https://freemovement.org.uk Updates, commentary, training and advice on immigration and asylum law Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:37:44 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://freemovement.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-Goose-logo-32x32.png https://freemovement.org.uk 32 32 https://freemovement.org.uk/high-court-gives-guidance-on-secret-correspondence-for-charter-flight-removals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=high-court-gives-guidance-on-secret-correspondence-for-charter-flight-removals https://freemovement.org.uk/high-court-gives-guidance-on-secret-correspondence-for-charter-flight-removals/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:37:42 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218852 The Administrative Court has set some boundaries and given a warning of potential sanctions to the GLD regarding the withholding of charter flight details in removal cases. The case is R (Jasseh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 47 (Admin). The claimant was issued with removal directions for a flight on […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/high-court-gives-guidance-on-secret-correspondence-for-charter-flight-removals/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/changes-to-guidance-on-requesting-reconsideration-of-trafficking-leave-decisions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=changes-to-guidance-on-requesting-reconsideration-of-trafficking-leave-decisions https://freemovement.org.uk/changes-to-guidance-on-requesting-reconsideration-of-trafficking-leave-decisions/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:55:28 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218771 The Home Office has published updated guidance on “Temporary permission to stay: considerations for victims of human trafficking or slavery” that applies to reconsiderations requests of permission to stay decisions under that guidance, effective from today. A comparison of the changes (using this process) shows that the changes are on page 33 of the new […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/changes-to-guidance-on-requesting-reconsideration-of-trafficking-leave-decisions/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/what-is-the-oisc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-the-oisc https://freemovement.org.uk/what-is-the-oisc/#comments Thu, 16 Jan 2025 09:26:45 +0000 https://env-7121714.mightybox.site/?p=87996 The Immigration Advice Authority, formerly known as the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner or ‘OISC’, is a governmental body established by the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to regulate the provision of immigration advice and services throughout the UK. The Immigration Advice Authority has around 60 staff. The Immigration Advice Authority was set up […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/what-is-the-oisc/feed/ 1 https://freemovement.org.uk/oisc-renamed-immigration-advice-authority-from-16-january-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oisc-renamed-immigration-advice-authority-from-16-january-2025 https://freemovement.org.uk/oisc-renamed-immigration-advice-authority-from-16-january-2025/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218704 The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, or OISC to everyone who knew it, is being renamed from today as the Immigration Advice Authority. A colourful new logo is also being deployed. There is not a huge amount to say about it other than it is a pain. It is a pain for all existing […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/oisc-renamed-immigration-advice-authority-from-16-january-2025/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/significant-changes-made-to-guidance-on-sponsoring-workers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=significant-changes-made-to-guidance-on-sponsoring-workers https://freemovement.org.uk/significant-changes-made-to-guidance-on-sponsoring-workers/#respond Wed, 15 Jan 2025 08:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218626 The government published a number of significant changes to their guidance for work sponsors on 31 December 2024 and 1 January 2025. The affected guidance includes: Although several guidance documents have been updated, in many instances these updates relate to the same changes and are to reflect updates elsewhere in the above guidance documents. Brief summary […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/significant-changes-made-to-guidance-on-sponsoring-workers/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-weekly-immigration-newsletter-51/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-movement-weekly-immigration-newsletter-51 https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-weekly-immigration-newsletter-51/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:25:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218608 Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter! The Times reported last week that Professor Brian Bell, chair of the Migration Advisory Committee, supports people in the asylum system being allowed to work in any role after waiting six months for their claim to be decided. This shouldn’t really come as a surprise given the committee has previously said that permission […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-weekly-immigration-newsletter-51/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/how-to-identify-whether-a-migrant-domestic-worker-is-a-victim-of-modern-slavery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-identify-whether-a-migrant-domestic-worker-is-a-victim-of-modern-slavery https://freemovement.org.uk/how-to-identify-whether-a-migrant-domestic-worker-is-a-victim-of-modern-slavery/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2025 08:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218554 The domestic worker route is a common trafficking route and below we look at how to identify whether a domestic worker is a victim of modern