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Adrian Berry KC blog highlights historical echoes in 2025 immigration White Paper

Barrister Adrian Berry KC has published a blog on his website ‘Nationality and Citizenship Law’, examining the UK government's May 2025 immigration White Paper ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration System’, which proposes making settlement and citizenship conditional on migrants’ contributions and integration. He notes that the proposals closely resemble the Labour government’s 2007–2010 earned citizenship programme, which was not implemented. Both approaches frame settlement and citizenship as privileges rather than rights and introduce extended qualifying periods alongside a points-based system to assess applicants’ contributions.

Government introduces bill to prevent automatic reinstatement of citizenship during appeals

Home Office has introduced the Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill to prevent British citizenship from being automatically reinstated following a successful initial appeal, even if there may be further appeals available to the Home Office. The bill addresses what the Home Office terms a legal gap following  the Supreme Court’s decision in N3(ZA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) [2025] UKSC 6 and aims to strengthen national security by ensuring individuals considered a risk cannot regain citizenship or re-enter the UK while further legal proceedings are ongoing. The change also prevents individuals from renouncing other nationalities during this period, which could otherwise render them stateless and limit future deprivation actions. During ‘the appeal period’, a deprivation order will remain in force. The appeal period is the period during which all onward appeals are pending, including the time period within which to appeal has not yet elapsed. The provisions in the bill will have retrospective effect but will not alter existing appeal rights or expand the grounds for deprivation.

Home Office releases details on second ballot for Youth Mobility Scheme: Taiwan and Hong Kong ballots

The Home Office has released details of when the second 2025 ballot will open for Taiwanese and Hong Kong (SAR) applicants for the Youth Mobility Scheme, and how to apply. The ballots will open at 12:01am local time (Taipei time and Hong Kong time, respectively) on 15 July, and close at 12:01am local time on 17 July 2025. The successful entries will be picked at random. Those who are successful will receive an email by 1 August 2025, following which they will have 90 days to submit their application, pay the visa fee and submit their biometric information. There are 1,000 places available for each country in 2025, but the majority of places were made available in the previous (February) ballot.

UK industrial strategy—immigration aspects

The government has published its ten‐year Industrial Strategy, which is intended to drive investment and growth in the UK. It aims to support eight high‐growth sectors, develop productive public–private partnerships, and increase economic resilience and innovation while also addressing regional disparities. The strategy is underpinned by targeted public investment, regulatory reform, and long‐term support measures that stretch across infrastructure, skills, international trade and a wide range of supplementary policy areas. The document incorporates a number of immigration‐related plans in order to complement growth and talent needs. Many of these proposals were previously announced in the Immigration White Paper, but some more details are now included on timing and other aspects.

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