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Edgewater Legal features in Private Eye
Edgewater Legal made a Freedom of Information request several months ago, asking the Ministry of Justice about the numbers of European nationals who are sentenced to longer than 12 months in prison each year.
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Visa documentation - scan or send?
The process for clients as to what to do with supporting documents in a visa application appears to be in a state of flux.
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Edgewater Legal in the Guardian
Edgewater Legal was quoted in the Guardian last week following a request to comment on deportation letters sent to European nationals in error.
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EU deportation law: explainer
Whilst the UK remains a member of the EU, overarching principles of European law apply to deportation from the UK of European citizens.
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Home Office visits to Tier 2 sponsors
The UK work permit system requires employers to obtain a Tier 2 license before they can employ foreign non-European staff who do not otherwise have an entitlement to work.
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Visiting the UK from the Arab World (3)
This is the third post in our series aimed at Arabic speakers who are visiting the UK.
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Explainer: deportation law
Deportation proceedings pit the rights of the individual against those of the state, appointed guardian of the public interest.
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Home Office reveals that 'Sponsor Investigation Team' comprises 4 inspectors
The UK government suggested in evidence given to the House of Lords European Union Committee that the Tier 2 sponsor license system could provide a suitable template to a post-Brexit work permit system (paragraph 133).
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Recognition of foreign adoption in immigration law
In W v SSHD [2017] EWHC 1733 a married couple resident in the UK on a Tier 2 visa attempted to bring their 2-year-old adoptive son, V, to join them from Nigeria.
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Visiting the UK from the Arab World (2)
We continue our series on visiting the UK from the Arab world aimed at Arabic speakers.
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Where are the unreported Upper Tribunal determinations?
All Upper Tribunal determinations used to be readily available on the tribunals website. This included both 'reported' decisions - notable for their interpretation of a legal point, or providing guidance on the situation in a particular country - and unreported decisions.
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Stateless by choice?
Under the British Nationality Act 1981, a child who is born in the UK and is (and always has been) stateless is entitled to register as a British citizen. See Schedule 2, Paragraph 3:
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