Genuine Students Test Most people will not have noticed, unless you are one of the thousands of international students still willing to pay a fortune to study in the UK, that in July 2013 the Home Office introduced a seemingly innocuous phrase into the immigration rules: ‘The entry clearance officer must be satisfied that […]
Category: Immigration
Illegal Immigrant Text Message Campaign David Cameron today stated that he ‘agrees with the principle’ of sending text messages to suspected illegal immigrants. These text messages suggest the recipients are illegal immigrants, despite some going to the wrong people. This is the latest attempt by the Government to single out suspected illegal immigrants and put […]
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. […]
