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gov.uk: Added guidance on funding instruction for local authorities in the support of the Afghan resettlement programme: integration support.
AI summaryThis document sets out the grant funding instructions for local authorities supporting Afghan resettlement beneficiaries (ARAP, ACRS, and eligible British Nationals) in England, Scotland, and Wales for financial year 2026–2027, establishing the eligibility rules, tariff structure, and compliance conditions under which claims may be made.
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gov.uk: Updated with information about a form for accompanying an eVisa (FAV).
AI summaryThe guidance introduces a new section on the Form for Accompanying an eVisa (FAV) and confirms that UKVI stopped issuing visa vignette stickers to new applicants on 1 July 2026.
gov.uk: Updated information to explain that from 1 July 2026, successful applicants receive a Form for Accompanying an eVisa (FAV) and an eVisa.
AI summaryThis carrier guidance document is updated to explain that from 1 July 2026, nationals of countries whose passports are unrecognised by HM Government (footnoted as Cyprus (northern part of) and Somalia) will receive both a Form for Accompanying an eVisa (FAV) and an eVisa, replacing the previous vignette-in-FAV arrangement, with all existing FAVs remaining valid until expiry.
gov.uk: Update to the Travelling between the Crown Dependencies and the UK section to include information on the notification of entry clearance from the Crown Dependencies.
AI summaryThe guidance on eVisa requirements for Crown Dependencies travellers has been reworded: the previous instruction that travellers will need an eVisa to demonstrate permission to travel has been replaced with a conditional framing applying only to those who already have an eVisa.
gov.uk: Removed references to vignettes as these are no longer issued from 1 July 2026 and added new information on when you may receive a form for affixing an eVisa (FAV).
AI summaryVignettes are abolished from 1 July 2026: guidance now explains the Form for Affixing an eVisa (FAV) as the replacement travel document where an acceptable identity document was not used, and removes all vignette-specific instructions.
gov.uk: Updated guidance to add in references to the design pathway.
AI summaryThe Design Business Association (DBA) has been added as a new sub-endorser under Arts Council England, with a full list of mandatory supporting documents for DBA applicants now set out in the caseworker guidance.
gov.uk: Addition of Design Industry pathway on the Global Talent visa.
AI summaryA new Design Industry pathway has been added to the Global Talent visa, assessed by the Design Business Association (DBA) under Arts Council England.
gov.uk: Updated information in section 2.3 referring to a valid visa vignette endorsed on a Form for Affixing a Visa (FAV), or, from 1 July 2026 a Form for Accompanying an eVisa (FAV) linked to a valid eVisa.
AI summaryFrom 1 July 2026, carriers must also accept a Form for Accompanying an eVisa (FAV) linked to a valid eVisa as a qualifying document in section 2.3 — in addition to the existing Form for Affixing a Visa (FAV) bearing a vignette.
AI summaryThis is the Home Office's first equality impact assessment (EIA) for the Right to Work Scheme, published to accompany proposed legislative amendments that would extend mandatory right to work checks beyond "employees" to cover workers, individual sub-contractors, and online matching/gig economy platforms.
gov.uk: Added the updated versions of the codes of practice which come into force on 1 October 2026.
AI summaryTwo updated statutory codes of practice — the civil penalty code and the anti-discrimination code — have been added to this document page, both coming into force on 1 October 2026, replacing the sixth version of the civil penalty code (in force 12 February 2024 – 30 September 2026).
gov.uk: Amendments have been made to the guidance on conducting abbreviated age
assessments and on the timeframe in which local authorities must provide
information to the NAAB.
AI summaryThe deadline for local authorities to provide information to the NAAB after provisional acceptance of an age assessment referral has increased from 5 working days to 10 working days.
AI summaryThe Home Office's formal impact assessment for the Immigration and Asylum Bill 2026 sets out the costs, benefits and analytical uncertainties across five major pillars of reform: replacing the immigration tribunal with a new appeals body, recovering asylum support costs, tightening Article 8, overhauling modern slavery protections and enforcement, and introducing a single protection status.
