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We acted on behalf of a Nigerian woman who entered the UK for the final time in November 2001 and became an over stayer. She has made several other applications with other firms of Solicitors for leave to remain on human rights grounds, and these...

Our client is a Moroccan national who entered the United Kingdom as a visitor when he was 17 years of age. He was left in the United Kingdom by his mother on the basis that he would get a better life in the care of his older siblings. He had...

At the end of June 2022 two new guidances were issued. The newly emerged guidance on private life which came into force on 20th June 2022 and a new policy guidance on relationships with a partner relating to Appendix relationships with...

We acted for a Ukrainian national in an application for long residence based on the 20 years continuous residence in the United Kingdom.  He arrived in the UK in 2001 using a false passport and whilst he did not have any official documentation...

We acted on behalf of a Ukrainian citizen who applied for Indefinite Leave to Remain on the grounds of long residence.  The application was refused initially by the Home Office because the applicant had spent more than 18 months outside the...

Many times we are asked to make applications under the 20 years long residence rules.  Many of the people who live in the UK, in order to survive assume other people’s name or identity. This is not considered to be false representations for...

All our clients are important to us but sometimes there are cases which touch our hearts more than others.  Such was the case of the Appellant who was a citizen of the Philippines and who we helped to appeal against the Home Office decision...

Before July 2012 those who have been in the UK for 14 years in a mixture of lawful and unlawful residence, could apply for indefinite leave to remain.  However, all that has changed and the 14 years rule has been extended to 20 years.  A person...

The Law Commission has published a report on simplifying the Immigration Rules. The problem with the Immigration Rules is that hundreds of thousands of life-changing decisions are made under these Rules, but the Rules are widely criticised for...

Article 3 of the Convention on the Rights Of The Child gives the child a right to have his or her best interests assessed and taken into account as a primary consideration in all actions that concerns him or her, both in the public and private...