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Putting the humanity back into immigration law. Advisors to @EUdelegationUK @Stmungos @wearesettled, legal services @freemovementlaw. WhatsApp us: 07538208096.
Oct 6, 2020 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 THREAD: Legal update for EU/EEA citizens seeking to naturalise! HO has amended the Naturalisation guidance to confirm that EEA/Swiss citizens must have been *lawfully* complying with UK immigration rules for a 10y period before applying for naturalisation as a British citizen. 1. This does not mean that they need to have been resident in the UK for 10 years (the requirement is still 5 years including 1 year free of immigration restrictions). It does, however, mean that they need to have complied with immigration requirements over the previous 10 years.
Sep 29, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Draft legislation published by the government lays out how EU citizens in the UK will be able to retain their residence rights during the grace period between the end of the transition period and the EU Settlement Scheme deadline. Key points: seraphus.co.uk/news/files/f8d… 1) Economically active EEA nationals and Swiss nationals (those who are currently lawfully resident under the EEA Regs 2016) will automatically remain lawfully in the UK after the transition period and until 30 June 2021
Sep 16, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
THREAD: A new Statement of Changes to the Immigration rules came out last week. What do the changes mean and when do they take effect? Take note, international students! (with special thanks to @ILPAimmigration for their useful summary) 1. The Tier 4 Student Visa will be closed and replaced with the new "Student Route" which allows for more flexibility for students and their dependents who want to come study in the UK.
Aug 27, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
THREAD: Key takeaways from our article on the effect of COVID-19 on continuous residence for the purpose of the EUSS: 1/10 2. In order to qualify for settled status, an EU citizen must prove they have lived in the UK continuously for 5 years. If they can't do this, they can apply for pre-settled status, but only if they move to the UK before 31 December 2020.
Aug 18, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Yarl's Wood IRC will no longer be used to detain migrant women, and stop functioning as an immigration removal/detention centre. This is the second IRC the government shuts down after closing Morton Hall last month. bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-en… Yarl's Wood is going to be repurposed as to house Channel migrants whilst checking their health and immigration status. We know that the majority of people crossing the channel and claiming international protection are refugees.
Aug 10, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Myth-buster thread on refugees and asylum claiming in the EU thanks to @freemovementlaw. freemovement.org.uk/are-refugees-o… First and foremost, there is no obligation in the Refugee Convention, either explicit or implicit, to claim asylum in the first safe country reached by refugees. This statement by @pritipatel is not based in law or in fact. It is simply not true. (1)
Aug 6, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
THREAD: @ukhomeoffice published guidance for individuals affected by travel restrictions associated with coronavirus. For individuals looking to apply for a visa to come to the UK from abroad, a factsheet is available at ilpa.org.uk/wp-content/upl…. Key points include: (1) Re Global Talent, Start up and Innovator visas: if an applicant's endorsement from an endorsing body has expired because they have not been able to travel to the UK in time, they can still make their application as planned and the HO will consider their application (2)
Jul 29, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Since lockdown began in March, there has been a lot of talk on immigration detention. So what is immigration detention, exactly, and how does it work in the UK compared to other countries? Read more below & on our blog:
seraphus.co.uk/news/files/103… Not only is the British approach to immigration detention extremely harsh and unjustified compared to the rest of the EU, it is also avoidable. Since the beginning of lockdown, @ukhomeoffice released hundreds of people under immigration control from immigration detention centres
Jul 23, 2020 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: Morton Hall, an infamous detention centre in Lincolnshire which can hold 392 people & is run by the prison service for the Home Office, will close down and revert to its previous function as a prison. Immigration detention information thread 1/9 theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/j… The UK has one of the largest immigration detention systems in Europe, confining over 30 000 people a year in 10 detention centres or immigration removal centres (IRC) dotted across the country. 2/9
Jul 7, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
The number of EU citizens who have applied for the right to stay in the UK after Brexit now officially exceeds estimates of the $ of EU citizens in the UK, further challenging the effectiveness of the government’s controversial EU Settlement Scheme.
ft.com/content/a611c7… We have written about this before. Read more on why it is impossible to know how many EU citizens are eligible to apply, and therefore, to know how many eligible citizens fail to secure status: seraphus.co.uk/news/files/cef…

