Human Rights
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How to apply for a UK partner visa
In this post, we provide a guide on how to apply for a visa to live in the UK with your partner. We will cover the main eligibility rules and the process, including completing the online form, uploading your documents, timelines and fees, and provide links to Home Office and other resources to help you make your application
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Escape from Kabul: advice from the places in between
Our client's family was stranded in Kabul when the Taliban rolled in. We advised him as he tried to get them out
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Lessons from an overstayer: the uniquely life-ruining potential of missing your visa deadline in the UK
We consider what lessons might be learned from the case of a client who overstayed, including what steps were taken to regularise her status, and her experience of the tribunal appeal system
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The 6 most common reasons for refusal in citizenship applications
In 2019 almost 10,000 applications for citizenship were rejected or refused by the Home Office.
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Applying for a Home Office fee waiver
In this note we consider who may be able to apply to the Home Office for a waiver of visa application and Immigration Health Charge fees.
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Sorry, not sorry: the Windrush compensation scheme
Last week the Home Office announced the establishment of its compensation scheme for those affected by the Windrush scandal (the Scheme).
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How to apply to the Windrush compensation scheme
Almost a year after it first broke, the Home Office has opened a compensation scheme for those affected by the Windrush scandal (the Scheme). It expects to pay out up to £310 million to victims.
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Sustainable decision-making in deportation appeals
The judgment in SSHD v SS (Jamaica) [2018] EWCA Civ 2817 continues a trend in which ‘foreign criminals’ who had been successful in their initial tribunal appeals against deportation have had those decisions overturned in the Court of Appeal.
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The irremovables: what happens to national security threats who cannot be deported?
The Home Office considers some foreign nationals living in the UK to be a threat to national security.
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Five things the Daily Mail got wrong about immigration appeals
The toxic wasteland of the Daily Mail’s back catalogue on the topic of immigration needs no introduction.
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How to gather evidence in support of a non-EU deportation appeal
In this post we provide detailed consideration of the type of evidence and information which should be gathered to support the appeal of a non-EEA national who has been made subject to an order for deportation.
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Unlawfully imposed curfews amount to false imprisonment
In that case the Home Office had sought to argue that, although there was no lawful basis for its imposition, those who had been unlawfully subject to curfew could not sue for false imprisonment.
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