Glossary Section for Immigration Legal Terms

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"The Ministry of UK Government that manages the handling of all nationality, immigration and asylum ...

Highly Skilled Migrant Programme

The UK government department responsible for collecting taxes and administering some social benefits...

Certificate which allows someone to claim free prescriptions and some dental and optical services.

The High Court of Justice, also known as the High Court of England and Wales, deals at first instanc...

The Habitual Residence Test is a test for all individuals (except those from certain exempt categori...

A reference to the rights set out in the European Human Rights Convention such as Article 3 (right n...

Degree-level education, including undergraduate and postgraduate studies.

The Human Rights Act incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into the UK law.

Application form for help with medical costs.

"Humanitarian protection is a form of immigration status. It is granted by the Home Office to a pers...

The Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) began on 28 January 2002. It differed from the work perm...

Subsistence and accommodations provided to asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected but ...