Important News - Family Visitors
If you wish to visit close family in the UK, and have previously been refused a family visitor visa but not appealed this decision, you may wish to apply for a fresh family visitor visa before 25 J...
More...Important Changes To Settlement And Naturalisation Applications From 28 October 2013
If your English is not at an intermediate level, and you are otherwise eligible, you should give consideration to applying to naturalise as a British citizen before 28 October 2013. From that date...
More...Spot Light On Rajvinder Bains, Assistant Solicitor At Wornham & Co
Rajvinder has recently:
Assisted several organisations swiftly apply for a Sponsor License to sponsor migrant workers in the UK under both the Tier 2(General) and Tier 2(ICT) categories of the poi...
More...Spot Light On Nelson Cifuentes, Assistant Solicitor At Wornham & Co
Nelson has recently:
Advised and assisted with a number of successful Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) applications. This includes an application by a Japanese national who had difficulty obtaining the requ...
More...Immigration Concession For Syrian Nationals In The UK
The Minister for Immigration, Mr Mark Harper has said, " I am today announcing the introduction of concessions to the immigration rules for Syrian nationals lawfully in the UK.
In the light of t...
Supreme Court's judgment in the cases of Alvi, Munir and Rahman.
For the press summary of the case of Alvi, please click here. UKBA has acted quickly to implement the Courts decision. However, the Courts findings mean that many earlier refusal decisions under ...
More...Points To Note About UKBA News Release On Changes To Applications by Overstayers
Please note that in order to protect your right of appeal, you must apply to extend before your current leave expires; and in some categories it is a requirement that you have current leave when ap...
More...Afghan Asylum Seeker Saved Through Out Of Time Appeal
An Afghan asylum seeker came to us having been let down by his previous representatives at his appeal hearing. We advised and assisted him in putting in out of time appeals to the First-Tier and U...
More...Creative Connections (Cork)/Mark Storor (Birmingham) Hungry Tea
Creative Connections, a two-year intercultural project for Cork women, has been working with award-winning British artist Mark Storor. It's a Cork Midsummer Festival and Mayfield Arts Newbury Hous...
More...14 Year Rule Applications Must Be Made Before 9 July
UKBA press releases have not highlighted that the 14 year Rule will be replaced by a 20 year Rule (with certain exceptions) from 9 July. Applications made before 9 July will continue to be conside...
More...Business Applications Made By Turkish Nationals And The Ankara Agreement - Recent Developments
We have added notes on the above topic to the articles section of our website. These notes consider the situation where UK Border Agency alleges abuse of rights/breach of conditions as a reason fo...
More...Former Clients Of The Closed Immigration Advisory Service Have Until 28 May To Request Their Files Before They Are Destroyed
The Immigration Law Practitioners' Association has asked for the following information to be widely distributed. Former clients of Immigration Advisory Service, which was closed down, only have un...
More...Welcome To Our New Solicitor Rajvinder Bains
We are very pleased to welcome Rajvinder, who will be starting work with us on 21 May. To arrange a consultation appointment with Rajvinder Bains, Nelson Cifuentes or Trevor Wornham, please teleph...
More...Increased Funds Required For Tiers 1, 2 and 5 Applications From 14 June 2012
On 15 March 2012, a written ministerial statement was laid in Parliament outlining a number of changes to the Immigration Rules.
PBS Maintenance Requirement To Increase From April
From April 2012, the UK Government's intention is to increase the Maintenance (Funds) requirement for PBS in Tier 1 Applications (except for Investor and Exceptional Talent) to £900 for in-country ...
More...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 him...
More...Application for Review of Marriage Applications Refused On the Basis Of Age
If you were refused a visa or leave to remain solely on age grounds alone, between 27 November 2008 and October 2011 and you have not since made a successful application, you can apply for a review...
More...Marriage/Spouse age reverts to 18 on 28 November
The Minister has announced that from 28 November, a new Immigration Rule will come into effect, reducing the age limit from 21 to 18 years at which an applicant can apply for entry clearance, or le...
More...PBS Applications and Appeals
It is more essential than ever that PBS applications are correctly made and fully documented in compliance with current law, immigration rules and policy guidance, following new restrictions on evi...
More...Trevor Wornham is Co-Presenting Training A Course For ILPA In May
Trevor is co-presenting "Home Office policy, concessions and exercise of discretion outside of the Immigration Rules" on 13 May. For details of these and other ILPA courses, please click here.
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