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AI summaryThe Home Office's equality impact assessment for the Immigration and Asylum Bill 2026 sets out the government's analysis of how five major legislative reforms — a new independent appeals body, asylum cost recovery, Article 8 tightening, modern slavery overhaul, and merging refugee/humanitarian protection statuses — will affect protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
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AI summaryThis update is a formatting and presentation revision only — the diff shows no substantive changes to the legal text of the Draft Code of Practice.
AI summaryThis is the Home Office's updated equality impact assessment for the expansion of digital right to work and right to rent checks for British and Irish citizens, implementing changes under the Border, Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025, and is directly relevant to practitioners advising employers, landlords, and individuals on compliant checking processes.
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gov.uk: Updated to reflect digital right to work checks, including the online service and eVisas. Clarified equal treatment, use of the Employer Checking Service, and safeguards for those who cannot access digital services. Aligned with current legislation and applies from 1 October 2026.
AI summaryThe Home Office has updated its statutory anti-discrimination code of practice for right to work checks, consolidating digital checking methods (including eVisas and the online service) and clarifying equal treatment obligations, with effect from 1 October 2026.
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gov.uk: Updated to reflect digital right to work checks, including the online service and eVisas. Clarified equal treatment, use of the Employer Checking Service, and safeguards for those who cannot access digital services. Aligned with current legislation and applies from 1 October 2026.
AI summaryThe Home Office has updated its statutory code of practice on avoiding discrimination during right to work checks, effective 1 October 2026, to address digital checks, eVisas, and safeguards for workers who cannot access online services.
gov.uk: Added factsheets for Bicester, Barnham, Linton-on-Ouse and Wethersfield, and removed the Cameron Barracks factsheet.
AI summaryThe Home Office has published community-facing factsheets for four former MoD asylum accommodation sites — Bicester, Barnham, Linton-on-Ouse (all at feasibility stage) and Wethersfield (operational) — while removing the Cameron Barracks factsheet; the documents confirm key operational parameters, tenure lengths, and a significant occupancy expansion at Wethersfield.
gov.uk: Amended to remove a sentence referring to abbreviated
age assessments within the When the Home Office can make a referral to the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB) section. Amendments have also been made on reviewing initial decisions conducted by juxtaposed controls and other minor amendments have been made.
AI summaryA sentence referring to abbreviated age assessments in the NAAB referral section has been removed from the guidance, and the section on reviewing initial decisions by juxtaposed controls has been amended.
gov.uk: Replaced the Exemption from immigration control (Non armed forces) guidance with a new version (version 6.0), updates throughout.
AI summaryVersion 6.0 adds a new clarification that a person ceases to be exempt from immigration control if they leave the United Kingdom during the 31-day wind-down period after their functions end — practitioners advising departing diplomats and their families should note this immediately.
gov.uk: The test fees for Pulse Diagnostics in Kolkata have increased.
AI summaryThe TB test fees at Pulse Diagnostics, Kolkata have increased — practitioners should ensure clients are aware of the new cost before attending.
gov.uk: Updated guide to say the second ballot of the 2026 Youth Mobility Scheme opens from 00:01am on Tuesday 14 July 2026 and closes at 00:01am on Thursday 16 July 2026.
AI summaryThe second ballot of the 2026 Youth Mobility Scheme is now open: it runs from 00:01am on Tuesday 14 July 2026 to 00:01am on Thursday 16 July 2026, with results by Thursday 30 July 2026.
gov.uk: A new country note/bulletin has been added to this CPIN collection.
AI summaryA new country bulletin on the security situation in Gaza (Palestine), covering the period from the 10 October 2025 ceasefire to 5 June 2026, has been added to the Palestine CPIN collection and concludes that the ceasefire-period situation does not meet the threshold for serious harm under paragraphs 339C and 339CA(iv) of the Immigration Rules.
