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Tag Archives: Economy
“Open for business”: Analysis of the UK’s new PBS
An “Australian-style points-based system” (new PBS) to control immigration was one of six guarantees given by Boris Johnson to “get Brexit done in January and unleash the potential of our whole country.” The new PBS is the cornerstone of the UK’s post-Brexit immigration … Continue reading
Critical Perspectives on the EU Settlement Scheme
In London you constantly hear a foreign language in the background and foreign workers are in action everywhere. Most of all European people do jobs local people have little appetite for. Boris Johnson promised and guaranteed EU citizens “absolute certainty … Continue reading
Court of Appeal holds that a ‘director’s loan’ does not have a specialist meaning in Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) applications
R (Sajjad) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 720 (17 April 2019) In a Pakistani businessman’s appeal against the dismissal of his application for judicial review against the refusal of his application for further leave … Continue reading
An Alternative to Brexit: The Judgment in Wightman
Wightman and Others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (C-621/18, EU:C:2018:999, 10 December 2018) Brexit is a big mess. It is “a powerful acid” and is a huge economic and bureaucratic nightmare. Going through with it in … Continue reading
Analysis of the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
The crushing defeat suffered by Theresa May because of the rejection her Brexit Deal has left the UK in utter chaos. Uncertainty looms large in all spheres of UK life but the government is determined to carry through with Brexit … Continue reading
Brexit and the UK’s future immigration system
The spectre of crashing out of the EU without a deal is sending jitters across the UK. Events have clearly shown that holding a snap poll on immigration failed to do justice to the true merits of EU membership. Last … Continue reading
Upper Tribunal gives important guidance on discretion and exceptional circumstances
R (Prathipati) v SSHD (Discretion – Exceptional Circumstances) [2018] UKUT 427 (IAC) (26 October 2018) A self-representing applicant for judicial review who in the Upper Tribunal’s view “represented herself with eloquence and courtesy”, Mrs Prathipati triumphed against the government’s junior counsel … Continue reading
New Perspectives on Paragraph 322(5) and ILR
R (Khan) v SSHD (Dishonesty, Tax Return, Paragraph 322(5)) [2018] UKUT 384 (IAC) (3 May 2018) Migrants in the defunct Tier 1 (General) category used to be a viable source of highly skilled workers for the UK. Since the route … Continue reading
Tier 1 (General): Perspectives on Paragraph 322(5) and ILR
Cases in the Tier 1 (General) category present an outrage because we would not really expect highly skilled migrants to be punished for being honest by paying their taxes. Similarly, we would also not expect migrants who add value to … Continue reading
Brexit: The Miller Judgment
R (Miller & Anor) v The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5 Miller is considered to be the most important constitutional case for a generation. The lead claimant Gina Miller means different things to different people. … Continue reading
The Sick Man of Europe: Can Theresa May Save the UK?
These days the British rule with two queens but they are still quite sick. Of course, the ills of their country are almost exclusively related to Brexit – a meaningless word not long ago. “Change is in the air” and … Continue reading
Analysis: Immigration Act 2016
A hostile environment hitting wrongdoing from every angle has been in the making for a long time. The Immigration Act 2016 builds on the foundations laid by the “flagship” Immigration Act 2014. The public tends to view foreigners as stealing local … Continue reading
MAC Skewers Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visas
The home secretary’s advisers – the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) – have found that the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa route under the Points-Based System (PBS) is being used by “low quality businesses”. MAC, which consists of a publicly appointed chairman … Continue reading
Additional categories under Tier 1
The UKBA seems set to announce a new range of products under its Tier 1 umbrella. However, a new condition that the UKBA is unveiling for Tier 1 (General) migrants is that in future applicants who want to use the route … Continue reading
Immigration cap faces judicial review challenge
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
Certificate of Approval fees refunds
In Baiai the House of Lords declared that the Certificate of Approval (COA) scheme was incompatible with article 8 of the ECHR as it disproportionately interfered with the fundamental right to marry. From 31 July 2009 applicants granted COAs between 2005 and 2009 … Continue reading
Law Society’s views on the immigration cap
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
Home Affairs Committee’s report on immigration cap
The chair of the Home Affairs Committee (HAC) the Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP has raised a multitude of concerns in his report about the Coalition government’s immigration cap. The terms of reference of the HAC were “to examine the expenditure, administration, … Continue reading
As if settlement applications aren’t hard enough already
Recently the Guardian newspaper reported on an exhibition entitled South Asians making Britain: 1858-1950 which featured a plethora of personalities from the colonies who contributed to Britain’s economy, society and politics. In the 1950s immigration from the Commonwealth was not only … Continue reading