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 […]
Read more →MOSTAFA (ARTICLE 8 IN ENTRY CLEARANCE) (2015) UKUT 112 (IAC) SUMMARY OF THE CASE In an appeal against refusal of entry clearance (otherwise known as a ‘visa’) from abroad, the Claimant’s ability to satisfy the Immigration rules is not the question to be determined by the Tribunal, but is capable of being a weighty, though not determinative factor, when deciding if the refusal to grant a visa is proportionate to the aim of enforcing Immigration […]
Read more →Singh and Khalid v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2015) EWCA Civ 74 SUMMARY On 12 February 2015, the Court of Appeal handed down an important judgement on the correct approach to Article 8 Private and Family life applications, which were decided after the major Immigration rule changes of 9th July 2012. In those major rule changes, which took effect on 9th July 2012, set out in HC194 (a Statement of Changes to […]
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