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gov.uk: Updated to highlight the additional case cohorts that are now included in
automated checks, plus minor updates to the actions to follow when there are biometric matches, to reflect the additional case cohorts that are now included in checks.
AI summaryTwo new case cohorts — in-country settlement applications (from 27 June 2023) and UK visa applications made in the US and Jamaica (from 22 June 2026) — are now subject to automated biometric checks with the US via SRTP, extending the existing automated check regime beyond asylum and nationality.
gov.uk: Published version 2.0 of the UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme guide. A full list of changes can be found in the guidance.
AI summaryVersion 2.0 introduces multiple substantive changes including a new void reason for British citizens/ILR/ILE holders, a new pre-VAC applicant document and intent-to-proceed check, revised family-group selection and withdrawal rules, updated high-grant/high-volume nationality methodology, a clarification that "France" means Metropolitan France only, revised acceptable identity documents, a new section on disruptive behaviour at the VAC, and revised visa-collection cancellation rules — all of which may affect pending applications.
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gov.uk: Amendments made to the section on ceremonies, oath and pledge, determination of applications and reconsideration to make them clearer. General updating following review.
AI summaryVersion 5.0 substantially rewrites the reconsideration section (replacing the former brief guidance, including a redacted "Official – sensitive" block, with detailed public guidance on procedure, fee treatment, and a new "Trends" provision), and restructures the ceremonies/oath and pledge section; several other procedural rules on fees, withdrawals, service of decisions, and referee requirements have also changed.
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gov.uk: Updated the UKRI list of approved research organisations.
AI summaryTwelve new organisations have been added to the UKRI list of approved employing/hosting institutions for the Global Talent visa, expanding the pool of bodies that can support endorsement applications.
gov.uk: Replaced the guidance with a new version, changes throughout.
AI summaryThe Category C image definition has been substantively rewritten, replacing the previous description with new wording that changes what the category covers and how officers should assess it — practitioners advising on possession or distribution cases should review the new formulation carefully.
gov.uk: Updated regarding classification of documents on Clue case files, along with housekeeping changes.
AI summaryVersion 2.0 adds new operational guidance on classification of documents on Clue case files, and corrects/reformats several MG form descriptions — notably the MG06C/MG06D section and the MG10 (Witness Non-Availability) form guidance.
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gov.uk: Updated the 'Reporting and offender management' guide to amend the frequency table and amended person to individual.
AI summaryThe guidance has been updated from version 8.0 to version 9.0, systematically replacing references to "persons" with "individuals" throughout the document and updating the frequency table for reporting requirements.
Bills before Parliament, ministerial statements, parliamentary scrutiny, Commons Library research and statements of changes — what's moving through Westminster. Each item links out to the original source; we don’t
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Other immigration guidance
Commons Library briefing
parliament.uk: Non-EU nationals will soon need an authorisation before they travel to the EU and will have to go through new automated biometric checks at the border.
parliament.uk: Since the UK left the EU, British citizens travelling to the EU have needed to comply with Schengen-area rules on entry and stays for third country nationals.
parliament.uk: My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Shabana Mahmood) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today I can announce that the first Border Security Commander’s Annual Report, for the period 20...
parliament.uk: 2nd reading (Commons). Requires publication of data on immigration, nationality and country of birth statistics and sets quality standards.
parliament.uk: My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls (Natalie Fleet) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am today announcing the award of a new £25 millio...
parliament.uk: The Immigration and Asylum Bill 2026 would make some changes to asylum and human rights rules as announced in November 2025, as well as amending modern slavery legislation.
parliament.uk: My hon Friend the Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum (Alex Norris) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Government is today laying regulations to strengthen the Right to Work and Right to Rent Sche...
parliament.uk: My hon Friend the Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum (Alex Norris) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:This Government inherited an asylum system under significant strain, with hundreds of hotels in u...
