14 May 2018
Restricted Certificate of Sponsorship requests exceed 4,000 in April, against a quota of 2,200 – is it time to reconsider the 20,700 cap?
Data obtained from a freedom of information request shows that in April 2018 a total of 4,325 restricted CoS requests were made, against a quota of only 2,200. Therefore in April’s round of requests more than 2,000 were unsuccessful.
3 May 2018
Brexit: Immigration issues for EU nationals in the UK to consider
In our latest Brexit webinar, part of our immigration update series, Nick Rollason and Katie Newbury consider the latest developments on Brexit and the relevant issues around EU nationals living in the UK or those who are considering coming to the UK.
27 April 2018
KN Global immigration update - April 2018
Our April 2018 global immigration update provides details on key changes to immigration rules in global jurisdictions. In this month's issue we include Finland, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates. Please note that all immigration rules are subject to change and whilst correct at the time of publication, they should not be relied upon as legal advice or a statement of accuracy at a later date.
20 April 2018
Will Windrush help reset attitudes to immigration?
‘Positive, welcoming, liberal, forward-looking’. This is how Michael Gove summarised the Government’s approach to immigration only this week. Did he not get the Windrush memo? Immigration lawyers, human rights organisations and migrant communities have for years now tried to draw attention to the dangerous impact of the Government’s policy of establishing a ‘hostile environment’. However public discussion of immigration has instead focused on net migration figures and linking immigration to crime and a crisis in public services. There has been publicity about successful appeals against deportation and doubts over the true age of asylum seeking children.
17 April 2018
The hostile environment extends to Commonwealth citizens
You may have read the recent stories in the press regarding people who have been here for years, in some cases, as long as 50, and who travelled from the Caribbean in the 1950s. After spending years in the UK, they are now receiving correspondence from the UKVI that they have to leave.
