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… Continue reading Switching the Visa from PBS-dependent to Skilled Worker Route
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… Continue reading Age Assessments: yet another Home Office challenge?
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… Continue reading The EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS): An overview and the recent positive changes adopted by the Home Office
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… Continue reading Changes to visa fees from 4th October 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… Continue reading Lone Asylum Seeking Children: The Home Office’s biggest failure?
Ali LEGAL ASSISTANT The UK Ancestry visa – the right to employment in the UK and British citizenship An overview of the UK Ancestry visa In general terms, a UK Ancestry visa is issued by the United Kingdom to a Commonwealth citizen, a British overseas citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British national (overseas)… Continue reading The UK Ancestry visa – the right to employment in the UK and British citizenship
Roshni LEGAL ASSISTANT Operation Warm Welcome: a not so warm welcome? There’s a bit of irony in the phrase Operation Warm Welcome, in that it implies that we are extending a helping hand to those in need simply out of the kindness and purity of our hearts. But anyone who is familiar with what the… Continue reading Operation Warm Welcome: a not so warm welcome?
Gilbert TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER What Next for Ukrainians in the UK? Intro In my previous post on the statement of changes to the UK’s immigration rules, I mentioned that the deadline for new applications to the Ukrainian Extension Scheme had been extended. While welcome news for many people using the scheme, it highlights an issue… Continue reading What Next for Ukrainians in the UK?
Roshni LEGAL ASSISTANT How AI could transform the Home Office It’s no secret that the Home Office has very poor organisational skills. Their failure to deal with asylum cases in appropriate time is indicative of this. As of May 2023, it was estimated that over 74,000 asylum cases were still pending[1]. It is estimated that… Continue reading How AI could transform the Home Office
Gilbert TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER Explained: Changes to the Immigration Rules On 20 July 2023, the Home Office published a statement of changes in the UK’s immigration rules. The changes cover a number of policy areas and impact a wide array of applicants. In this post I will explain and analyse the changes and explain the… Continue reading Explained: Changes to the Immigration Rules