parliament.uk: A programme for financially compensating victims of the Windrush scandal has been running for seven years and has paid out £127 million so far.
parliament.uk: Recent examples of people barred from the UK under discretionary immigration powers include Kanye West, Hasan Piker and Valentina Gomez.
parliament.uk: Common reasons the Home Office may refuse a visitor visa application, how applicants can prove they are a genuine visitor, and challenging a refusal.
parliament.uk: Frequently asked questions about the UK government's immigration white paper proposals in 2025, including longer qualifying periods for indefinite leave to remain.
parliament.uk: How is migration measured in the UK, how has migration changed over time, and how does UK migration compare with migration in EU countries?.
parliament.uk: What authorised immigration routes are available to people wanting to come to the UK for humanitarian reasons, how many people use them, and what is the government's position on establishing more?.
parliament.uk: My hon Friend the Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum (Alex Norris) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I have been clear about this Government’s determination to crack down on small boats.
parliament.uk: In March 2026 the government introduced a temporary ban on certain visa applications made from abroad for nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan.
parliament.uk: Since early 2022, Ukrainians have been able to take up temporary residence in the UK under Homes for Ukraine and other bespoke visa programmes.
parliament.uk: My hon Friend the Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum (Alex Norris) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:In July 2024, this Government set out the steps we were taking to strengthen readiness for the Eu...
parliament.uk: The Home Office advises British citizens who have dual nationality to use a British passport, or apply for a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode, to travel to the UK.
parliament.uk: I would like to correct an error with dates that were provided for the transition period associated with the introduction of a visit visa requirement for Nicaragua and St Lucia in my written statement on 5 March 2026 (HLWS1382).
parliament.uk: My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Shabana Mahmood) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:This country will always provide sanctuary to those fleeing war and persecution.
parliament.uk: My hon Friend the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls (Jess Phillips) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement: On 16 July 2025, I announced a public Call for Evidence on Identification of Vic...
parliament.uk: Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (Lords). Scrutiny of Draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2026 among other statutory instruments.
gov.uk: The Home Secretary gave an oral statement to the House of Commons on 17 November to set out significant reforms to the UK’s asylum and returns system.
parliament.uk: Public Accounts Committee (Commons). Public spending and administration of UK's Afghanistan Response Route for resettlement of Afghan refugees and vulnerable persons.
parliament.uk: Human Rights (Joint Committee) (Joint). Government response to Joint Committee's legislative scrutiny of Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.
parliament.uk: Human Rights (Joint Committee) (Joint). Legislative scrutiny of Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill examining human rights implications and compliance.
parliament.uk: Constitution Committee (Lords). Constitutional scrutiny of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill covering asylum, immigration and border security provisions.
parliament.uk: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee (Lords). Scrutiny of delegated powers in the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.
gov.uk: The Home Secretary gave an oral statement to the House of Commons on 12 May to introduce the 'Restoring Control over the Immigration System' white paper.
Independent oversight of the Home Office — ICIBI border and immigration inspections, HMIP detention inspections and NAO value-for-money audits. Each item links out to the original source; we don’t
interpret them.
gov.uk: This report covers reviews of selected Home Office country information on Afghanistan and Colombia that the IAGCI considered at its meeting on 18 December 2025.
gov.uk: This inspection examined the efficiency and effectiveness of the Home Office’s use of age assessments, looking particularly at the Irregular Migration Intake Unit and the National Age Assessment Board.
gov.uk: This report covers reviews of selected Home Office country information on Turkey and Vietnam that the IAGCI considered at its meeting on 13 February 2025.
gov.uk: This inspection examined the Border Force operation to deter and detect clandestine entrants at the juxtaposed controls in northern France, focusing on how efficiently and effectively staff resources and detection tec...
gov.uk: This inspection examined the effectiveness, efficiency, and consistency of the Home Office’s management of fee waiver applications for certain types of immigration and citizenship applications.
