Earned Settlement policy at last announced by Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, today 2nd November 2026 announced the changes to the Settlement policy. The changes do not come into force immediately. To the best of our understanding the next Statement of Changes in December 2026 will introduce the changes and will confirm the commencement date. …
Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, will announce sweeping new rules on Monday 2nd November 2026 on the changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain rules. Particular focus of the ILR changes is going to be on how long legal migrants must wait for settlement in the UK, with most likely to wait a decade and some …
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Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 584, 3 September 2026 includes some important updates to UK immigration rules. At Thaxted Legal we prepared an overview of the main changes. The changes being made relate to: • Changes to Part Suitability: clarification regarding breach of immigration laws • Changes to Appendix Skilled Worker to …
Cancellation or curtailment of immigration permission is explained in Home Office guidance where Home Office sets out circumstances when they can make decisions to end a visa holder’s immigration permission. To put it in a more formal way, the Home Office guidance tells caseworkers whether to cancel an individual’s permission to enter or stay in …
Where an individual has been granted permission to enter or stay in the UK they must comply with the conditions of that permission including, but not limited to, the timeframe any permission is valid for i.e. the visa expiry. Prior to the expiry of the visa immigration permission an individual should either apply for further …
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AI use has become quite common. This carries various risks. Our firm Thaxted Legal is addressing the common problems that occur in the immigration law field. According to the Guardian article Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, Upper tribunal judge said when unable to find document cited in case and claims …
The next India Young Professionals Scheme ballot will open at 1:30pm India Standard Time on 21 July 2026, and will close at 1:30pm India Standard Time on 23 July 2026. We have previously published post about the India Young Professionals visa and ballot. Ballot system procedure Information on the current India Young Professionals ballot has been …
New Statement of Changes to Immigration Rules 9th July 2026 has been published today. We outline the main changes below but we also recommend reading the full statement via link above. Immigration rules Part 8: Changes to provisions for children The Immigration Rules currently allow a child to come to or stay in the …
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Priority service requests for nationality applications are now available for £500 as per Home Office guidance published recently. This priority fee is in addition to the standard nationality application fees. How to request priority service Applicants can submit their citizenship application through the nationality priority service for an additional fee of £500. A citizenship application …
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On 30th June 2026 the Government laid regulations to strengthen the Right to Work and Right to Rent Schemes, alongside updated statutory codes of practice for employers and landlords. These measures implement provisions in the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 and will come into force in October 2026, in line with the common …