Author | Rob Lyon

Tinizaray, Child Migrants and UKBA Decision-Making

Child visa migrant

A High Court judgment handed down earlier this week has attracted interest for its strident interpretation of the obligations imposed on UK Border Agency caseworkers to consider the best interests of child migrants under section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.

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UK Immigration


Immigration Application Forms: Trial By Tickbox

Visa application form

Whether you’re coming to the UK for love or money; as a struggling student, an entrepreneurial migrant, a newlywed or a newborn - every application, sooner or later, reduces to the pedestrian pedantry of the application form.

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UK Immigration


End Unfair Dismissal, Says Tory Report

End unfair dismissal

Continuing yesterday’s trend of blogs inspired by the release of internal government documents (which I think gives the blog, and certainly the act of blogging, a slightly more glamorous edge), let’s take a look at a Tory-commissioned report leaked to The Telegraph which advocates the abolition of unfair dismissal laws in the United Kingdom.

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Employment Law


UKBA’s Updated Zambrano Guidance Released

Zambrano UKBA guidance

The UK Border Agency has released further guidance on its response to the European Court of Justice’s judgment in Zambrano v ONEM Case C-34/0.

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UK Immigration


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