Migration Advisory Committee reports and Home Office immigration statistics releases. Each item links out to the original source; we don’t
interpret them.
gov.uk: Quarterly statistics on people coming to the UK (including via illegal routes), extensions of stay, EUSS, citizenship, asylum, detentions, returns and stopping immigration crime.
gov.uk: Report by the University of Greenwich to assess the effects of immigration on housing costs, what creates these effects and the implications for the UK.
gov.uk: This release is the sixteenth in an annual series of publications that explore changes in migrants’ visa and leave status within the UK’s immigration system.
gov.uk: Quarterly statistics on people coming to the UK (including via illegal routes), extensions of stay, EUSS, citizenship, asylum, detentions, returns and stopping immigration crime.
gov.uk: Migration Advisory Committee report on how companies use the immigration system to recruit information technology (IT) and engineering professionals.
gov.uk: This release is the fifteenth in an annual series of publications that explore changes in migrants’ visa and leave status within the UK’s immigration system.
Check whether an employer or education provider is licensed to sponsor,
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in force today, and it says nothing about whether the sponsor has a certificate
of sponsorship available, or whether any particular job meets the requirements
of the route.
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Newly published immigration judgments, via Free Movement's
Immigration Law Search: each
with its official headnote or, where there isn't one, an AI-generated summary. Each
case links to the judgment at its source and to the full case in Immigration Case
Archive.
Official headnote1. Where there are “red flags” that suggest the client is seeking to use the solicitor’s services in furtherance of a fraud, the solicitor cannot continue to act for their client without first making …
AI summaryThe Upper Tribunal did not err in refusing to consider the appellant's relationship with a qualifying child born after the date of the Secretary of State's decision, where that relationship …
Official headnote1. The right of appeal in section 82 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 lies against the decision of the Secretary of State to refuse the claim “made by P” (i.e. the appellant). A …
AI summaryA foreign criminal sentenced to less than four years' imprisonment may rely on 'very compelling circumstances' to resist deportation under section 117C of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act …
AI summaryThe Secretary of State's decision that an Eritrean asylum seeker had a connection to France as a safe third state under section 80B of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, and therefore …
AI summaryThe Upper Tribunal dismissed a judicial review of the Home Office's age assessment determining the applicant was born 23 March 2002 (age 23), rejecting his claimed date of birth of 8 August 2006 (age …
AI summaryThe Secretary of State's refusal of relocation under the Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) Policy was lawful. The Policy requires applicants to demonstrate they held roles at equivalent risk to those …
AI summaryThe Upper Tribunal correctly applied the standard of proof in Article 3 removal cases involving non-state actors, holding that a real risk of harm need not exceed 50% probability. The country guidance …
AI summaryThe amendment to the Modern Slavery Statutory Guidance removing the right to request reconsideration of trafficking decisions for persons being removed to ECAT and ECHR signatory states was unlawful …
AI summaryThe High Court held that judicial review of a decision to treat an unaccompanied individual as an adult for removal under the UK-France Treaty 2025 attracts a reasonableness standard of review …
AI summaryThe Court of Appeal held that the First-tier Tribunal erred in law when assessing whether very compelling circumstances under section 117C(6) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 …
AI summaryThe Court of Appeal held that the First-tier Tribunal erred in law in finding that a Syrian refugee convicted of two terrorism offences (distributing terrorist publications and encouraging terrorism) …
AI summaryThe suspension of the bespoke refugee family reunion route (Appendix FRP) and requirement for applicants to use the general family reunion rules (Appendix FM) pending a wider review was lawful. The …
AI summaryThe court awarded 50% of the claimant's costs in a case where she succeeded on unlawful detention and public sector equality duty breaches but failed on the main issues challenging the lawfulness of …
