The stated purpose of the legislation is to: – Control Immigration, making sure we put hard working British families first – To support working people. clamp down on illegal immigration and protect our public services The stated benefits of these clauses would be: -Dealing with those who should not be here, by rooting out illegal immigrants and boosting removals and deportations. – Reforming our immigration and labour market rules, so we reduce the demand for […]
Read more →WHAT IS HAPPENING ? On 06 April 2015 a health surcharge was introduced by the Government. This means that from this date all non EEA nationals applying for leave to enter the UK for more than 6 months, or for leave to remain in the UK, must pay a UK health surcharge, which the Government has introduced on the basis that foreign nationals must make a contribution towards using the NHS. This means that non […]
Read more →R (on the application of SB and ABD) v SSHD IJR (2015) UKUT (IAC) Summary This case is useful if you were granted 3 years Discretionary Leave before 09 July 2012 and have applied or are going to apply for an extension of Discretionary Leave after that date. This is important, because for applications to extend stay after that date, transitional arrangements apply. Discretionary Leave does not exist for new applications on or after 09 […]
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