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Key UK immigration developments of 2010

By Taffy NyawanzaImmigration

AS WE begin a new year, let us cast a backward glance and run down the major talking points in UK immigration law in 2010. At the beginning of the year, a number of changes were introduced to the student … Read more

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Hope for ‘overstayers’ under UK Points Based System

By Rumbidzai BvunzawabayaImmigration

JUDGMENT was given by the United Kingdom Court of Appeal in the Secretary of State for the Home Department v Pankina [2010] EWCA Civ 719 and others on June 23, 2010, in relation to the period in which an applicant … Read more

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Court reprieve for UK student visa applicants

By Rumbidzai BvunzawabayaImmigration

THE appeal against the UK Home Office’s Interpretation of the Points Based System has succeeded in the Court of Appeal. The case is Secretary of State for the Home Department v Pankina [2010] EWCA Civ 719. The immigration rules on … Read more

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Victory in UK Points Based System £800 requirement

By Taffy NyawanzaImmigration

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

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