AI summaryExpulsion with a six-year re-entry ban does not violate Article 8 where the applicant has been convicted of serious crimes, presents a risk of recidivism, and has limited ties with the expelling …
AI summarySecret detention by US CIA personnel in a foreign State's territory, torture, and rendition despite real risk of death penalty violate Articles 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 13 of the Convention. The applicant, a …
AI summaryThe Upper Tribunal determined the applicant's date of birth on judicial review of a National Age Assessment Board decision, finding on the balance of probabilities that the applicant was born on 29 …
AI summaryA sponsor licence revocation decision was quashed where the Home Office failed to comply with procedural fairness requirements. The decision-maker conducted only a light-touch interview without …
AI summaryThe Upper Tribunal quashed the Home Office age assessment determining the applicant was born 14 February 2005, and declared on the balance of probabilities that he was born 14 April 2007. The …
AI summaryA policy guidance on good character for naturalisation that treats illegal entry and irregular arrival as normally indicating lack of good character does not misinterpret the statutory requirement …
AI summaryThe Secretary of State's undisclosed practice of granting only 12 months' temporary permission to stay to recognised victims of modern slavery where treatment is open-ended was unlawful as an …
AI summaryThe standard of review for a Home Office decision to treat an unaccompanied person as an adult for removal under the UK-France Treaty 2025 depends on the legal context. Where the decision rests on …
AI summaryThe Upper Tribunal set aside a First-tier Tribunal decision dismissing an asylum claim where the judge failed to consider prima facie relevant evidence in the supplementary bundle when assessing the …
AI summaryThe Upper Tribunal determined the applicant's age on judicial review of a local authority's Brief Enquiry assessment. Although the applicant claimed to be born 26 January 2008 (age 18), the Tribunal …
AI summaryThe Upper Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear judicial review claims challenging eligibility decisions under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme, as such decisions fall within paragraph 1(i) of the …
AI summaryThe Upper Tribunal quashed deportation decisions made on grounds conducive to the public good where the respondent failed to give rational weight to an unchallenged positive conclusive grounds …
AI summaryThe Court of Appeal held that the Graduate Route immigration rules do not require applicants to provide evidence of successful course completion, as GR 4.3 places that burden on the sponsor to notify …
AI summaryThe Upper Tribunal upheld dismissal of an asylum appeal where the First-tier Tribunal found the appellant had not discharged the burden of proving Afghan nationality, applying Devaseelan to prior …
AI summarySIAC permitted the redaction of the names of Special Cases Unit (SCU) civil servants from disclosed documents in national security appeals. The applicant challenged applications to anonymise a witness …
AI summaryA naturalisation application refused on good character grounds may be challenged before SIAC where national security concerns require withholding reasons, but only if the underlying decision has a …
AI summaryA local authority's age assessment of an unaccompanied asylum-seeking minor from Vietnam was upheld on judicial review. The applicant claimed birth in 2009 but was assessed as born in 2002. The court …
AI summaryA local authority's age assessment determination cannot be struck out as an abuse of process merely because the claimant has lost contact with his solicitors and failed to pursue the claim actively …
AI summaryThe court refused an application to lift stays and grant permission to amend the composition of lead claims in judicial review proceedings challenging a Home Office policy on assessing good character …
AI summaryA Croatian national's judicial review of an inadmissibility decision under section 80A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 was dismissed as out of time and unarguable on the merits …
AI summaryThe court refused permission to challenge the cancellation of a student visa where the student admitted working 40 hours per week during term time, far exceeding the permitted 20 hours. The seizure of …
AI summaryThe First-tier Tribunal's decision to allow an entry clearance appeal by a Jamaican national convicted of a serious sexual offence against a child was perverse and inadequately reasoned. The tribunal …
AI summaryThe First-tier Tribunal did not materially err in law in assessing that an Iranian Kurdish asylum seeker faced no real risk of persecution on return based on his sur place activities (demonstrations …
