Alvi judgement – how to handle cases – UK Border Agency
“Guidance for caseworkers on deciding applications, responding to legal challenges and reconsideration requests.”
UK Border Agency, 7th September 2012
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Category: immigration
Rahman and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
Rahman and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Case C-83/11; [2012] WLR (D) 259
“Member states of the EU were not required to grant every application for entry or residence submitted by family members of a Union citizen who did not fall under the definition in article 2(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC of 29 April 2004 , even if they showed, in accordance with article 10(2), that they were dependants of that citizen. It was, however, incumbent upon the member states to ensure that their legislation contained criteria which enabled those persons to obtain a decision on their application for entry and residence that was founded on an extensive examination of their personal circumstances and, in the event of refusal, was justified by reasons.”
WLR Daily, 5th September 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Changes to the Immigration Rules – UK Border Agency
“A written ministerial statement has been laid in Parliament today outlining a number of changes to the Immigration Rules.”
UK Border Agency, 5th September 2012
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Visa fraudster jailed for more than 4 years – UK Border Agency
“A man who tried to submit hundreds of fraudulent visa applications has today been sentenced to 4 years and 9 months in prison, following an investigation by the UK Border Agency.”
UK Border Agency, 4th September 2012
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
London Metropolitan University starts visa legal action – BBC News
“A London university is to launch legal action against the UK Border Agency’s decision to revoke its licence to sponsor international students.”
BBC News, 3rd September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Damian Green addresses Parliament about London Met – Home Office
“Damian Green answers an urgent question on London Metropolitan University in Parliament.”
Home Office, 3rd September 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
New guidance launched to tackle ‘beds in sheds’ – Home Office
“The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has contributed to new guidance to help local authorities deal with rogue landlords and the issue of migrants living in illegally-built outhouses known as ‘beds in sheds’.”
Home Office, 31st August 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Prof John Tulloch, 7/7 London bomb survivor, fights to stay in UK – BBC News
“A professor who was injured in the London 7/7 bombings says he fears he might lose his right to stay in the UK.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Border Agency decision threatens thousands of international students – The Guardian
“The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has revoked London Metropolitan University’s power to teach or recruit international students, leaving nearly 3,000 students facing deportation unless they can find another place to study within 60 days.”
The Guardian, 30th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bedfordshire businessman guilty of sham marriage scam – BBC News
“A Bedfordshire restaurant owner has been found guilty of being involved in a sham marriage scam.”
BBC News, 29th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Torture claims handling at Dover immigration removal centre criticised – The Independent
“Officials at an immigration removal centre were too dismissive of reports from detainees claiming to be victims of torture, inspectors said today.”
The Independent, 15th August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (YZ (China)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“Where a foreign national was removed from the United Kingdom in consequence of the unlawful issue of a certificate under section 96(2) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 following refusal by the Secretary of State of his application for revocation of a deportation order, there was no presumption that the court should order his return to pursue an in-country appeal.”
WLR Daily, 26th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
LSB publishes response to immigration advice and services consultation – Legal Services Board
“The Legal Services Board (LSB) has today published its response to its consultation about the regulation of immigration advice and services.”
Legal Services Board, 31st July 2012
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
KA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“The Secretary of State’s duty to endeavour to trace the family members of an unaccompanied minor seeking asylum was not discharged by merely informing the child of the facilities of the Red Cross. A failure to discharge the duty might be relevant to judicial consideration of an asylum or humanitarian protection claim. Such failure might also be relevant to a consideration of the duty under section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.”
WLR Daily, 25th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Jeremy Hunt: Olympics wrong time for PCS border staff strike – BBC News
“The government is urging Border Agency workers not to hold a strike on the eve of the Olympics, arguing it is the ‘wrong time.’ ”
BBC News, 25th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Munir) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants intervening): Regina (Rahman) v Same – WLR Daily
“If a statement of an immigration policy was flexible and stated that an immigration rule relating to leave to enter and remain in the United Kingdom might, depending on the circumstances of each case, be relaxed if certain conditions were satisfied, the statement itself was not an immigration rule and therefore the Secretary of State was not required to lay it before Parliament in accordance with section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971.”
WLR Daily, 18th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Alvi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants intervening) – WLR Daily
“Any requirement which, if not satisfied, would lead to an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom being refused, was a rule ‘as to the practice to be followed’ in the administration of the Immigration Act 1971 and therefore had to be laid before Parliament in accordance with section 3(2) of the Act.”
WLR Daily, 18th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Children’s Commissioner publishes review of age assessment cases since R (A) v Croydon LBC Supreme Court judgment – Family Law Week
“The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a new report The Fact of Age: Review of case law and local authority practice since the Supreme Court judgment in R (A) v Croydon LBC [2009]. The report has been written by Laura Brownlees , an independent research and policy consultant, and Zubier Yazdani, a solicitor with Deighton Pierce Glynn.”
Family Law Week, 18th July 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Supreme court strikes down Home Office’s back-door changes to immigration rules – The Guardian
“Just over a week since far-reaching new immigration rules took effect – which will permanently separate many British citizens or settled residents from their non-European spouses, children and ageing relatives – the home secretary has suffered a severe defeat in the supreme court. In the case of Alvi [2012] UKSC 33, handed down today, the court struck down a previous attempt by the Home Office to introduce substantive immigration requirements through the back door of policy, guidance or instructions, rather than in the body of the immigration rules themselves.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
