Process
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No Scrapbooks: evidence of residence in the EU Settlement Scheme
With the launch of the new public beta (trial) phase of the EU Settlement Scheme, the Home Office has updated its guidance on what evidence EU nationals need to provide in the application process.
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Who is able to change Home Office guidance?
Who has access to Home Office visa guidance? Who can change it?
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Exceptional Talent visas doubled to 2,000 PA
The exceptional talent visa regime does exactly what it says on the tin, providing a route for recognised or emerging leaders in certain fields to enter the UK to live and work.
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Edgewater Legal features in Private Eye
Edgewater Legal made a Freedom of Information request several months ago, asking the Ministry of Justice about the numbers of European nationals who are sentenced to longer than 12 months in prison each year.
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Visa documentation - scan or send?
The process for clients as to what to do with supporting documents in a visa application appears to be in a state of flux.
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EU deportation law: explainer
Whilst the UK remains a member of the EU, overarching principles of European law apply to deportation from the UK of European citizens.
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Home Office visits to Tier 2 sponsors
The UK work permit system requires employers to obtain a Tier 2 license before they can employ foreign non-European staff who do not otherwise have an entitlement to work.
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Visiting the UK from the Arab World (3)
This is the third post in our series aimed at Arabic speakers who are visiting the UK.
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Visiting the UK from the Arab World (2)
We continue our series on visiting the UK from the Arab world aimed at Arabic speakers.
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Where are the unreported Upper Tribunal determinations?
All Upper Tribunal determinations used to be readily available on the tribunals website. This included both 'reported' decisions - notable for their interpretation of a legal point, or providing guidance on the situation in a particular country - and unreported decisions.
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Stateless by choice?
Under the British Nationality Act 1981, a child who is born in the UK and is (and always has been) stateless is entitled to register as a British citizen. See Schedule 2, Paragraph 3:
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Guidance issued on renewal applications to the UT
The case of KM (Bangladesh) v SSHD [2017] EWCA Civ 437 (21 June 2017) raises an interesting, if niche, procedural point.
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