Calls for release of UK’s Immigration detainees

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Immigration Caseworker Sanae Sahebjalal has recently had a significant successful outcome in the First-Tribunal matters.

As London immigration solicitors working remotely and online in a global coronavirus pandemic it has been hard to find positive news about Immigration law but the Home Office announcement about a delay in asylum accommodation evictions is a bit of positive news.

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It can be beyond frustrating waiting for the Home Office UK Visa and citizenship Application Services (UKVCAS) to process your Indefinite Leave to Remain application.

If you have come to the UK hoping to make a new life for yourself then being told by the Home Office that you can't stay in the UK can be devastating news. It could be that your visa extension application has been refused or you have been told you can't switch to a different type of visa.

At OTS Solicitors we know that these are worrying times. Legal problems and questions don’t go away even if you don’t want to travel into London to see one of our specialist solicitors. The answer is that there is no need to travel to see your solicitor as OTS Solicitors offer the best legal advice online services, whether you are a business or an individual needing advice in any of our areas of legal expertise.

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When it comes to Immigration control, immigration solicitors often are asked about the concept of ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ and what it means, in practical terms, if that condition is placed on their limited to leave to enter the UK or as a visa condition. Whether you are in the UK on a spouse visa, fiancée visa or partner visa the words ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ can be very concerning.

Making the decision to apply to become a British citizen is a major step but did you know that you might have more than one choice? Potentially you could retain your nationality of origin and obtain dual citizenship (also known as dual nationality). Dual nationality means that you acquire British citizenship whilst keeping your original nationality.

Many people think that if the Home Office has said ‘no’ to their visa application then that’s the end to their Immigration dreams because they don’t think they can take on the Home Office and win.

When people first talk to their immigration solicitor about ‘Permanent Residence in the UK’ they often don’t know what their available and best Immigration options are.

Going from being on a Tier 2 visa to ILR is a big step and, for many, it spells freedom from bureaucracy of Immigration control.

It comes to us all eventually. The end of our student days and the need to earn a living. Most students will tell you that it is tough to switch from student to worker but it is that much harder if you are a student who, as well as finding a job, needs to switch from a Tier 4 student visa to a Tier 2 (General) visa or work visa.

On the 16 January 2020, the Home Office published guidance on Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) applications by those in the UK on Tier 1 visas where there are tax discrepancies.

If you are in the UK on a spouse visa and you are splitting up from your husband, wife, civil partner or partner because of their domestic violence you may think that not only are you losing your partner but also your new friends, job and your adopted country. That is because if you separate from your spouse or partner you won't be eligible to remain in the UK on your current spouse visa.

One of the most common questions immigration solicitors are asked is ‘when can I apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain?’ For many, the years on a UK visa and being subject to Immigration controls and the hostile environment, the wait for ILR can seem painfully slow.

It is easy for members of the public to be judgemental about those who overstay in the UK after their visa expires but until you find yourself in that position it is best not to judge those who overstay either by accident or because they fear, for political or economic reasons, a return to their home country. In this blog we look at overstaying, what it means and what you can do about it if you have become an overstayer.

The case of Shamima Begum is again in the news. To many her name is notorious as the archetypal face of an ISIS bride and all they represent. To others, she is a twenty-year-old woman living in appalling conditions in a Syrian camp coping with the loss of her three children without the support of friends and family.