Immigration and Migration

OISC publishes practice note on using interpreters and translators
OISC publishes practice note on using interpreters and translators The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) has published a new practice note “Interpreters and Translators” to support compliance with 4.2 of the new code of standards which is to “Provide prompt, clear and competent advice to your clients”. ...
Postgraduate dissertation competition for the Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law
Postgraduate dissertation competition for the Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law The Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law (with Bloomsbury Professional and the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association) is holding a postgraduate dissertation competition: Calling all recently completed postgraduate students! You are invited to enter the annual postgraduate dissertation competition organised ...
A guide to right to work checks
A guide to right to work checks Employers in the UK are required to conduct right to work checks to ensure that their employees have the legal right to work. If the employer knows, or ought to know, that the individual does not have permission to work, ...
Job Ad: OTB Legal is recruiting a Personal Immigration Lawyer
Job Ad: OTB Legal is recruiting a Personal Immigration Lawyer Closing date Apply by 17:00 on Friday 15th November 2024. About OTB Legal OTB Legal are a specialist UK immigration Law Firm, recognised by the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. At our core, we defy the conventional cliché of ...
General grounds for refusal: understanding re-entry bans
General grounds for refusal: understanding re-entry bans The Home Office can impose entry bans on people who have previously breached immigration law or used deception in their application for leave. Bans can last one year, two years, five years or ten years. Generally speaking, and except for ...
How to report a problem with your eVisa
How to report a problem with your eVisa The roll out of eVisas is going about as well as I expected, judging by the state of the forum/social media posts that I have seen. The Home Office has just launched a new form for reporting problems. Once submitted, ...
New Practice Direction of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal issued
New Practice Direction of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal issued The Senior President of Tribunals has issued a new Practice Direction of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal taking effect from 1 November 2024. This replaces the previous version dated May 2022. The new version is considerably ...
Youth Mobility visa: what is it and how does it work?
Youth Mobility visa: what is it and how does it work? A Youth Mobility visa enables people aged 18-30 (or 35 for some countries) to live and work in the UK, usually for up to two years. It used to be called the “working holiday-maker scheme” and some people may still ...
Asylum interviews: what can go wrong and what can you do about it?
Asylum interviews: what can go wrong and what can you do about it? Your client has (at last) got a date for their asylum interview. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot really, and so below I take a look at some of the issues I have encountered in practice and how ...
Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #42
Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #42 Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter! Last week the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee published a report looking at several regulations including the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2024, part of which is now in force. It appears that ...
Inspection of asylum accommodation reiterates need for the Home Office to listen to others
Inspection of asylum accommodation reiterates need for the Home Office to listen to others The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has published a report on “An inspection of contingency asylum accommodation November 2023 – June 2024” highlighting the usual problems around lack of stakeholder engagement and data as well as concerns about ...
How to use the creative worker visa concession
How to use the creative worker visa concession The UK immigration system as it applies to the creative sector is a complicated hodgepodge of different categories, each with their own requirements and restrictions, advantages and disadvantages. These include visitor-based routes, such as creative visitors, permit free festivals and ...
Court of Appeal apologises and grants four year extension of time after administrative failings
Court of Appeal apologises and grants four year extension of time after administrative failings The Court of Appeal failed to seal the applicant’s notice in a case, resulting in an almost two year delay. The applicant was asked to make the application again and request an extension of time. When he did so there ...

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