Nelly Tanios Legal Assistant Traveling to the EU after October 12, 2025? Check out the EU’s New Entry/Exit System. The European Union is set to introduce its new automated Entry/Exit System (EES), designed to track border crossings for non-EU visitors. This long-anticipated system, aimed at enhancing security and streamlining entry and exit procedures, will begin… Continue reading Traveling to the EU after October 12, 2025? Check out the EU’s New Entry/Exit System
MingJun Jiang Immigration Adviser Applying for the Child Relative of a Refugee Status Holder in the UK The UK’s immigration system provides a variety of pathways for family reunification, especially for individuals granted refugee status or humanitarian protection. One such route, lesser-known but crucial for extended families, is the Child Relative of a Refugee Status… Continue reading Applying for the Child Relative of a Refugee Status Holder in the UK
Gilbert Immigration Adviser Explained: The 2024 Changes to the Immigration Rules Following the news that net migration to UK for the period between June 2022 and June 2023 was 745,000 new arrivals, an all-time record, the UK government announced new changes to the Immigration Rules, primarily aimed at reducing net migration. The most prominent changes… Continue reading Explained: The 2024 Changes to the Immigration Rules
Roshni TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER The Clapham Chemical Attacker: Is deportation on the cards? Introduction: The recent incident involving a chemical attack on a family in Clapham has ignited a critical examination of the United Kingdom’s asylum processes. This event raises substantial questions about the efficacy and thoroughness of the system in place for evaluating asylum… Continue reading The Clapham Chemical Attacker: Is deportation on the cards?
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… Continue reading My Biometric Residence Permit will expire on 31/12/2024… what should I do?
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?