AI summaryA student visa may be cancelled where the holder has breached the condition restricting self-employment. The respondent cancelled the applicant's leave with immediate effect after he was encountered …
AI summaryThe Upper Tribunal held that an applicant cannot challenge a section 94B certification (which requires appeals to be conducted from outside the UK) for the first time in judicial review proceedings …
AI summaryThe Secretary of State's refusal to excuse biometric enrolment breached Article 8 ECHR where the policy itself recognised a discretion to excuse attendance at a visa application centre and required …
AI summaryThe Upper Tribunal has power under section 25(2)(c) TCEA 2007 to vary an order made by a judge in the Administrative Court prior to transfer of proceedings under section 31A SCA 1981. Where an …
AI summaryThe Secretary of State's practice of placing automatic STOP markers on the Warnings Index against persons who had been refused leave to remain, resulting in their detention at ports of entry for …
AI summaryUpper Tribunal dismissal of asylum appeal by Egyptian national claiming persecution for perceived political opinion and Muslim Brotherhood membership. Tribunal held: (1) section 32 NABA 2022 does not …
AI summaryThe Secretary of State unlawfully removed long-standing protective provisions for torture survivors from asylum accommodation policy without consulting specialist organisations (Freedom from Torture …
AI summaryThe Upper Tribunal quashed the Secretary of State's decision rejecting further submissions under paragraph 353 of the Immigration Rules as not constituting a fresh claim. The applicant, an Iraqi …
AI summaryThe Upper Tribunal found material errors of law where the FtT judge assessed an Iranian asylum seeker's credibility by (1) drawing adverse inferences from omitted Bible passage citations when the Home …
AI summaryA state violated Article 1 of Protocol 1 (peaceful enjoyment of possessions) by discontinuing a former police officer's old-age pension on the ground that he had allegedly been granted political …
AI summaryThe Court held that Greece violated Article 3 by detaining a Syrian asylum seeker in a police station for one month and nineteen days without amenities required for prolonged detention, but found no …
AI summaryAn unmarried partner does not meet the definition under Appendix FM paragraph GEN 1.2 if the requisite two-year relationship duration is not established by the date of application, even if the …
AI summaryThe Secretary of State cannot rely on the same criminal conviction in successive decisions to refuse indefinite leave to remain where she has previously granted discretionary leave in full knowledge …
AI summaryA Pakistani national who entered the UK as a derivative carer of an Irish citizen child under the EU settlement scheme cannot rely on Article 10(3) of the Withdrawal Agreement to establish residence …
AI summaryA deportation decision breaches Article 3 where the applicant, a foreign criminal with serious mental illness, faces a real risk of relapse triggering reoffending and imprisonment in Nigeria without …
AI summaryHistorical injustice is a relevant consideration (though not mandatory) when a decision-maker exercises discretion outside the Immigration Rules to grant settlement or other leave, where the applicant …
AI summaryWhether a First-tier Tribunal erred in conducting an Article 8 proportionality assessment on a deportation appeal without considering the practical impossibility of enforcing removal to the country of …
Official headnote1. A challenge to age assessment decision taken by a “designated person” pursuant to sections 50 and 51 NABA 2022 falls within paragraph 1(i) of the Transfer Direction and must be brought in the …
Official headnote(2) go on to consider whether there is a causal connection between the historic injustice and the appellant’s circumstances, i.e. that “but for” the historic injustice the appellant would have settled …
AI summaryInterim relief to restrain removal to France under the 2025 UK-France Treaty was discharged where the claimant, an Afghan national with alleged trafficking history and mental health difficulties …
AI summaryThe closure of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme to new applications without notice was lawful. Although the claimant had received correspondence from the defendants four …
AI summaryThe Upper Tribunal may set aside a previously approved consent order and declare judicial review proceedings a nullity where a third party has engaged in deception by submitting false or manipulated …
AI summarySpain's expulsion of a lawfully resident Moroccan national with a ten-year entry ban for involvement in jihadist recruitment and radicalisation activities did not violate Article 8. The applicant, who …
