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The Home Office have published guidance to say that pre-settled status will automatically be extended by two years before it is due to expire. This of course will not impact those who already have settled status or UK British citizens. From...

The route for British citizens to make applications under the EU Settlement Scheme for a Family Permit for their family members to return with, or join them in the UK, will close. This route was very unpopular with the Home Office and post-Brexit...

1.High Court Ruling in Akinsanya – Background On 9th June 2021 the High Court handed down a judgement in the case of R (Akinsanya) v SSHD [2021].  Ms Akinsanya has been issued with a derivative residence card as a Zambrano carer on the basis...

On 1st July 2021 EU and EA citizens living in the UK without having applied for Pre-Settled or Settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme will be here unlawfully.  People can apply after the deadline but must have reasonable grounds to apply...

What is a derivative right to reside? A non-EU national can have a right to remain in the UK under the EU regulations, if they are a parent of an EU child. Persons with such a derivative right to reside are often described as ‘Chen’ or...

On 18th September 2018 the Immigration Advisory Committee published a report in anticipation of Brexit. The key recommendations in the report were as follows: Abolish free movement and have no preference between EU and non-EU migrants ...

Do you buy coffee in the mornings? If so, you are probably served by staff from EU nations as a result of free movement benefits under the Treaty of Rome. After Brexit, new arrangements will need to be made for these workers, as many businesses,...

Toufik Lounes v SSHD C165/16. On 14th November 2017 the Grand Chambers of the Court of Justice published its judgement in the case of Lounes. The Case concerned Garcia Ormazabal, a Spanish national who moved to the UK to study in 1996, and has...

In Zambrano the Court of Justice of the European Union found that EU citizens who are nationals of the state where they live and have never exercised their free movement right to live in another EU country have rights to the presence of their...

The High Court determined that MPs must have a say on triggering Article 50. The senior Judges ruled last Thursday that the British Government does not have the authority to proceed with the UK’s exit from the European Union without the...