Insight
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Legal aid would have prevented Windrush
On the plight of long-resident Commonwealth citizens, free legal advice used to be available for those making immigration applications. Now it is not.
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The Tragedy of Windrush
Several cases have come to light in recent weeks and months of the treatment of Commonwealth citizens who arrived in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s.
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The Tier 2 chef & TripAdvisor review
In 2015, it had a Tier 2 sponsor licence, meaning that it could sponsor workers from overseas to come and work in the UK.
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MPs’ report scathing on Home Office capacity to cope with Brexit
The Home Affairs Committee of MPs today published its report on whether or not the Home Office has the capacity to deliver effective immigration services once the UK leaves the European Union next March.
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Who is able to change Home Office guidance?
Who has access to Home Office visa guidance? Who can change it?
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Who can provide investment for Tier 1 (Entrepreneurs)?
In this post we look at the rules and guidance regarding third-party funding in Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) applications.
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How do Tier 1 (Entrepreneurs) show they have £200,000 available for investment?
If you want to enter the UK as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur), you will need to have £200,000 available to invest into your proposed business.
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Refusal overturned after failure to consider evidence
Should the Home Office read all of the supporting evidence sent in with an application?
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Exceptional Talent visas doubled to 2,000 PA
The exceptional talent visa regime does exactly what it says on the tin, providing a route for recognised or emerging leaders in certain fields to enter the UK to live and work.
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Guidance on Surinder Singh
The Surinder Singh route is a potential means for British citizens to rely on family-friendly EU free movement laws — rather than the harsh UK immigration rules — to be reunited with their family members.
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Edgewater Legal interviewed by The i Newspaper
Edgewater Legal was interviewed last week by Karl McDonald of The i Newspaper in relation to changes/clarifications to the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route.
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Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) case law update
Like London buses, two cases on the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa have arrived in the past week.
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