LS Legal News Bulletin
This page is dedicated to recent news, updates and opinions from LS Legal Solicitors, as well as blogs and discussions.We want to know your opinion on various legal issues and we welcome your participation in our debates.
New Visa and Citizenship Application Services Announced
The newly introduced streamlined services has been announced by the Home Office that “will allow customers in the UK to submit all necessary evidence and personal information to support their application quickly and securely through a joined up journey”.The new application services will commence from next…
Increase to Immigration Health Surcharge Announced
From December 2018 the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) may double under plans put before Parliament on 11 October 2018. This is still subject to the Parliamentary approval.Anyone in the UK on a work, study or family visa for longer than 6 months can access NHS services…
New Statements of Changes to the Immigration Rules
On 10 October the new statement of changes to the Immigration Rules has been introduced. The new changes are in line with the Secretary of State’s plan to introduce an immigration system that allows staff greater freedom to use the common sense. These include: more flexibility…
Proposals to Overhaul the Tier 2 Visa Published
The Migration Advisory Committee recommended in its report earlier this month, that free movement for EU citizens should end after Brexit. They also recommended that the current Tier 2 Immigration route be expanded to also include medium-skilled workers to the UK.These are welcome news for non-EU…
Agricultural Worker Visa is Back
On 6 September 2018, the Home Office announced that it is launching a seasonal worker pilot scheme. The pilot visa scheme will allow workers from outside the EU to do seasonal farm work in the UK for up to six months. There will be a cap…
Pilot EU Settlement Scheme
On 28 August 2018 the private beta phase of EU Settlement Scheme has begun. Only limited number of people are participating in the scheme, including EU nationals and family members of EU nationals who are either studying or working at Liverpool universities or working for 12…
Why I moved to the UK to study
Visiting different countries is considered to be a worthwhile experience, a great learning process, but studying abroad is known to be life-defining. Little did I realise this at the time I moved to the UK. Nonetheless I should say that studying abroad was the best decision…
New Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules: EU Settlement Scheme
Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules introducing new EU Settlement Scheme was presented to Parliament on 20 July 2018 and will come into force on 28 August 2018 for the purposes of initial trial.This Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules introduces a new Appendix EU…
Changes to EEA Regulations will come into force on 24 July 2018
The UK Government are implementing a number of cases decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the new changes to the EEA Regulations that will come into force on 24 July 2018. These amendments make the following changes to the Immigration (European…
Remaining in the United Kingdom Post-Brexit
As you may have seen in the news, Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, released more details of the Government’s scheme for a streamlined application process to grant European Union (EU) citizens residing in the United Kingdom what is to be known as settled status, to safeguard their…
New Changes to the Immigration Rules
The UK Government has announced changes to the UK Immigration Rules that will come into effect on 6 July 2018. Rather atypically, many of the changes are welcome news! The changes include the following:Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Open for Fashion DesignersThe Tier 1 Exceptional Talent visa…
Retained Right of Residence Significant Law Change
The Court of Appeal has recently delivered a judgment in the case of Baigazieva v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1088 setting out a new precedent that may require appropriate amendments to the EEA Regulations 2016.The EEA Regulations lays down a set of…
