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Immigration law applies to those who are not a resident of a particular country but want to settle in that country especially as a permanent resident or naturalized citizen or to take up employment.  The Immigration law firm helps and guides them in legal matters such as deportation, green cards, citizenship and employment for non-citizens. They act as a mediator between immigration authorities and those clients. Following are certain instances where hiring an immigration lawyer becomes a necessity: 1.     When an applicant is seeking a visa for employment but the employer is not assisting. 2.     When the applicant was charged with some allegations. 3.     When immigration application is denied by authorities previously.   4.     Recently divorced or marriage termination by any cause. Apart from this, everyone wants their immigration procedure to get completed as quickly as possible. ...

The ECHR (European Convention on Human Rights) is an international convention that protects the human rights of people in the countries that belong to European council. UK along with all 47 states of the council signed this convention. Complete term of it is the “Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms”.   What is European Council? Council of Europe was formed in 1949 and is larger than & entirely separate from the EU (European Union). It consists of 47 members of states as compared to 28 members of state of EU. The United Kingdom became a member of council 24 years earlier than it joined the EU. The council membership of the UK will remain unaffected on the off chance that it left EU. The convention comprises several articles protecting basic human rights. Through the Human rights Act 1998, the UK made these rights part of its domestic law. How the Convention Came into Existence? After the Second World War in order to promote ...

Following the introduction of the Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) Regulations 2019, non-EU extended family members of EU Citizens are now granted a right of appeal against a refusal decision relating to a family permit or residence card.  It is anticipated that the changes will come into force towards the end of this month. The last couple of years has seen many changes to rights of appeal for extended family members with ultimately appeal rights afforded to  those who had applied under the 2006 Regulations and not the 2016 Regulations. This too was challenged by way of a Judicial Review which led to the Home Office accepting that the existing regulations should be amended to reflect that applications refused under the 2016 regulations should be granted rights of appeal. If you have previously had such an application refused, feel free to contact us today to consider your options.

There has been a number of references to the UK Government’s “hostile approach” to immigration in the UK.  Since Christmas 2018, we have had a number of new enquiries come in from friends and family of loved ones who have been detained by the Home Office - UKVI. The law is very clear with respect to who can and cannot be detained.  Those with no leave to remain in the United Kingdom are liable to be detained and removed from the United Kingdom. There are currently 10 immigration removal centres in the United Kingdom, which can hold up to 3000 people at any one time. The majority of those who populate the detention centres are men, however Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre in Bedfordshire is one of the only detention centres, which holds women. Those without valid leave to remain in the United Kingdom, or those whose hopes of remaining in the United Kingdom are on the decision of an application submitted to the Home Office, live in fear of detention and removal from the ...

The Home Office have recently updated their guidance on the Good Character Requirement for applications to become a British Citizen by Naturalisation. Background How is the Good Character requirement assessed in relevant nationality application? There is no definition of good character in the British Nationality Act 1981 and therefore no statutory guidance as to how good character should be interpreted or applied. The decision therefore is left solely at the hands of the decision maker. The Good Character requirement was controversially applied to anyone over the age of 10 and above since 4 December 2006. That provision was repealed and on 13 January 2010 was replaced by an insertion of Section 41A into the British Nationality Act 1981 on 13 January 2010 . The Act in layman terms simply states that no adult or young person shall be registered as a British Citizen unless they are of good character. The Home Office has a non-exhaustive list, from which they ask a great num...