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 Chen) v Secretary of State for the Home Department) (Appendix FM – Chikwamba- temporary separation-proportionality) UKUT 189 (IAC) SUMMARY The part of the Immigration rules that deals with Family members, Appendix FM, does not consider whether it would be proportionate to expect an individual to return to their home country to make an entry clearance application to re-join their family members in the UK. There may be cases where there […]
Read more →How refreshing to watch this programme on Channel 5, giving, for a change, a positive view of first and second generation migrants living side by side in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, where conincidentally I myself worked as an Immigration Lawyer at the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit. There was the Muslim working for a Jew in his takeaway food shop, and the wedding planner arranging Asian weddings which are always on a large scale, in his […]
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