This Practice Note outlines the administrative removal regime under the Immigration Act 2014 (IA 2014), including the reduced scope for challenging removal decisions. For...
From 6 April 2015, most administrative removals will be dealt with under section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (IA 1999), as amended by section 1 of the...
This Practice Note outlines general principles of administrative removal, including who is and is not liable for removal and where they may be removed to. It also covers...
Administrative review is the main remedy which is available to challenge immigration decisions on applications which are not human rights or asylum claims. It is an...
Administrative review (also known as AR) is available outside the UK and at the border to challenge an eligible decision on the basis that the decision is...
Administrative review is the main remedy which is available to challenge immigration decisions on applications which are not human rights or asylum claims. It is an...
Produced in partnership with Jo Renshaw of Turpin & Miller LLP Produced in partnership with David Sellwood of Garden Court Chambers This Practice Note outlines issues...
There are now two concurrent sets of appeals regimes relating to rights of appeal from decisions affecting immigration status. This is due to a phased implementation of...
A decision by the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) acting by the Home Office to refuse to grant a sponsor licence under Tiers 2 & 5 is not subject to any...
Produced in partnership with Judith Farbey QC of Doughty Street Chambers and Deborah Revill of Lamb Building Changes to immigration law may mean that a person who applies...
Produced in partnership with Rowena Moffatt of Doughty Chambers Produced in partnership with Helen Smith of North Star Law This Practice Note covers suggested immediate...
This Practice Note looks at the legal and practical consequences of the curtailment and cancellation of leave to enter and remain. It also outlines the ways in which...
Deportation is the process by which a non-British citizen can be removed from the UK and prevented from lawfully returning. The power to deport is found in the sections 3...
This Practice Note examines the powers of the Home Office to detain individuals when exercising immigration control. It includes an overview of the Home Office’s policy...
This Practice Note covers the law relating to temporary admission and bail which applied as of 24 November 2016, prior to the commencement of the Immigration (European...
Important notice on Brexit: As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has...
Immigration officers (IOs) have a number of statutorily-conferred powers to enter premises to search for persons and evidence and, on entry, to arrest persons and seize...
This Practice Note provides a summary of the key steps involved in an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (FTT). The following information...
The Immigration Act 2014 (IA 2014) makes a raft of significant changes to UK immigration law, often by way of amendment to various of the existing patchwork of pieces of...
In the immigration and asylum chamber [Insert Home Office, Port and appeal reference numbers as relevant] First-tier tribunal [Insert venue] Between: [Name of Appellant]...
This Practice Note examines the power of immigration bail, which from 15 January 2018 is the single power of release relevant to persons who are liable to detention. For...
Produced in partnership with Rowena Moffatt of Doughty Street Chambers 1 The decision is unlawful under section 6 of the Human Rights Act (section 84(1)(c) of the...
The Senior Courts Act 1981 (SCA 1981), s 31 provides the legislative framework for judicial review (JR). The procedures for JR in the Administrative Court of the High...
In principle the lawfulness of any administrative decision relating to an individual’s immigration status or nationality may be susceptible to challenge on established...
This Practice Note examines the procedural steps and other practical issues involved in the preparation of an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (FTT), following the...
The Home Office has a policy of retaining valuable original documents where an in-country application has been refused or has been deemed to be invalid in circumstances...