THE UK Border Agency has confirmed that the government is now seeking to remedy the declaration by UK courts that the scheme whereby any migrant in the UK, who is subject to immigration control, must apply for a certificate of … Read more
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Good news for post flight spouses of UK refugees
SINCE August 2005, people who were granted asylum in the United Kingdom were granted five years’ stay instead of the usual indefinite leave to remain which had been the case for the past years. Those who were granted indefinite leave … Read more
Is 7-year concession resurrected?
ON DECEMBER 9, 2008, the Home Office announced the withdrawal of the seven-year concession with effect from that date. The concession had been an extremely useful policy which for several years allowed some families with dependent children (in particular children … Read more
£800 requirement: Home Office shifts goal posts
THE Home Office have amended the Immigration Rules in what appears to be a desperate scramble to stay ahead of the outcome in Secretary of State for the Home Department v Pankina [2010] EWCA Civ 719. Pankina is the Court … Read more
UK family reunion for children over 18
UNDER the Family Reunion provisions, UK refugees are entitled to bring to the UK their pre-flight family. ‘Pre-flight family’ means the spouse to whom the refugee was married or children born to him before he fled to the UK. For … Read more
Article 8 and family life in the UK
Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides as follows: 1. Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence. 2. There shall be no interference by a public authority … Read more
Victory in UK Points Based System £800 requirement
ON JUNE 23, 2010, the Court of Appeal handed down a hugely important and long awaited decision regarding Points Based System (PBS) cases. In Secretary of State for the Home Department v Pankina [2010] EWCA Civ 719, the Court of … Read more
Chikwamba applied in childless families’ cases
THE British Court of Appeal recently passed a very important decision called MA (Pakistan) [2009] EWCA Civ 953. It related to the application of the Chikwamba principles in childless families. Let me recap on what Chikwamba said. Chikwamba is the … Read more
New Home Office policy on ‘family life’ cases
IN A previous article on the effect that power sharing in Zimbabwe will have on Zimbabwean asylum seekers in the UK, I indicated that I would write a series of articles assisting people who fear that they may have to … Read more
