Category: UK

Today, the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and the Rt Hon Robert Jenrick, UK Minister of State for Immigration announced the signing of a new Canada–United Kingdom (UK) Youth Mobility Arrangement. The agreement was signed by Minister Fraser and Her Excellency Susannah Goshko, British High Commissioner to Canada. Under this arrangement,…

Following discussions with the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and a recent court judgment, the OISC has amended its current JRCM Practice Note, removing Section 2 to ensure that advisers do not inadvertently conduct litigation and contravene the Legal Services Act 2007 Since it was updated last year, a number of concerns have been…

I welcome the publication of this report on the ICIBI’s inspection of Home Office operations to effect the removal of foreign national offenders (FNOs). In this inspection, I found the Home Office’s inability to provide reliable or consistent data and management information (MI) of particular concern.  This had a clear impact on the ability of…

Section 48(2)(j) of the UK Borders Act 2007 provides that the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) shall: “consider and make recommendations about … the content of information about conditions in countries outside the United Kingdom which the Secretary of State compiles and makes available, for purposes connected with immigration and asylum, to…

UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) is introducing a new, globally consistent, digital process for applying online for a UK visa and offers customers a safer, more convenient way of paying for visas. From 20 June 2023, all applications made in Morocco for a UK visa must be paid using an online payment process. Currently, customers…

The Home Office has conducted a record number of visits targeting illegal working in one day, as part of a nationwide operation. During the operation, which took place across the UK yesterday, Immigration Enforcement officers arrested 105 foreign nationals found working without the right to do so during 159 illegal working visits. The arrests took…

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Nationals from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and Jordan will soon only be required to pay £10 to apply for an ETA, which will allow them to visit the UK multiple times over a two-year period. This is compared to Gulf nationals currently paying £30 per visit to the UK under the current Electronic…

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