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Hundreds support plea not to deport frail pensioner Myrtle Cothill
In an astonishing bit of hypocrisy, The Daily Express is campaigning for a 92 year old pensioner to be allowed to remain in the UK outside the Immigration Rules. Myrtle Cothill is, like hundreds of...
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High Court finds Adult Dependent Relative rule lawful but opens door to...
The challenge by organisation Britcits to the virtual prohibition on the entry of adult dependant relatives introduced in 2012 has been dismissed: R (on the application of Britcits) v Secretary of...
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Home Office reviews Adult Dependent Relatives rules for parents and grandparents
The Home Office has reviewed operation of the cruel Immigration Rules for Adult Dependent Relatives such as parents or grandparents introduced in July 2012. They are considered to be meeting their...
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Court of Appeal reaffirms position on adult dependent relatives
In Butt v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 184 the Court of Appeal considers the weight to be given to the relationship between parents and their adult dependent children in...
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Court of Appeal dismisses challenge to rules on adult dependent relatives
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the challenge brought by campaign group Britcits to the restrictive Immigration Rules on the admission to the UK of parents, grandparents and other adult dependent...
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The immigration rules for adult dependent relatives: out with the old…
Since July 2012 the immigration rules for adult dependent relatives have been, in practice, almost impossible to meet. Applicants need to demonstrate that they require a level of long-term personal...
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Adult dependent relatives: still shut out?
In Ribeli v Entry Clearance Officer, Pretoria [2018] EWCA Civ 611, the Court of Appeal reaffirmed the “rigorous and demanding” nature of the adult dependent relative rules, following the judgment in...
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Tribunal President says bus drivers and brain surgeons to be treated the same
Thakrar (Cart JR; Art 8: value to community) [2018] UKUT 336 (IAC) is a rare example of a case where permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal was only granted by a High Court judge after a Cart...
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Carer for 87-year-old British woman allowed to stay in the UK after Zambrano...
An adult primary carer of an British citizen can acquire a derivative right to reside under EU law, the Court of Appeal has said in MS (Malaysia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019]...
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Do dependent parents actually need to be dependent under the EU Settlement...
An EU citizen, or their spouse or civil partner, is entitled to have his or her dependent parent continue to live with them or join them in the UK under the EU Settlement Scheme. This has always been...
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Getting permission to remain in the UK as an adult dependent relative: not...
Since the introduction of highly restrictive rules for adult dependent relatives there have been numerous stories, all desperately sad, of parents trying and failing to join or remain with their...
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A decade of lost care and relationships for generations: the need for a post...
The pandemic threw into sharp focus the overlooked and marginalised needs of the frail and bereaved elderly parents applying to be regarded as part of their settled families in the UK. The 2012 version...
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New Appendix Adult Dependent Relative immigration rules
The adult dependent relative rules have been buried in Appendix FM since their inception on 9 July 2012. From 1 June 2023, they have been transposed into their own standalone Appendix Adult Dependent...
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Statement of changes HC 1496: asylum, EU Settlement Scheme, and restrictions...
On 17 July 2023, a new statement of changes to the Immigration Rules was published. As usual, it is accompanied by an Explanatory Memorandum. Also as usual, it is largely concerned with cracking down...
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Getting an adult dependent relative visa is hard but not impossible
Adult dependent relative visas have one of the highest refusal rates of all immigration routes. Between 2017 and 2020, 96% of applications were refused. In this article I look at why these applications...
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