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Offices closed for the Christmas break
Our offices will close at 4pm on Friday 18 December 2020 and will re-open at 9.30am…
OFFICES CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Dear All, We are writing in these difficult times to express our best wishes for yourselves,…
EU Settlement Scheme
If you are a worker from the EU and are currently residing in the UK, you…
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Our office will close on Friday 20 December 2019 and will re-open on Monday 6 January…
Brexit: What does it mean for you?
On 23 June 2016, the UK voted to leave the European Union by a majority of…
Haq Hamilton success in deportation appeal of the first of its kind
Haq Hamtilon Solicitors represented Mr Alfred Kreymadhi in his successful appeal against deportation following his return…
Acquittal following 4 week trial for conspiracy to facilitate breaches of immigration laws
Haq Hamilton Solicitors represented Rev. Elwon John in a complex conspiracy in relation to allegations of…
HAQ HAMILTON SOLICITORS DIVERSITY DATA 2015
All firms of solicitors are required to collect, report and publish workforce diversity data following the…
CHANGES TO NATIONALITY APPLICATIONS PROCEDURE
Applications for British nationality made outside the UK are now to be submitted directly to the…
NEW ROUTE TO SETTLEMENT FOR MEMBERS OF HM FORCES
You may be aware from press coverage and our recent blog post that foreign or Commonwealth…
CHANGES IN THE ASSESSMENT OF GOOD CHARACTER IN NATIONALITY APPLICATIONS
From 13 December 2012 changes were made to the nationality instructions. These changes affect anyone who…
ARTICLE 8 AND THE NEW IMMIGRATION RULES
The scope of Article 8 as defined in the new Immigration Rules is considerably narrower than…
REMOVAL OF RIGHT OF APPEAL FOR FAMILY VISITORS EXPECTED IN JUNE 2013
The Crime and Courts Bill, which removes the right of appeal for family visitors to the…
PRE-PAYMENTS TO SECURE PREMIUM APPOINTMENTS
The UK Border Agency has announced changes regarding booking premium appointments at the Public Enquiry Office…
30 SEPTEMBER 2015 – COURT OF APPEAL DISMISSES ETS CHALLENGES
The judgment is R (On the Applications of Mehmood & Ali) v Secretary of State for the…
17 NOVEMBER 2015 – MEANING OF “UNDULY HARSH” IN THE IMMIGRATION RULES
In the case of MAB (para 399; “unduly harsh”) USA [2015] UKUT 435 (IAC) Upper Tribunal Judge Grubb and…
After a hard BREXIT: British citizens and residence in the EU
The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association has commissioned a series of briefings on key aspects of the…
Form FLR(O) is no more and has been withdrawn with effect from today, 1 December 2016
Form FLR(O) is no more and has been withdrawn with effect from today, 1 December 2016. It has…
Fair dismissal for failure to produce evidence of right to work in UK
An employment tribunal held that an employee was fairly dismissed after failing to produce evidence of…
Latest immigration statistics published
The latest quarterly immigration statistics show that immigration to the UK for the year ended June…
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman upholds three in four complaints about the Home Office
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has revealed that it upheld 75% of complaints made against…
Review of OISC published by Home Office
The latest triennial review of the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) has been published by the…
Supreme Court rules Act of Parliament needed to trigger Article 50 and leave UK
The Supreme Court ruled today by a majority of 8-3 that an Act of Parliament is…
Supreme Court upholds Minimum Income Rule of £18,600 to sponsor foreign spouses
In linked judgments in the case of MM and others v Secretary of State for the Home…
KV (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
KV (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: the Court of Appeal dismissed…
Court of Appeal gives guidance on meaning of ‘unlawful residence’
The case of Akinyemi v SSHD [2017] EWCA Civ 236 concerns the deportation of a man born and raised…
Conway, R(on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Justice[2017] EWCA Civ 275
The Court of Appeal has overturned the refusal of the Divisional Court to allow a motor neurone disease…
Tribunal finds Home Office has wrongly issued British passports to EU citizens and their children
The President of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Mr Justice McCloskey, has found that…
Family life succeeds in defeating s.94B ‘deport first, appeal later’ certification
The judgment in OO (Nigeria), R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home…
Supreme Court rules “deport first, appeal later” is unfair and unlawful
In R (Kiarie and Byndloss) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] UKSC 42…
Government paper outlining the offer for EU citizens in the UK
Today, the Government published a paper outlining our offer for EU citizens in the UK, and…
Supreme Court confirms that burden for proving marriage of convenience rests with Home Office
The Supreme Court has handed down its judgement in the case of Sadovska and another (Appellants) v…
The Court of Appeal overturns Sala confirming the 2006 Regulations confer a right of appeal to extended family members
The effect of the decision is that all those appeals pending under the 2006 Regulations should…
Measures requiring banks to check on the immigration status of existing account holders come into force today.
Section 40G of the Immigration Act 2014, as amended by the Immigration Act 2016, sets out…
Uber loses court appeal against drivers’ rights
Taxi firm Uber has lost an appeal against a ruling that its drivers should be treated…
Changes to the UK Immigration Rules from 11 January 2018
New Statement of changes was passed to the Parliament on the 7th of December 2017. These…
Court of Appeal gives authoritative guidance on Article 3 medical cases
The Court of Appeal last week issued “authoritative guidance” on Article 3 medical challenges against removal, reflecting…
New Home Office guidance on family and private life applications
On 23 February 2018, the Home Office issued new guidance on dealing with applications for leave to remain…
Changes to the EEA Regulations come into force on 24 July 2018
The latest, and presumably last, amendments to the EEA Regulations were laid before Parliament on 3…
New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 1534
A new statement of changes to the Immigration Rules was laid yesterday, 10 October. There is some very…
Immigration Health Surcharge Increase
Following parliamentary approval in December 2018, the Immigration Health Surcharge will be doubled, effective 8 January…
Court of Appeal allows appeals against Home Office’s refusal of leave to remain in “earning discrepancy” cases
Today, the Court of Appeal has allowed the appeals against Home Office’s refusal of leave to…
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