Minimum income threshold for family migrants – applications ‘on hold’ Since 26 July 2013, the Home Office has put on hold all applications for leave to remain by spouses and partners including children applying through the family route where the applicant has not met the minimum financial requirements. This has been because of the […]
Today the Home Office (the former UK Border Agency) have made some more amendments to the list of approved English language tests for applications made under Tiers 1, 2 and 4 of the points-based system and for spouse or partner applications. This new version further changes the amendments made to Appendix O of the Immigration […]
New manual to improve the assessment of credibility in EU asylum procedures ECRE member Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) has published a training manual on ‘Credibility Assessment in Asylum Procedures’ designed to meet the needs of asylum decision-makers and other asylum professionals. The manual aims at offering a creative and multidisciplinary learning method on credibility assessment. […]
Today we received confirmation from the Home Office that the Secretary of State proposes the introduction of a new immigration Bill into Parliament which will further erode the rights of applicants and immigrants. The new Bill arrives on the day that a recent YouGov survey reports that the public do not actually want tougher immigration […]
UK Government’s new ‘hostile’ Immigration Bill presented as Parliamentary Committee publishes critical report on the UK asylum system The new Immigration Bill, designed to create a ‘hostile environment for illegal migrants’, as described by the Home Secretary, will require private landlords and banks to carry out checks on immigration status and gives more search and […]
