The Lexis+® UK Immigration team has put together a Practice Note outlining the latest Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules: HC 217, which was issued on 10 September 2024, together with an Explanatory Memorandum. The primary focus of the Statement is the roll-out of the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme, and it includes the list of remaining countries whose nationals will require an ETA in advance of travel to the UK. It amends the EU Settlement Scheme on continued eligibility and some specific family changes, including one that is potentially problematic for joining family members. It corrects errors in relation to Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2020 codes and particularly salary going rates for sponsored routes. Other key changes are Jordan being added to the Visa National List, a fee waiver for bereaved partners and the introduction of a new diplomatic visa route for certain diplomatic passport holders. Other changes are made to a variety of routes.

The Lexis+® UK Immigration team has put together a Practice Note outlining the latest Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules: HC 590, which was issued on 14 March 2024, together with an Explanatory Memorandum. The primary focus of the Statement is the implementation of the main Skilled Worker changes, and the initial minimum income requirement raise to family visa applications, announced in Home Secretary’s five-point plan for Legal Migration in December 2023, together with an update to the Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) code system to SOC 2020. The Skilled Worker changes include significant rises to the salary thresholds and going rates for initial applicants, based on UK median earnings, but also rises to these rates for persons already in the route (still based on the 25th percentile, but updated to more recent pay rates). The latter rises are also reflected in other sponsored work routes. These changes represent a major shift in the post-Brexit work system, to a more restrictive approach. The Home Office’s simplification project continues with new Appendices Administrative Review, Long Residence, HM Armed Forces, International Armed Forces and International Civilian Employees and Adoption. Certain of these contain policy changes as well as simplification. Other changes are made to a variety of routes.

The government has introduced the Immigration and Asylum Bill, a wide-ranging measure that would reform the immigration appeals system, amend the statutory framework governing Article 8 ECHR claims, create broad powers to redesign the asylum protection regime, reform modern slavery legislation and introduce a mechanism to recover asylum support costs from some former recipients.

ARCHIVED: This year’s annual round-up reviews some of the most significant developments of 2017 and previews what is on the horizon for 2018. In 2017 we saw Immigration Rule changes in the Tier 2, partner and child categories, the new EEA Regs 2016, Supreme Court rulings on the ‘deport now, appeal later’ regime and the assessment of Article 8 under the ‘new’ 2012 Immigration Rules (including the minimum income requirement), and the expansion of hostile environment measures. In 2018 we anticipate final clarification of the rights of already present EEA/Swiss nationals and their third country national family members on Brexit (following the agreement on 8 December 2017 in relation to the citizens’ rights stage of the Brexit negotiations) and the opening of the ‘settled status’ application regime, a new Immigration Bill, which will perhaps be separate to a new Withdrawal Agreement Bill, and more Immigration Rule changes. Also included are updates on LexisNexis®’s content, including news of exciting developments from the past year and what is coming up in the next 12 months. Reviewing

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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 information on liability for detention and related Home Office policies, see Practice Note: Immigration detention. This Practice Note is primarily intended to provide an overview of immigration bail. It does not consider for example the inherent powers of the High Court and Court of Appeal to grant bail or the bail powers of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission as a detailed treatment of these topics is currently outside the scope of Lexis+® UK. Most of the immigration bail provisions contained in Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016 (IA 2016) came into force on 15 January 2018. For information on the provisions not yet in force, see Practice Note: Immigration Act 2016—materials. The Immigration Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) (Immigration Bail) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/1242 came into force on the same date and makes a range of minor consequential

Pre-2025 Development Key date(s) Further reading Illegal Migration Act 2023 (IMA 2023) Received royal assent on 20 July 2023, with certain sections in force straight awayOther sections of the Act have been brought into force by regulationsThis Act was passed by the previous Conservative government. In July 2024 the new Labour government introduced regulations amending the date of application of the duty to remove in section 2 of the Act. Instead of the duty to remove having retrospective effect, meaning that it applies to any person who arrived on or after the day on which the IMA 2023 received Royal Assent (20 July 2023), the date of application now refers to the day on which section 2 will come into force. This has the effect of suspending the bans on leave to remain and citizenship under the Act for people who arrived in the UK after 20 July 2023 and who met certain criteria News Analysis: Implications of the Illegal Migration Act for all immigration casesIllegal Migration Act 2023 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2023, SI 2023/989Nationality, Immigration

Immigration analysis: Adam Pipe, barrister at No 8 Chambers, reviews the key cases from July 2023 to December 2023 for immigration advisers, and explains why they are of interest. The review covers EUSS durable partners, procedural fairness in various contexts, Article 8 matters, long residence, the Supreme Court's decision on the Rwanda policy, the GDPR immigration exemption, the standard of proof in protection claims, another successful challenge to the No recourse to public funds policy, and a round-up of Upper Tribunal decisions.

Immigration analysis: Adam Pipe, barrister at No 8 Chambers, reviews the key cases from January 2026 to June 2026 for immigration advisers, and explains why they are of interest. The review covers naturalisation and the good character policy, family proceedings and immigration appeals, sponsor licence revocation, Article 8 deportation appeals, use of Artificial Intelligence, practice and procedure, vulnerable appellants and witnesses, fee waiver applications, entry clearance and deception, late evidence, Brexit-related criminality and deportation, and the SSHD's pre-2012 Discretionary Leave policy.