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Jun 18, 2020 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
THREAD: The monthly EU Settlement Scheme statistics are out! Key points: 1. Change in format: The HO announced a change in the monthly statistics reporting: breakdowns by nationality will no longer be provided monthly. They will still be included in the quarterly statistics, however.
Jun 11, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
THREAD - Amidst the societal upheaval of a global pandemic, BLM protests, and China-Hong Kong relations, some good news on voting rights for EU citizens, specifically Polish citizens in the UK & UK citizens in Poland. #eucitizensrights In Parliament last week, @morton_wendy confirmed that a bilateral agreement with Poland securing the rights to stand in local elections for UK Nationals living in Poland, and Polish citizens living in the UK.
May 28, 2020 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
New statistics on the impact of COVID-19 on UK Immigration are out. Key points: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl… 1) As flights are grounded, the number of arrivals to the UK by air fell sharply from 7.1 million in January 2020 to 3.8 million in March 2020.
May 22, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The Home Office website has been updated to allow EU Settlement Scheme applicants who can't use the mobile app to apply and post ID document to them. Image The Home Office EUSS team have officially confirmed the re-opening of the ID postal verification route.

Any non-EEA applicants who need to enrol biometrics can now make a postal application.
May 11, 2020 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
THREAD: The Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union asked us to give some insights regarding EU citizens in the UK and the EUSS during the negotiation period. We provided them with detailed information based on our research and experience. Main points: (1/12) 1. There are 2 types of vulnerable applicants who face issues when obtaining status under the EUSS: people who may have straightforward applications, but face practical barriers (e.g. no valid ID, no English skills, no smartphone), and those with complex applications 2/12
Apr 27, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
THREAD: the @childrensociety's report on vulnerable children highlights some urgent concerns around identifying and settling the migration status of vulnerable children whose status is impacted by Brexit. Image The Home Office estimates that there are 9,000 looked after children and care leavers in the UK who would need to regularise their status by the deadline of June 2021. If they fail to do so, they will lose their right of residence, and the hostile environment will apply to them.
Apr 16, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The monthly EUSS statistics are out! For a long time, few applications were being refused, but since February, we have seen an upward trend of unsuccessful applications. This month, 4800 applications were withdrawn or void, 3300 invalid, and 300 refused.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl… The statistics report states: "At present, paper-based applications are not included in the published statistics. This means that the total number of applications received, grants of status, and other outcomes are not fully captured in the report."
Apr 15, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
A couple of points to make here. Firstly, there is a difference between immigrants and people from non-white ethnicities. It is highly misleading to present the two as one and the same. THREAD: According to @ONS, 12% of healthcare workers in the UK are non-British nationals. In London, that percentage goes up to 23%. In other words, almost 1 out of 4 doctors in the area hardest hist by COVID-19 is a non-British national.
Apr 6, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The Home Office have updated the Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance (bit.ly/3bSMB6f) for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents by adding an online form found here:

bit.ly/3bQPgx6 You must use the not intending to apply to extend your leave but cannot leave the UK because of travel restrictions.

If you already have leave in the UK and planned to extend your leave when it expires, you do not use this form.
Apr 3, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
*COVID-19 UPDATE*
New guidance NHS staff, holders of Tier 1 Entrepreneur visas and those applying for a Global Talent, Start-up or Innovator visa on the Government website published today! Key points - thread:
gov.uk/guidance/coron… 1. If you’re a doctor, nurse or paramedic working for the NHS, your visa will be automatically extended by one year if it is due to expire before 1 October 2020. Family members with a visa due to expire before 1 October 2020 will also have their visa extended.
Mar 30, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Thread: COVID-19 EU Settlement Scheme update:
Applications continue to be processed, but they will take longer than usual. Some support services and application routes have temporarily changed. These changes are constantly under review. The current situation in 5 crucial points: 1. The EU Settlement Resolution Centre (SRC) remains closed. The SRC will no longer be answering telephone calls. Email enquiries can be made via the online contact form (…ttled-status-enquiries.service.gov.uk/start). Emails from support organisations will be prioritised where possible.