Mother faces being told to leave UK with her British son as pandemic places thousands in immigration ‘limbo’. From iNews. * The Guardian view on immigration and Covid-19: old myths are exposed. The crisis has revealed how pointless and damaging… Read More
LEGAL MINUTE: immigrants and Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Doubts over government visa promise to NHS migrant workers. From BBC. * Pandemic puts UK immigration policy under pressure. Emergency exposes how economy and public services depend on low-paid foreign workers. From Financial Times. * The father of my… Read More
LEGAL MINUTE: immigration and lockdown in the UK{:}
The government must reform immigration rules for foreign-born medical staff working in the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a top professional body for doctors in the UK. From Independent. * A video featuring UK residents and people of… Read More
Legal Minute: immigration and lockdown in the UK
UK sticks to December 2020 Brexit deadline despite coronavirus. From City AM. * Companies that employ overseas citizens with soon-to-expire visas may be feeling anxious about how they will be affected by the travel bans and other restrictions brought by… Read More
Legal Minute: Brexit and immigration during the pandemic
Doctors, nurses and paramedics will automatically have their visas extended, free of charge, for one year. The extension will apply to around 2,800 migrant doctors, nurses and paramedics, employed by the NHS whose visa is due to expire before 1… Read More
LEGAL MINUTE: immigration during the pandemic
Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents. From Gov.UK. * Why are Britain’s borders STILL open? From Daily Mail * The UK logistics sector has demanded that Prime Minister Boris Johnson extends the Brexit transition period,… Read More
LEGAL MINUTE: immigration during Coronavirus crises
How LondonHelp4u is fighting Coronavirus. We are prepared for social distance and we continue to serve our customers. From LH4U. * Boris Johnson has said there is ‘no talk’ of extending the Brexit transition period despite the coronavirus crisis. The… Read More
Immigration Health Surcharge rising to £624 in October 2020
The Immigration Health Surcharge is to increase from £400 to £624 in October 2020, the government has announced. The rise was confirmed during the Budget, which Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented to Parliament today. An accompanying policy costings document states: This… Read More
LEGAL MINUTE: immigration in the UK
EU vows to help nationals ‘outside the mainstream’ stay in UK. Bloc’s first UK ambassador says right to remain for many vulnerable Europeans must be protected. From The Guardian. * Maintaining free movement in Scotland for EU citizens would not… Read More
LEGAL MINUTE: news about the new immigration system
When Dr Nazia Hussein spent six months researching class and gender identity in Bangladesh for her PhD at Warwick University in 2009, she had no idea that, a decade later, the Home Office would use this to refuse her application… Read More