
3/10/18 Help Refugees Limited, R (on app of) [2018] EWCA Civ 2098 reasons for refusal provided under Dubs Amendment were unlawful as ‘patently inadequate’; but consultation on capping was lawful
3/10/18 CPIN Sri Lanka: Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression stated changes: updated country information
2/10/18 Mendirez [2018] CSIH 65 analysis by FTT and UT of ‘insurmountable obstacles’ and Art 8 had lacked anxious scrutiny in refusal of leave under Appendix FM which failed the MIT
2/10/18 Pathan & Anor [2018] EWCA Civ 2103 equal treatment is an aspect of rational behaviour but is not a freestanding ground for JR; failure by HO to give notice of sponsor licence revocation was not irrational
2/10/18 Article: NGOs highlight asylum-seeker and migrant poverty in submissions to UN Special Rapporteur
2/10/18 Tougher KOLL tests for citizenship – proposal announced by SSHD
2/10/18 Article on announcement of post-Brexit immigration system to be based on skills
3/10/18 Updated lists Register of licensed sponsors: workers Register of licensed sponsors: students
2/10/18 CPIN India: Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression country info and assessment updated to reflect Sep 2018 Supreme Court of India judgement on s 377 of the IPC
2/10/18 Nationality checking service: England Wakefield removed, no longer offering this service
2/10/18 Updated forms Application for review when British citizenship is refused: form NR ; Application to register as British citizen: form RS1 no changes are stated
2/10/18 Updated form Application to give up (renounce) British citizenship: form RN updated to account for GDPR
2/10/18 Home Office – Statistics at Home Office – survey on how HO can improve statistical publications
2/10/18 Updated guidance Fees for citizenship and right of abode applications fees can be paid online if using online forms
2/10/18 Updated guidance Country returns no stated changes
2/10/18 Updated list Nationality document return service: England Dudley removed, no longer offering this service
1/10/18 Outline of article on increase in HO delays in settlement applications despite falling applications
1/10/18 Civil processing dates timescales for LAA to process work (eg civil applications and bills); dates updated
27/9/18 CPIN Iran: Women fearing domestic abuse stated changes: changes to the template; new standard paragraphs in the guidance; updated COI (post July 2017)
27/9/18 Treatment of tax discrepancies in EU settled status process – correspondence (ILPA login required) HMRC data is used to confirm residence; provision of NINO is optional, but where fraud or crime is uncovered data may be shared with the relevant authorities
27/9/18 Guidance Victims of trafficking: guidance for competent bodies signposted to the new discretionary leave for victims of modern slavery instruction and consequential sense checking
27/9/18 CPIN Libya updated to remove prison conditions document – now out of date
27/9/18 CPIN Sudan: Non-Arab Darfuri stated changes: updated country information and revision of policy guidance
27/9/18 Updated form Application to register as a British citizen: form B(OTA) no changes are stated
27/9/18 Publication of Legal aid statistics: April to June 2018
27/9/18 Updated list Allocations of restricted certificates of sponsorship
27/9/18 New HTML version on UK visa requirements for international carriers
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