Immigration News

This is the best news in UK immigration for some time and we hope it is the starting point for the reversal on May’s era of hostility. The government has announced the plan to allow international students to stay in the UK for two years after graduation to enable them to have work experience and

The UK Government has announced the introduction of the EU Settlement Scheme – a  new procedure for EU nationals and their family members to register their right of residence in the UK after Brexit. The scheme will be fully rolled out from 30 March 2019. A pilot phase has been running since 21 January 2019

Immigration Health Surcharge will increase from £200 to £400 per year, with a discounted rate of £300 per year for students and Youth Mobility visa applicants. Visitors to the UK are not required to pay the immigration health surcharge. It is desirable, though, to have a travel insurance covering medical care as visitors are not

The government has announced that the new Windrush Scheme will come into operation on Wednesday, 30 May.  The purpose is to save the government’s face before Commonwealth citizens who came to the UK in the wake of the Second World War and settled before 1January 1973. The scheme may also benefit people from outside Commonwealth

On Friday, 9 December, the rights of EU citizens and their family members in the UK and the rights of British citizens staying in Europe post Brexit have finally become a little clearer and the Report has some good news. Below is a summary a common understanding reached by the Negotiators in relation to citizens’ rights.

The Home Office has announced changes to the income requirements of Appendix FM. It is expected that the amendment will mainly benefit families with children who do not meet the standard financial or evidential requirements.

The Government has published a policy paper outlining UK’s “fair and serious offer” in relation to the rights of EU citizens remaining in the UK after Brexit. Until UK actually leaves the EU, EU citizens will continue to enjoy the same rights as they do now. The outlined changes: Once UK has left the EU,

New Home Office fees have been announced with effect from 6 April 2017. The worst affected categories are as follows: applications for indefinite leave to remain: previous fee £1875  – new fee £2297; extension of leave to remain for spouse visa holders and other non PBS categories: previous fee £811 – new fee £993; applications

These days good news is when bad news is revoked. From today Immigration Tribunal fees will be charged at the old rate as set out in the Tribunal Fees order of 2011. In an unprecedented move the government has confirmed that from today tribunal fees will be charged at the level set before the infamous

The Immigration Act 2016 introduces a new practice in the appeal procedure, known as “remove first, appeal later”. Until now immigrants applying for extension of leave to remain as the spouse or parent of a British citizen had the right to challenge refusal of their application without having to leave the UK. This is about