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
Privacy International has uncovered via Freedom of Information requests the use of an algorithm called ‘Identify and Prioritise Immigration Cases’...
Rape Crisis England & Wales and Imkaan have published a report titled ‘Not Safe Here: The systemic failures to protect women and children from sexual...
The Home Office has updated its guidance on ex-gratia payments for UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement, and Border Force. As of 7...
The Senior President of Tribunals has issued a new Practice Direction for the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal, which came...
The Attorney General, Lord Hermer KC, has issued new guidance to government lawyers for assessing legal risk. The amended guidance reflects the...
Latest Immigration Practice Notes
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...
Preparing for an immigration appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (IAC)STOP PRESS: This Practice Note is being updated to take account of the new...
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 Workers and Temporary WorkersThis is an archive of Sponsor Guidance for the Worker and Temporary Workers categories,...
Procedure in the First-tier Tribunal (IAC)STOP PRESS: This Practice Note is being updated to take account of the new Practice Direction of the...
Latest Immigration Precedents
Senior or Specialist Worker—entry clearance—email at end of processDear [APPLICANT],Your Senior or Specialist Worker visaI am pleased to confirm that...
UK Expansion Worker—entry clearance—email at end of processDear [APPLICANT],Your UK Expansion Worker visaI am pleased to confirm that your Global...
Skilled Worker—entry clearance—email at end of processDear [APPLICANT],Your Skilled Worker visaI am pleased to confirm that your Skilled Worker visa...
Fiancé(e)s and proposed civil partners applying under Appendix FM: grant of entry clearance—information sheetYou have now been granted entry clearance...
Grant of indefinite leave to remain—information sheetI am pleased to let you know that you [and your [wife OR husband OR partner]] [and your children]...
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
Temporary admission
Permission to stay in the UK granted to a person subject to immigration control without having been granted leave to enter or remain.
UK ancestry
A Commonwealth citizen who is able to provide proof that one of his grandparents was born in the United Kingdom and Islands and that any such grandparent is the applicant's blood grandparent or grandparent by reason of an adoption recognised by the laws of the United Kingdom relating to adoption can qualify for admission to the United Kingdom in order to work.
United Kingdom residence permit
A document that under the Immigration Rules, the Secretary of State must issue to a person granted asylum in the United Kingdom as soon as possible after the grant of asylum.
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