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Separated children are children under 18 years of age who are outside their country of origin and se...
read more"Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) is a scheme under which Bulgarian and Romanian nationa...
read more"This is the term used when someone already in the United Kingdom in one immigration category, appli...
read moreShortage occupations are ones where there are not enough settled workers to fill available jobs in p...
read moreNon-EEA nationals travelling to the UK primarily or solely for the purpose of study.
read moreSomeone already in the UK with status who can help bring someone to the UK under the relevant immigr...
read more"The status granted to foreign nationals conferring the to remain indefinitely in the UK. Also known...
read moreThe Home Office deems certain countries to be places where a refugee is safe from persecution: for e...
read moreWhilst a claim for section 95 support is being considered, section 98 permits the Secretary of State...
read more"Section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 gives the Home Office power to grant support to so...
read moreA list drawn up by the Home Office of countries where it believes that persecution does not take pla...
read more"A fraudulent practice used by some illegal immigrants, defined in section 24(5) of the Immigration ...
read moreA solicitor is a lawyer who has been admitted as a solicitor by the Solicitors Regulation Authority ...
read moreSection 9 of the Asylum & Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 gives the Home Office p...
read moreSection 57 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 states that Home Office support can b...
read moreSection 55 of the Borders Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 requires the Home Office to make arra...
read moreYou may apply to enter the UK as a sole representative in order to establish an office of an oversea...
read moreDefined by section 33(2A) of the Immigration Act 1971 - a person is settled in the United Kingdom if...
read moreSection 55 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 gives the Home Office power to deny s...
read moreSubsistence support is the cash element of Home Office support. Asylum seekers who have accommodatio...
read moreWhen a person is in the UK on a limited basis with conditions attached to their stay
read moreAlso known as settlement, you are considered to be 'settled' in the UK if you are ordinarily residen...
read moreSector Based Scheme (SBS) is a quota-based scheme for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals, which only c...
read moreSection 2 of the Asylum & Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 gives the Home Office p...
read moreIn some cases, the Home Office will not be able to issue an asylum registration card, see Applicatio...
read moreSupport may be provided under Section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to destitute asylum ...
read moreBy international standards, a person who changes his or her country of usual residence for at least ...
read moreScreening interviews are meetings between asylum seekers and immigration officers to establish: iden...
read morePeople with entry visas allowing them to stay in the UK for up to 6 months as students in formal edu...
read moreThe Student visitor category provides for those persons who wish to come to the UK as a visitor and ...
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