A New Chapter in UK Refugee Policy: What the Home Office’s Changes Mean for Syrian Refugees
Carina Azizeh Legal Intern What the Home Office’s Changes Mean for Syrian Refugees A New Chapter in UK Refugee Policy In 2025, the Home Office took a significant and controversial step by revising how it handles pending settlement protection applications from Syrian refugees who are seeking to remain in the UK permanently. This decision is […]
Is the UK About to Scrap the 10-Year Long Residence Route?
Atef Elmarakby Managing Director Is the UK About to Scrap the 10-year Long Residence Route? What This Could Mean for Migrans – GOOD ADVICE UK®’s view There has been increasing discussion within the immigration sector following reports that the Home Office may abolish the 10-year Long Residence route to settlement. If implemented, this would mark […]
Fresh UK Immigration Applications: Why making a new, fully documented application is often the best option?
Atef Elmarakby Managing Director Fresh UK Immigration Applications: Why making a new, fully documented application is often the best option? Introduction The UK immigration landscape has become increasingly technical, document-driven, and unforgiving. Applicants today face a system where most visa categories come with no right of appeal, limited administrative remedies, and a high burden of […]
Explained: Changes to the Immigration Rules
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 […]
Immigration At An All Time High: Analysing the UK’s Net Migration Figures
Gilbert TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER Immigration At An All Time High: Analysing the UK’s Net Migration Figures Introduction On 25 May 2023, it was announced that net migration to the UK for 2022 was 606,000 new arrivals. This was a record for the UK, an increase of over 100,000 from the previous year and almost double […]
The Nationality and Borders Act 2022: Differential Treatment of Asylum Seekers
Augustina TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER The Nationality and Borders Act 2022: Differential Treatment of Asylum Seekers Introduction The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 is a relatively recent UK Parliament Act. As you may already know, it mainly focuses on immigration, asylum and modern slavery. But at the same time, there have been significant […]