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Tighter English Language Test Requirement For Tier 1 and 2 Applicants In The UK

From 6 April 2012 UKBA will be removing the provision for applicants in the UK to apply for permission to stay here (known as leave to remain) before they have taken or received the results of an English language test. This pol...

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Spot Light On Nelson Cifuentes, Assistant Solicitor At Wornham & Co

Nelson recently helped a Pakistani national successfully apply for leave to remain as a Tier 4 student. The matter was not straightforward as the client had previously made a Tier 4 application which had been refused. The clien...

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The Best Interested Of Children Following ZH (Tanzania)

Notes prepared by Manjit Gill QC and Edward Nicholson, No 5 Chambers on 23 March 2011

Introduction

1. ZH (Tanzania) v SSHD [2011] UKSC 4, 1 February 2011, is a landmark ruling from the Supreme Co...

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New Legal Test for LGB Asylum Seekers

The following is a casenote prepared by S. Chelvan, Barrister, of Mitre House Chambers on the cases of HJ (Iran) (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) and one o...

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High Court Ruling on AP (Russia) and Others Regarding PBS Maintenance Requirement

Further update: please see blog post of 26 July 2010 "New UKBA policy on Points Based System Applications refused on maintenance grounds on or before 22 July 2010" for details of new UKBA policy on...

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