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    Tier 2: is it Brexit ready?

    Everything about the UK work permit system is designed to disincentivise employers importing migrant labour from outside of the EU.

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    The 'genuine entrepreneur test' and the Tier 1 visa process

    Edgewater Legal authored a detailed post on Free Movement last week entitled 'Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visas: is Britain open for business?'

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    When does asylum country guidance bind?

    Is the First-Tier Tribunal (FTT) bound to take into account a Country Guidance (CG) case that is issued by the Upper Tribunal after the date of the FTT hearing, and after the date the FTT judge signs the determination, but before that determination is promulgated?

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    Deportation: an 'average' case?

    By the tone of this judgment, the Court of Appeal in SSHD v RF (Jamaica) [2017] EWCA Civ 124 appears to be suffering from deportation fatigue, considering ‘yet another case’ involving a foreign national criminal appealing against a decision to deport.

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    Is Britain open for business?

    Businesses large and small are the backbone of our economies, and enterprise is the engine of our prosperity. That is why Britain is – and will always be – open for business: open to investment in our companies, infrastructure, universities and entrepreneurs.

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    Visiting the UK from the Arab World (4)

    This is the final post in our series on visits to the UK from the Arab world.

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    مرحبا بكم في إدجوتر

    اسمي نيك وأنا مدير ومالك الشركة إدجوتر. أنا محامي وكاتب بريطاني وأنا متخصص في قانون الهجرة في المملكة المتحدة.

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    Tier 2 update: criminal record check requirement

    On 6 April 2017 a new requirement to obtain a criminal record certificate will come into force for Tier 2 applicants (and their adult dependents) in the fields of education, health and social care.

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    Supreme Court rules on Brexit

    The Supreme Court delivered this week a predictable but nevertheless momentous judgement, confirming the earlier decision of the High Court: parliament must have the final say on whether the UK should leave the European Union.

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    Brexit: what impact on those currently exercising free movement rights?

    The House of Commons Library published a report last week on the vexed question of the fate of EEA (“European”) nationals currently resident in the UK.

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    Kaur and the ‘Sins of the Parent’

    In the case of Kaur (children's best interests / public interest interface) [2017] UKUT 00014 (IAC) the Upper Tribunal adds to the already copious body of case law relating to the best interests of the child in immigration cases.

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