About Immigration Law
As the rules and policy on UK immigration grow more and more complex, it’s getting harder and harder to stay up to speed on the latest changes (especially when one source seems to contradict another).
EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme
Our content deals with the mechanics of the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) and eligibility, as well as the citizens’ rights aspects of the Withdrawal Agreement, that broadly underpins the scheme.
Sponsored work
We deal with the key sponsored and non-sponsored work immigration routes. We have Practice Notes covering all aspects of eligibility (from the point of view of the sponsor and the sponsored migrant) and common pitfalls.
UK immigration control
How immigration law works. Submitting an application, grounds for refusal, conditions of permission, and various sources of law. Plus analysis of the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules from 2013.
Policy
As the rules and policy on UK immigration grow in complexity, it’s tricky to stay up to speed on the latest changes (especially when one source seems to contradict another). We’ll help keep you up-to-date.
Topics We Cover
Latest Immigration News
Immigration analysis: On 12 March 2025 the Home Office issued a new Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 733, together with an Explanatory...
Women for Refugee Women (WRW) has published research on 20 March 2025 showing that 71% of women under constant supervision in immigration detention...
Welcome to the 20 March 2025 highlights from the Immigration team, which provides links to key news stories from the last week, as well as a round-up...
Women for Refugee Women (WRW) has published research on 20 March 2025 showing that 71% of women under constant supervision in immigration detention...
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) published findings on 20 March 2025 from its inspection of Home Office fee waiver...
Latest Immigration Practice Notes
Workers and Temporary Workers sponsor duties: sponsor changes of circumstancesSponsor organisations are required to report various changes of...
UK and EU cross-border law enforcement and criminal justice co-operation under the TCA [Archived]Archived: This Practice Note is archived and no...
Archive of Sponsor Guidance AppendicesThis is an archive of Appendices A–G to the Sponsor Guidance for the Worker, Temporary Worker and Student...
Archive of Sponsor Guidance for StudentsThis is an archive of Sponsor Guidance for the Student category (known as Tier 4 before 5 October 2020). It...
Visitor: eligibilityFor applications on and after 31 January 2024, there are three types of visitors:•Standard: for those seeking to undertake the...
Latest Immigration Precedents
Clauses—repayment of immigration feesSTOP PRESS: Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 733, published on 12 March 2025, will introduce a new...
Parental consent for minor child—letter[Insert address of [parent OR guardian] in home country][Insert Home Office address where application is being...
Appeal Skeleton Argument (ASA)—exampleAppeal No. HU/1234/2025IN THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNALIMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM CHAMBERBetween:MAGGIE SMITH Appellant–...
Appeal schedule of evidence—exampleAppeal No. HU/1234/2025IN THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNALIMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM CHAMBERBetween:MAGGIE SMITH Appellant– and...
Freedom of Information request[Insert the correspondence address, including postcode, of the person making the Freedom of Information request][Direct...
Latest Immigration Q&As
Featured Immigration content
Parental consent for minor child—letter
Parental consent for minor child—letter[Insert address of [parent OR guardian] in home country][Insert Home Office address where application is being...
Biometric Immigration Documents
Biometric Immigration DocumentsWhat is a Biometric Immigration Document?A Biometric Immigration Document (BID) is the key ‘document’ that evidences...
Children applying for indefinite leave under Part 8 and Appendix FM: procedure
Children applying for indefinite leave under Part 8 and Appendix FM: procedureA child may be eligible to apply for indefinite leave to enter or remain...
Key contacts for immigration advisers
Key contacts for immigration advisersIP COMPLETION DAY: The Brexit transition period ended at 11pm on 31 December 2020. At this time (referred to in...
Who can give immigration advice in the UK?
Who can give immigration advice in the UK?Immigration advisers and service providers in the UK are subject to regulation.Broadly, non-legally...
Applying to confirm a Zambrano right of residence [Archived]
Applying to confirm a Zambrano right of residence [Archived]ARCHIVED: this Practice Note is no longer maintained as it covers the implementation of EU...
Passport stamps, vignettes and codes—examples and common problems [Archived]
Passport stamps, vignettes and codes—examples and common problems [Archived]This Practice Note is no longer updated as it relates to the position...
Do you need to submit a separate VAF4A (Appendix 2) form when making an entry clearance application using the new online form? On what basis can the Home Office request this?
Can you make an application for naturalisation using an expired Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) which confirms that they hold indefinite leave to remain?
Zambrano EUSS rules declared unlawful on appeal (R (Akinsanya) v SSHD)
Immigration analysis: The Court of Appeal has partially upheld the decision of Mr Justice Mostyn in finding that the Home Office’s rules for...
Where a new employee has an indefinite leave to remain endorsement in their expired passport, would an employer have a statutory excuse against a civil penalty if they obtained a positive verification notice from the employer checking service with a copy of their expired passport? If not, would the employer need to wait until the employee receives their biometric residence permit before they can commence employment?
The status of the Tier 4 sponsor
The status of the Tier 4 sponsorSTOP PRESS: This Practice Note is being updated to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules which replace the Tier 4...
Right to work checks: when and why
Right to work checks: when and whyThis Practice Note looks at why employers need to carry out ‘right to work’ checks and when such checks should be...
Long residence and private life
Long residence and private lifeThe long residence and private life routes within the Immigration Rules are for those applying for further permission...
Changes of law and policy, rights against retrospective legislation, and legitimate expectation
Changes of law and policy, rights against retrospective legislation, and legitimate expectationChanges to immigration law may mean that a person who...
Approval of naturalisation application—information sheet
Approval of naturalisation application—information sheetI am pleased to enclose a letter from the Home Office that confirms that your application for...
Nationality and Borders Act 2022—nationality provisions
Immigration analysis: The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022. In addition to controversial provisions relating to...
Can a Tier 2 sponsor reduce a sponsored migrant’s number of weekly hours in order for them to be able to undertake supplementary employment (for another employer)? If so, is the sponsor required to report this change in employment via the sponsor management system?
Associated legal terms
Certificate of entitlement to the right of abode
A certificate stating that a person has the right of abode in the United Kingdom (see the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, s 10 and the Immigration Act 1971, s 33(1)).
Illegal working
Working by a person subject to immigration control where that person does not have valid extant leave to enter or remain or is in breach of a condition attached to limited leave to enter or remain that prohibits or restricts the right to work whether on an employed or self-employed basis.
Refugee
A person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country, or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it.
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