A national of a country within the European Economic Area (EEA), or of Switzerland, has an automatic right to live, work and study in the UK. Whilst there is no legal requirement for an EEA national to obtain a Registration Certificate, possession of one assists as it: evidences legal status in the UK as a

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Kangs Solicitors have been instructed to defend clients facing deportation from the UK as the result of criminal convictions imposed upon them by the Crown Court. The Circumstances | Kangs Immigration Team Both clients are Polish nationals exercising their EEA treaty rights by living and working in the UK without restriction. They were both recently

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The Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS), which was introduced in 2015, allows anyone in the UK by virtue of a work, study or family visa for over six months to access the same NHS medical services as those available to UK Citizens. The IHS is payable by anyone, including dependants under the age of eighteen, making

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Kangs Solicitors previously reported on our instruction to represent a Georgian National who is one of eight defendants charged with multiple conspiracies to breach UK Immigration Regulations. The Circumstances | Kangs Immigration Offences Defence Team The Prosecution alleges that the defendants had access to thousands of fake travel documents and used these documents to ensure

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The obligations placed upon employers to ensure that they do not hire illegal workers and the consequences of failure to comply with the prevailing legislation are generally widely known. Cagin Husnu of Kangs Solicitors comments upon a situation where a company was unable to pay a fine imposed upon it for employing illegal workers. Case

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An unregulated ‘Immigration Advisor’ has recently been sentenced for providing unqualified and unregulated advice. Sukhdip Randhawa of Kangs Solicitors explains the circumstances. The Legal Requirements | Kangs Immigration Law Advisory Team In order to provide legitimate immigration advice a person must be appropriately qualified and regulated by an authoritative body, such as the Solicitors Regulation

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There has recently been considerable media coverage covering immigrants from Caribbean countries between 1948 and 1971, now labelled as ‘The Windrush Generation’, which is derived from the name of the ship upon which the original immigrants travelled. Sharan Rupra of Kangs Solicitors comments on the position. The History | Kangs Immigration Advisory Solicitors After the

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Sharan Rupra of Kangs Solicitors looks at the financial requirements for settlement visas. Financial Requirements | Kangs Immigration Advisory Solicitors In June 2012, the Home Office introduced Immigration Rules affecting any person seeking entry clearance as a spouse, fiancée or unmarried partner of a British national. The British national, thereafter, needed to prove that they

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Cagin Husnu of Kangs Solicitors explains how when a claim for asylum or protection is rejected by the Home Office or the First-Tier Tribunal, the application may be renewed and submitted as a ‘Fresh Claim’. The Legislation | Kangs Immigration Advisory Solicitors Rule 353 of Part 12 of the Immigration Rules provides:   ‘When a human

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Cagin Husnu of Kangs Solicitors explains the current law relating to Sham Marriages. What Is A ‘Sham’ Marriage? | Kangs Immigration Advisory Solicitors A Sham Marriage is one entered into simply to achieve the advantages arising from such status even though the union is, of itself, legal, to the extent that it conforms to the

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