This brief guide explains what has changed on EIN as a result of the new requirements for bundles introduced by the November 2024 Practice Direction of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal. We welcome suggestions and feedback to help ensure our changes meet your needs. Please contact us at support@ein.org.uk.
The key things to note are:
- EIN bundles can now be exported as a country information evidence schedule for a First-tier Tribunal (IAC) bundle
- A new EIN citation function makes it very quick and easy to copy extracts to create a country information evidence schedule
- The existing bundle excerpt function will be more useful then ever when creating bundles on EIN
Exporting a bundle as a country information evidence schedule
See our updated guide on exporting a bundle. EIN content bundles can now be exported as a country information evidence schedule, with all items under a main heading. You will need to ensure you keep within the Tribunal's page limits. There is a new option to include a linked table of contents when exporting bundles as country schedules.
Exporting as a country schedule should also be useful if you are asking for permission to rely on a schedule longer than 12 pages, especially if you include the table of contents. The Practice Direction says that you should include "an attached proposed country schedule" when requesting. Do contact us at support@ein.org.uk if there's any more export requirements you have.
New citation function
The new citation tool is fully explained in our new help page here. In short, this function makes it a breeze to copy and paste extracts from country reports on EIN to your word processor, such as Microsoft Word, to manually create a country information evidence schedule. It should prove ideal for many bundles that don't require a country schedule beyond the 12-page limit. You will also be able to keep a close eye on how many pages your schedule is. Don't forget that the standardised format of country reports and cases on EIN makes them ideal for copying and pasting - for example, there's no frustration trying to copy from unsuitable PDF files.
Use the existing excerpt function
By using the existing bundle excerpt function, you can keep your bundles short and to the point. You may already be familiar with this function, but if not, see our help page on creating and adding excerpts to a bundle. Excerpts have always included the link to the source document on EIN and we have now improved this by making it a live hyperlink. The excerpt function is a great way of meeting the Tribunal's new requirements.
Content bundles remain invaluable
Don't forget that even if some EIN content bundles are now too big to include in a Tribunal bundle, they are still an excellent way of saving useful information for a case. For example, you can quickly save useful reports to a bundle and then revisit the individual items later to do some more in-depth research and find the exact passages you want for your country information evidence schedule.