THE UK coalition government has announced major reforms on settlement visas for migrants including the abolition of Labour’s ‘Earned Citizenship’ programme. Since the election, the coalition government’s policy has been to put a quota on skilled migrants coming to the … Read more
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British citizenship can be lost
THE recent case of KB (para: 320(7A): “false representations”) Albania [2009] UKAIT 00043 demonstrates a typical situation in which a person may be deprived of British citizenship. In this context, reference is made to British citizenship obtained through naturalisation or … Read more
Further changes to UK student visa
A NUMBER of significant changes will be introduced in the UK immigration regime this year. Here, I will only highlight the proposed changes to the student visa category under four heads as follows: Bank statements The new points-based … Read more
UK withdraws 7-year concession
BRITAIN has, with immediate effect, withdrawn what is commonly known as the “7-year child concession”, which allows children who came to the UK under the age of 18 and have lived here for seven years to be automatically granted citizenship. … Read more
