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Immigration Update 16 March 2020


Sheraaz Hingora is a Barrister specialising in Immigration and Asylum law, Public law, Family law and false imprisonment claims at Clarendon Park Chambers.
16 Mar 2020

A summary of the latest developments in Immigration law between 9 March 2020 to 16 March 2020.

Guidance:

  1. Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children family reunion: policy statement.
  2. Syrian nationals in the UK on how to extend their visa.
  3. Further submissions: asylum, humanitarian protection, discretionary leave.
  4. Applying for a UK visa: approved English language tests. List of tests and test centres approved by UK Visas and Immigration to show that applicants have the required level of English for their visa.
  5. Educational Testing Service (ETS). Casework instructions. This guidance explains how to manage cases affected by the Educational Testing Services (ETS) English language issues to Home Office caseworkers.
  6. English language. Guidance on how English language requirements are assessed for Tiers 1 and 2 of the points-based system.
  7. Knowledge of language and life in the UK.

Country Guidance:

  1. Turkey, country policy and information notes.
  2. Occupied Palestinian Territories: country policy and information notes.

News:

  1. Tory MPs intervene in Commonwealth veterans immigration row.
  2. Immigration: Post-Brexit plan ‘doesn’t work for Wales’
  3. Homeless in Heathrow, the Windrush victims still suffering two years on.
  4. ‘A grave injustice’: Fijian British army veteran on UK immigration misery.
  5. Military veterans from Commonwealth must pay thousands to stay.
  6. At least 20,000 people denied information that could prove right to live in UK, in new ‘hostile environment’ clampdown.

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