexit Immigration Rules announced
By Tom Marsom
The Home Office has laid before the UK Parliament a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules. This document sets out the new...
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