slavery. Domestic workers who live overseas can apply for a visa to visit the UK for up to six months with their employer as an overseas domestic worker. They […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/how-to-identify-whether-a-migrant-domestic-worker-is-a-victim-of-modern-slavery/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/home-office-evaluation-of-gps-tagging-pilot-shows-no-impact-on-compliance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=home-office-evaluation-of-gps-tagging-pilot-shows-no-impact-on-compliance https://freemovement.org.uk/home-office-evaluation-of-gps-tagging-pilot-shows-no-impact-on-compliance/#respond Mon, 13 Jan 2025 13:52:32 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218583 The Home Office has published its evaluation of the pilot scheme expanding the use of electronic monitoring of people as a condition of their immigration bail. The Home Office’s pilot monitored two groups of people on immigration bail. The first group was people who were subject to electronic monitoring and normal face to face reporting […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/home-office-evaluation-of-gps-tagging-pilot-shows-no-impact-on-compliance/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/briefing-how-to-apply-for-a-charity-worker-sponsor-licence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=briefing-how-to-apply-for-a-charity-worker-sponsor-licence https://freemovement.org.uk/briefing-how-to-apply-for-a-charity-worker-sponsor-licence/#comments Mon, 13 Jan 2025 08:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218394 The Charity Worker route is for voluntary workers aged 18 or over who wish to come to the UK to do work for a recognised charitable organisation. Work must be unpaid and fieldwork which contributes directly to the achievement or advancement of the sponsor’s charitable purpose – for example, in the case of a charity […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/briefing-how-to-apply-for-a-charity-worker-sponsor-licence/feed/ 1 https://freemovement.org.uk/how-to-apply-for-a-religious-work-visa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-apply-for-a-religious-work-visa https://freemovement.org.uk/how-to-apply-for-a-religious-work-visa/#comments Fri, 10 Jan 2025 08:30:03 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=191420 The UK has two sponsored work routes for religious workers: the T2 minister of religion visa for those with a key leading role in their faith-based organisation or religious order in the UK, and the temporary religious worker visa for those who support the activities of religious institutions in the UK by working in a […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/how-to-apply-for-a-religious-work-visa/feed/ 1 https://freemovement.org.uk/high-court-makes-mandatory-order-for-suitable-accommodation-to-be-provided-for-severely-disabled-child/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=high-court-makes-mandatory-order-for-suitable-accommodation-to-be-provided-for-severely-disabled-child https://freemovement.org.uk/high-court-makes-mandatory-order-for-suitable-accommodation-to-be-provided-for-severely-disabled-child/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2025 08:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218112 A mother and her severely disabled child have been successful in obtaining a mandatory order for the Home Office to provide them with suitable accommodation as part of their asylum support. The case is R (AYW & Anor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 3291 (Admin). Background AYW is a Mexican […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/high-court-makes-mandatory-order-for-suitable-accommodation-to-be-provided-for-severely-disabled-child/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/court-of-appeal-in-northern-ireland-dismisses-challenge-to-refusal-of-bail-accommodation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-of-appeal-in-northern-ireland-dismisses-challenge-to-refusal-of-bail-accommodation https://freemovement.org.uk/court-of-appeal-in-northern-ireland-dismisses-challenge-to-refusal-of-bail-accommodation/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:39:53 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218145 The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland has dismissed an appeal challenging refusal of Schedule 10 accommodation on the grounds that the applicant did not have a bail address, which is what she was asking for by making the Schedule 10 application. The situation endorsed by the Court of Appeal was described by the High […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/court-of-appeal-in-northern-ireland-dismisses-challenge-to-refusal-of-bail-accommodation/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/how-to-apply-for-electronic-travel-authorisation-to-enter-the-uk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-apply-for-electronic-travel-authorisation-to-enter-the-uk https://freemovement.org.uk/how-to-apply-for-electronic-travel-authorisation-to-enter-the-uk/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2025 08:42:19 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=189884&preview=true&preview_id=189884 The Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme was first announced in the March 2023 Statement of Changes to the immigration rules HC 1160. This post explains what the scheme is, who needs an electronic travel authorisation, and how to apply. The relevant immigration rules are found in Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation and Appendix ETA National List. There is also […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/how-to-apply-for-electronic-travel-authorisation-to-enter-the-uk/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/job-ad-waltham-forest-migrant-action-are-recruiting-an-l2-l3-immigration-advisor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=job-ad-waltham-forest-migrant-action-are-recruiting-an-l2-l3-immigration-advisor