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Home Secretary: Closed Tier 1 Investor visa scheme to be replaced by changes to existing Innovator route this Autumn

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Date of publication

22 February 2022

Summary

Priti Patel outlines future plans for investment-related migration in written statement to Parliament

Some international students impacted by Covid-19 can apply for Student Finance

Blog post

Date of publication

22 February 2022

Written by

Olivia Bridge, 1 Absolute Advisor

Thousands of non-British children in care across England face potential immigration problems and require specialist legal advice

Latest news

Date of publication

22 February 2022

Summary

New report by Coram Children's Legal Centre and South London Refugee Association

President of the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration And Asylum Chamber) issues new guidance on taking oral evidence from abroad

Latest news

Date of publication

18 February 2022

Summary

New guidance follows the decision in Agbabiaka (evidence from abroad; Nare guidance) [2021] UKUT 00286 (IAC)

Tier 1 Investor route closed with immediate effect following concerns over abuse of visa scheme by criminal groups

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Date of publication

17 February 2022

Summary

Home Secretary takes to Twitter to announce closure of Tier 1 Investor visa

Home Office suspends policy of moving people to 10-year route to settlement if they make a change of conditions application to receive public funds

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Date of publication

17 February 2022

Summary

Kevin Foster MP confirms suspension of policy in Parliamentary answer

Together With Refugees coalition estimates implementing the Nationality and Borders Bill could cost £2.7 billion a year

Latest news

Date of publication

14 February 2022

Summary

Coalition calculates Bill would be almost double current cost of asylum system

In Democracy We Trust? [Excerpt on the Nationality and Borders Bill]

Blog post

Date of publication

14 February 2022

Written by

Sir John Major

Report calls for secure reporting mechanisms to enable migrants to report crime without fearing consequences over insecure immigration status

Latest news

Date of publication

10 February 2022

Summary

Guide for police and labour inspectors published by Focus on Labour Exploitation and Latin American Women’s Rights Service

Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) issues new guidance note on anonymity orders and hearings in private

Latest news

Date of publication

08 February 2022

Summary

Mr Justice Lane's new guidance replaces 2013's guidance note on anonymity orders

Significant new Court of Appeal judgment and two recent reports on the subject of victims of trafficking and modern slavery

Latest news

Date of publication

07 February 2022

Summary

Court of Appeal's guidance resets law on victims of trafficking; new reports by Modern Slavery Policy Unit and University of Nottingham's Rights Lab

Latest News on The EU Settlement Scheme for 2022

Blog post

Date of publication

03 February 2022

Written by

Reiss Edwards

Supreme Court rules £1,012 Home Office fee for a child to be registered as a British citizen is lawful

Latest news

Date of publication

02 February 2022

Summary

Court finds appropriateness of imposing a fee is a question of political policy and not a matter for judges

ILPA and Women for Refugee Women: ‘Well-founded fear’ clause of Nationality and Border Bill reverses 20 years of settled UK case law

Latest news

Date of publication

02 February 2022

Summary

Briefing for House of Lords outlines concerns over changes made by Clause 31 of Bill

The cost of sponsoring a care worker in the UK

Blog post

Date of publication

31 January 2022

Written by

Helena Sheizon, Kadmos Consultants