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My Biometric Residence Permit will expire on 31/12/2024… what should I do?

16/01/2024

Roshni TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER My Biometric Residence Permit will expire on 31/12/2024… what should I do? If you currently possess a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), you’ll notice that it says that it will expire on 31st December 2024. We receive so many BRP mistakes in the industry; so much so that the Home Office has a whole sub-department just to correct their own mistakes. However, it will come as a surprise that this expiry date is actually not a mistake.

The British Passport Renewal Process: Explained

30/11/2023

Ali Legal Assistant The British Passport Renewal Process: Explained Having to renew your passport can place an unnecessary burden on many individuals in various circumstances, for example, when wishing to travel, but your passport is expired, you must first renew your passport before travelling if it is invalid. When looking at how much time you need on your passport depends on the country that you are visiting. For clarity, you can check the entry requirements of the country that you

The Final Rwanda Ruling: The Final Analysis

21/11/2023

Gilbert Immigration Adviser The Final Rwanda Ruling: The Final Analysis History is full of examples of people waiting and persevering for a long time to achieve their ultimate ambition. Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison on Robben Island before he was able to dismantle apartheid in South Africa. It took Albert Einstein many years to develop his theories on relativity. Suffragists spent decades campaigning before women were granted the right to vote. If Suella Braverman, the former Home Secretary,

What is Suella Braverman’s Legacy as Home Secretary?

14/11/2023

Gilbert Immigration Adviser What is Suella Braverman’s Legacy as Home Secretary? “There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.” These words, initially spoken by Vladimir Lenin, have stood the test of time as a summary of the way that major events can often move at breakneck speed, and while this phrase has been used to describe events of greater consequence than Suella Braverman’s tenure as Home Secretary, it is for her career at the Home

Switching the Visa from PBS-dependent to Skilled Worker Route

13/11/2023

Anita LEGAL ASSISTANT Switching the Visa from PBS-dependent to Skilled Worker Route What Is Meant By ‘Switching’? ‘Switching’ a visa means that an applicant is allowed to change from one valid visa type to another without needing to leave the UK to do so. Each route has its own rules explaining which routes are eligible to be switched into. Immigration Rules state that usually visitors, short term students, people holding leave outside the rules, seasonal workers, parents of a Child

Age Assessments: yet another Home Office challenge?

13/11/2023

Roshni LEGAL ASSISTANT Age Assessments: yet another Home Office challenge?: When we think of the Home Office, we often just picture a rigid institution which is constantly being accused of racism and intolerance. Of course, we hear that they do some analysis of the people they encounter, but we do not tend to associate them with carrying out any age assessments. What do we mean by age assessments? It is alleged that many of those individuals who claim asylum in

The EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS): An overview and the recent positive changes adopted by the Home Office

31/10/2023

Ali LEGAL ASSISTANT The EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS): An overview and the recent positive changes adopted by the Home Office An Overview of the EU Settlement Scheme After the implications of Brexit, citizens from the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland (hereby referred to collectively as ‘EU citizens’) and their families who wish to live in the UK, are required to apply for a new immigration status under UK law. The EU Settlement Scheme (hereby referred to

Changes to visa fees from 4th October 2023

26/09/2023

Roshni LEGAL ASSISTANT Changes to visa fees from 04 October 2023: In an unsurprising change to the immigration world, the Home Office is about to increase the fees they charge for those wishing to obtain a visa. Now, we all know that inflation is a very real thing that the whole world is experiencing, let alone the UK. However, some of these figures are truthfully mind-boggling. Why the increase? Well, the explanation is as follows: “ increases to immigration and

Lone Asylum Seeking Children: The Home Office’s biggest failure?

12/09/2023

Roshni LEGAL ASSISTANT Lone Asylum Seeking Children: The Home Office’s biggest failure? When we visualise asylum seekers, we often see young men. This is no surprise, as even through my research, nearly all general articles about refugees and asylum seekers on European shores have pictures of groups of young men. However, the forgotten group of people arriving at our shores in seek of protection is not these men, but young children. According to the Home Office, ‘unaccompanied Asylum Seeking children’

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