https://freemovement.org.uk/job-ad-waltham-forest-migrant-action-are-recruiting-an-l2-l3-immigration-advisor/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218243 Salary: £37,440 (pro-rata) Contract: 1 year FTC Hours: Part-time, 11.5 hours per week Deadline to apply: 12pm, Friday 24th January As life becomes ever more difficult for migrants across London, the UK and the world, Waltham Forest Migrant Action (WFMA) are committed to fighting back in solidarity and supporting our fellow human beings who are […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/job-ad-waltham-forest-migrant-action-are-recruiting-an-l2-l3-immigration-advisor/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-weekly-immigration-newsletter-50/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-movement-weekly-immigration-newsletter-50 https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-weekly-immigration-newsletter-50/#respond Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218207 Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter! It may be a brand new year but the same unresolved issues from 2024 continue to roll on. The first is of course eVisas, and we are now past the point where any remaining biometric residence permits have expired. The latest update is that no equality or data protection […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-weekly-immigration-newsletter-50/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/european-court-of-human-rights-finds-strong-evidence-that-greece-engaged-in-unlawful-pushbacks-to-turkey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=european-court-of-human-rights-finds-strong-evidence-that-greece-engaged-in-unlawful-pushbacks-to-turkey https://freemovement.org.uk/european-court-of-human-rights-finds-strong-evidence-that-greece-engaged-in-unlawful-pushbacks-to-turkey/#respond Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:36:43 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218225 In the case of A.R.E. v. Greece (application no. 15783/21) a chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has concluded that there were “strong indications” that there was an unlawful systemic practice by Greece of returning people arriving in the Evros region to Turkey. The decision related to events that took place in 2019. […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/european-court-of-human-rights-finds-strong-evidence-that-greece-engaged-in-unlawful-pushbacks-to-turkey/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/guilty-plea-by-adviser-providing-unregulated-immigration-advice-leads-to-suspended-prison-sentence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guilty-plea-by-adviser-providing-unregulated-immigration-advice-leads-to-suspended-prison-sentence https://freemovement.org.uk/guilty-plea-by-adviser-providing-unregulated-immigration-advice-leads-to-suspended-prison-sentence/#respond Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:29:30 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218221 An unregulated adviser, Sebastian Valencia Jefferson, has pleaded guilty to 11 counts of providing unregulated immigration advice and services in breach of section 91 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Jefferson was the sole director and shareholder of Proxima Consulting Group Ltd and he also pleaded guilty on the company’s behalf. Between February 2021 […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/guilty-plea-by-adviser-providing-unregulated-immigration-advice-leads-to-suspended-prison-sentence/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/two-recent-strasbourg-cases-on-family-life-between-adults/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-recent-strasbourg-cases-on-family-life-between-adults https://freemovement.org.uk/two-recent-strasbourg-cases-on-family-life-between-adults/#respond Tue, 07 Jan 2025 08:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218111 The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg handed down judgment in two separate cases in December addressing the subject of family life between adult family members outside the “core” nuclear family of spouses, partners, parents and minor children. The court confirms that “additional elements of dependence, involving more than normal emotional ties” are necessary […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/two-recent-strasbourg-cases-on-family-life-between-adults/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/home-office-wins-appeal-against-admitting-parents-of-separated-children/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=home-office-wins-appeal-against-admitting-parents-of-separated-children https://freemovement.org.uk/home-office-wins-appeal-against-admitting-parents-of-separated-children/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=217904 What should happen where young children are carried in a small boat to the United Kingdom and thereby separated from their parents in France? Should the children be returned to France to be reunited with their parents there? Or should the parents be admitted to the United Kingdom to be reunited here instead? These are some […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/home-office-wins-appeal-against-admitting-parents-of-separated-children/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/briefing-how-to-request-leave-to-remain-for-survivors-of-trafficking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=briefing-how-to-request-leave-to-remain-for-survivors-of-trafficking https://freemovement.org.uk/briefing-how-to-request-leave-to-remain-for-survivors-of-trafficking/#respond Fri, 03 Jan 2025 08:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=217034 This is a lengthy briefing providing practical advice on how to prepare a case to ensure your client has the best chance of being granted temporary permission to stay for victims of human trafficking or slavery (referred to as “VTS leave”). In this briefing I focus on grants based on assisting the person in their […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/briefing-how-to-request-leave-to-remain-for-survivors-of-trafficking/feed/ 0