ON May 23, 2011, section 19 of the UK Borders Acts 2007 was brought into force with immediate effect. This section of the Act inserts section 85A into the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. Section 85A basically states that … Read more
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Hope for ‘overstayers’ under UK Points Based System
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
£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
Court reprieve for UK student visa applicants
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
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
UK decision offers hope for qualified ‘overstayers’
THE very latest Points Based System decision is a case called AA (paras 131A-I: switching) Nigeria [2009] UKAIT 00055. In this decision, the Tribunal has confirmed for the first time that a person applying under the Points Based System does … Read more
Making use of Transitional Arrangements in UK Points Based System
I HAVE seen people who have lost their hard earned cash unnecessarily by using the wrong procedure in an attempt to regularise their stay in the United Kingdom. The UK Border Agency is very clear and explicit on this point: … Read more
