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Home Office Evidential Flexibility Policy Explained

Evidential flexibility is the name given to the set of provisions allowing decision-makers to take a more pragmatic approach to gaps in evidence. When evidential requirements are nearly met, decision-makers...

UK Government Announces Measures To Speed Up Immigration Decisions

As many UK visa applicants and those with appeals pending before the Immigration Tribunal continue to face delays in the immigration system, the UK Government has announced two measures that it hopes will speed...

What Is a ‘Fresh Claim’ Under the Immigration Rules?

Take the following scenario. A person makes an application for refugee status or humanitarian protection (a ‘protection claim’), or an immigration application based on their human rights (a ‘human rights claim’)....

UK Ancestry Visa: Conditions of Stay

If you are granted entry clearance or permission to stay under the UK Ancestry visa, there are a number of conditions you must comply with whilst in the UK. It is possible to obtain a UK Ancestry visa if you are...

Sponsor Licence Applications for Start-ups: Frequently Asked Questions

This article will provide guidance for Start-up businesses that wish to apply for a Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence from the Home Office. Full details of the eligibility and suitability criteria for a...

UK Visit Visa: What Activities Are Permitted?

In this post, we take a look at what activities visitors to the UK can (and cannot) do when they visit the UK for any of the following purposes:  Tourism, leisure and family;  Business;  Creative; and Sports;    Readers...

High Court Considers Domestic Violence Victims Abandoned Abroad

In the recent case of R (AM) v SSHD [2022] EWHC 2591 (Admin), the High Court  addressed an underpublicized form of domestic abuse, known to campaigners as ‘transnational marriage abandonment’. The case involved...

Apply for EU Settled Status Based on Historic Residence in the UK

The EU Settlement Scheme was introduced by the UK to preserve the rights of EU citizens and relevant family members who had been living in the UK prior to the end of the transition period, 11 pm on 31 December 2020....

Youth Mobility Scheme: Options to Stay in the UK

The Youth Mobility Scheme allows young people (aged 18 to 30) from participating countries and territories to live in the UK on a temporary basis. The Scheme allows for such migrants to work in any kind of...

Appendix Private Life - Very Significant Obstacles to Integration

On 15 March 2022 a 205-page Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules was published.  Appendix Private Life was inserted into the rules and the new Appendix  took effect on 20 June 2022.  This Appendix replaced...

High Court Finds UK Government’s Rwanda Policy Is Lawful

On 19 December 2022, the High Court’s judgment in the judicial review claims against the government’s Rwanda policy was published. The policy enables the Secretary of State for the Home Department (“the SSHD”)...

How to Apply for a UK Creative Worker Visa

Here at Richmond Chambers we are very lucky to be surrounded by some of the best cultural venues the UK has to offer. There’s literally an opera house just down the road! If you want to work within the UK’s bustling...