Join experienced barrister and expert legal trainer Mark Symes to hear all about what the Home Office (and others) did this Summer.
Rules changes – a major reform to making applications when on immigration bail, changes for children coming to settle in the UK and for partners of refugees, and for fee waivers and s3C permission, biometrics and varying immigration applications. There’s a new system for asylum interviews, more Suitability refusal grounds, an escape route for exploited Skilled Workers, a new route for adult children escaping domestic abuse, and the return of the Erasmus programme.
Policy developments – changes to treatment of EU settlement scheme grants made in error and nationality reconsideration time limits, a new citizenship application priority service, plus new reports from the Independent Inspector into overstayers and asylum interviews.
Business immigration – developments on the extended right to work check regime coming in October 2026, a new CoA decision on accessing the Graduate route and a new Design Industry pathway within Global Talent.
Case law – on ILR and discretionary leave, detention and adults at risk and re stops at the border, fairness in considering nationality applications and sponsor licence revocation, assessing criminal records and danger to the community, entry clearance and visitors, English language test fraud, holding applications for pending prosecutions, a series of important deportation decisions and some interesting JRs about age assessments.
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