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    Guidance issued on renewal applications to the UT

    The case of KM (Bangladesh) v SSHD [2017] EWCA Civ 437 (21 June 2017) raises an interesting, if niche, procedural point.

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    Visiting the UK from the Arab World (1)

    Over the next month or so we are going to take a look at the rules for those visiting the UK from the perspective of the Arab world.

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    Welcome to Edgewater Legal

    Edgewater Legal is founded on a belief that immigration - of whatever type, for whatever reason - is an unequivocal good for our society.

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    Should refugees claim asylum upon arrival in their first ‘safe’ country?

    “Why don’t asylum seekers stop before they get here?”

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    The Tier 2 Sponsor License regime

    Earlier this week EL posted a detailed piece on the Free Movement asking whether Tier 2 was Brexit ready.

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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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