British Immigration Practice Handbook 4th Edition

When I started this project, all I wanted to do was write a simple book anyone could pick up, read and start practicing Immigration Law. All editions of this book have been complete sell-outs.

In deciding the right time to release a new edition, the publishers have to take into account factors like the changes to the law since the previous edition and the government's legislative agenda. I must say that in all editions the publishers have made the right call.

Since the last edition:-

• Illegitimate children born to British fathers before 01 July 2006 are now entitled to registration as British citizens.
• It now possible for the Secretary of State to strip a person of their citizenship even if it renders them stateless.
• The rules on EEA National Jobseekers have been tightened.
• Regulation 9 of the 2006 EEA Regulations has been tightened to ensure that people do not go around Appendix FM.
• The Rules governing Croatians have been amended.
• EX.2. has been added to EX. I.
• Appendix V has replaced the myriad of visitors' categories we used to have.
• Direct contact is now required for applications as parents of British citizen parents.
• Rights of appeal in immigration decisions have wiped out. We now have administrative reviews instead.
• Administrative review is now firmly anchored in the Immigration Rules.
• Rights of appeal in ECAA cases have been replaced with administrative review.
• The Rules surrounding bail rights have been tightened. In most cases the permission of the Secretary of State is now required.
• People applying for limited leave to enter or remain now have to pay the NHS Surcharge.
• The Courts have declared the Fast Track Regime unlawful.
• The Courts have also ruled against the Legal Aid Exceptional Funding Policy as we know it. It has also been
• In terms of Article 8, there is a debate whether Article 8 is still relevant in the light of Appendix FM. I would say it is. Law is more about faith than logical arguments. It takes anger, passion and a big human heart to win a case.
• The case of Gulshan has been criticised by the High Court.
• The rights of students to switch in-country to any other category have been seriously curtailed.
• The 1999 Act has been amended to make it easy for the Secretary of State to remove people.
• The 2014 Act has settled.
• There are now new First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Rules.
• The Morden Slavery Act 2015 is now law.
• The Secretary of State's policy of deport first and appeal second is in full swing. We all know how the good Secretary of State feels about foreign national criminals.