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Travel during the immigration application process

Travel during the immigration application process

The following Immigration news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Travel during the immigration application process

Powers available to local authorities to facilitate applications for settled status for looked after children in the absence of parental co-operation (W and Re Z (EU Settled Status for Looked After Children))

Powers available to local authorities to facilitate applications for settled status for looked after children in the absence of parental co-operation (W and Re Z (EU Settled Status for Looked After Children))

Powers available to local authorities to facilitate applications for settled status for looked after children in the absence of parental co-operation (W and Re Z (EU Settled Status for Looked After Children))

Judicial review reform

Judicial review reform

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Immigration monthly highlights—March 2021

Immigration monthly highlights—March 2021

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'Durable relationships' and 'other family members' of EEA nationals: definitions and rights of entry and residence

'Durable relationships' and 'other family members' of EEA nationals: definitions and rights of entry and residence

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...

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Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19) immigration resources

This Practice Note is a compilation of links to useful information, news and news analysis in relation to the immigration implications of the...
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9th Apr
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Practice notes

Applying from overseas

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Procedure when using the Home Office’s commercial partners overseas

This Practice Note looks at the procedure for out-of-country applications when using Visa Facilitation Services Global (VFS) or TLScontact (TLS): the...
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Produced in partnership with Gary McIndoe of Latitude Law 9th Apr
Practice notes

Evidential flexibility

STOP PRESS: This Practice Note is being updated to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules further to Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC...
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Produced in partnership with Sarah Pinder of Goldsmith Chambers 9th Apr
Practice notes

Procedure for applying from overseas

STOP PRESS: This Practice Note is being updated to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules further to Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC...
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Produced in partnership with Gary McIndoe of Latitude Law 9th Apr
Practice notes

Biometric Immigration Documents—compliance requirements and sanctions

Biometric immigration documents (BIDs) have been progressively introduced since 2008 as a secure and easily verified proof of leave to enter or remain...
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Produced in partnership with Lesley Kemp of North Star Law 9th Apr
Practice notes

Home Office fees calculator for common categories

This Practice Note contains a spreadsheet for calculating the Home Office fees (including immigration health surcharge) associated with an application...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Biometric Immigration Documents

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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Produced in partnership with Lesley Kemp of North Star Law 9th Apr
Q&As

What procedure should be followed where a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) migrant is not able to travel to the UK within the validity of their 30-day short-term biometric residence permit?

For the purposes of this Q&A, we have focussed on short-term multiple entry biometric entry clearances which are issued to non-European Economic Area...
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Produced in partnership with Tom Brett-Young of VWV LLP 18th Mar
Practice notes

Passport stamps, vignettes and codes—examples and common problems

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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Produced in partnership with Kathryn Bradbury and Rhona Azir of Payne Hicks Beach 9th Mar
Q&As

What does the question, ‘Have you ever voluntarily elected to depart the UK?’ mean in the context of completing UK entry clearance forms?

Voluntary departure is relevant to situations in which the general grounds for refusal/suitability requirements may apply. For example, Practice Note:...
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8th Mar
Q&As

With what entry clearance applications should a sponsorship undertaking (SU07) be submitted?

Paragraph 35 of Part 1 of the Immigration Rules provides as follows:‘35. A sponsor of a person seeking leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom...
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8th Mar
Q&As

Does a British Overseas citizen require entry clearance in order to move to the UK for work? Is there an expedited path to British citizenship available to British Overseas citizens?

Requirement for entry clearanceBritish Overseas citizens are subject to immigration control, and require leave to enter the UK under section 3 of the...
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12th Feb
Q&As

Is it possible for a non-EEA national with leave as a parent of a Tier 4 (child) student to sponsor a domestic worker in a private household under paragraph 159A of the Immigration Rules?

Immigration Rules, Part 5, para 159A sets out the requirements for leave to enter to be granted as a domestic worker in a private household....
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Produced in partnership with Tom Brett-Young of VWV LLP 12th Feb
Q&As

What is the 'date of application' in respect of a Tier 1 application for leave to enter the UK?

Section 3(2) of Immigration Act 1971 provides that:‘The Secretary of State shall from time to time (and as soon as may be) lay before Parliament...
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12th Feb
Q&As

Can an applicant travel in and out of the UK with a short-term biometric entry clearance vignette?

Non-EEA nationals granted entry clearance for more than six months are issued with a short-term biometric entry clearance followed by a biometric...
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6th Dec
Q&As

If a person has valid leave as a PBS dependant and applies for endorsement and entry clearance as the main applicant in the Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) category, does this have any implication for their existing leave/ability to return to the UK, eg while the application is pending or if it is refused?

The Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) category is not currently covered on Immigration, but is earmarked for future development. See the following Home...
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6th Dec

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Money Laundering Regulations 2017—simplified due diligence

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Codicils

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