Category Archives: Immigration Cap

The new graduate immigration route for students

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

The Tier 1 (Post Study Work) visa category (PSW) was axed on 5 April 2012. In order to attract the “best and the brightest” to the UK, a new Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) visa scheme was devised to replace the … Continue reading →

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Points-based system, switching, etcetera

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

From July onwards last year Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) visa holders began to face difficulties in switching into Tier 2 (General) because it became virtually impossible to get the UKBA to grant new CoS in the £20,000–£23,999.99 salary band. New … Continue reading →

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R (on the application of JCWI) v SSHD [2010] EWHC 3524

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

This is the judgment of the PBS judicial review. JCWI have posted a blog entry on the decision. Immigrants are very grateful to the Council for their leadership. At paragraph 37 the Court stated: It follows, in my judgment, that … Continue reading →

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IPPR Review 2010/2011 says immigration to rise

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has stated in its Migration Review 2010-2011 the the government’s policy on immigration in relation to restoring 1990s “tens of thousands” levels is bound to fail. The report also shed light on the … Continue reading →

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Agency’s interim limit for Tier 2 reveals conflicting figures

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

We have now officially entered a very grim period in modern British history which is beginning to mirror the horrors and discrimination which the British authorities imposed on the “citizens of the United Kingdom and the Colonies” by way of … Continue reading →

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Empire strikes back

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

From 23 December 2010 the UKBA will stop accepting Tier 1 (General) applications made overseas. According to the UKBA the step has been taken “to ensure that we do not exceed the limit set by the government for issued Tier … Continue reading →

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Government’s response to lost PBS review

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

The government has already started to whip up its rhetoric by talking tough in the face of its defeat in the High Court yesterday. Immigration Minister Damian Green has said that the “judgment will have no impact on the permanent … Continue reading →

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Immigration cap declared unlawful by High Court

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

In the High Court Lord Justice Sullivan and Mr Justice Burton have declared that Mrs Theresa May unlawfully side-steped Parliamentary scrutiny when setting the limits to Tiers 1 and 2 which she introduced in July 2010. Since Sedley LJ  restored constitutional order in … Continue reading →

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Student visa changes

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

The home secretary’s announced immigration shakeup is really beginning to bite. If it’s not restaurants she’s after it’s students! The latest with the UKBA is that since 41 per cent of the students entering the country on the Tier 4 … Continue reading →

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UKBA raids restaurants

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

Just as I just predicted yesterday restaurants are going to be tackled quite aggressively by the UKBA post the agency’s revised summary guidance announcement (and of course there’s the infamous immigration cap). Loads more arrests will follow no doubt. But these are … Continue reading →

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Tier 1 (General) deleted and more

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

Despite not having a policy on EU migration the home secretary has proceeded to do what empire does best. Step on the have nots, the Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis because empire is used to it. Equally citizens of these poor … Continue reading →

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MAC’s “limits on migration” report

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

In a legal context having first encountered the acronym “MAC” in an exam where it meant “material adverse change” in a long contractual clause, one finds that the Migration Advisory Committee’s report on the “Limits on Migration” is quite limited … Continue reading →

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New UKBA fees

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

From  Monday 22 November the UKBA will introduce new application fees for applications for entry clearance (0verseas) and further leave to remain (in country)  for work, study or other purposes. The Agency is charging fees by setting them above the cost of … Continue reading →

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Immigration cap faces judicial review challenge

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

The Coalition government introduced the immigration cap on 28 June 2010. The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has reported that it will challenge the cap in the High Court by way of JR proceedings. The JCWI’s response to the cap … Continue reading →

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Tier 1 (General) November limit reached

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

In July 2010 we witnessed the coalition government’s introduction of a limit on the number of initial applications that the UKBA could issue under Tier 1 (General) of the Points Based System (PBS). The limit will persist until 31 March … Continue reading →

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Law Society’s views on the immigration cap

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

One would have to be quite stubborn and ill advised not to take gravely seriously the opinion of the Law Society of England and Wales (the society) in a legal matter. Yet the government seems determined to do just that. … Continue reading →

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