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10/10/2025

HJT Training brings you all the latest developments and happenings in the world of UK immigration, through our Immigration Weekly News.

This week’s news highlights:

•Conservatives would take UK out of ECHR, Badenoch confirms
•Tories open to quitting more treaties to increase deportations
•NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules

This week saw major changes in UK immigration, with new settlement proposals and court decisions impacting refugee children...READ MORE

03/10/2025

This week’s news highlights:

· New contribution-based settlement model to reduce net migration
· Proposals for Digital ID cards in discussion for controlling illegal working
· High Standards of English to be required for Leave to Remain
· Kier Starmer to review how International Law is being interpreted by the British Courts

This and more, covered in HJT's Immigration News Weekly Update 👇
https://hjt-training.co.uk/3-oct-25-blog-post-uk-immigration-news/

The Labour Government has unveiled its most comprehensive immigration reform package since taking office..READ MORE

26/09/2025

This week’s news highlights:

· 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐊 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 ‘𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭’ 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥

· 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐊’𝐬 ‘𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭’ 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥

· 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲

· 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

This and more covered in HJT's Immigration News Weekly Update 👇

The UK government’s immigration agreement with France, which has effectively been a “one in, one out” deal....

19/09/2025

HJT Training brings you all the latest developments and happenings in the world of UK immigration, through our Immigration Weekly News.

This week’s news highlights:

• First Deportation under ‘one-in, one-out’ France carried out
• Licence cancellations of migrant work visas double
• Legal Aid firm loses contract over signing of large number of asylum cases
• Barrister referred to Bar Standards Board for using ChatGPT to cite fake case.

This and more covered in our Weekly Update https://hjt-training.co.uk/19-sept-25-blog-post-uk-immigration-news/

Significant developments have occurred this week in multiple aspects of UK immigration policy and practice...

29/08/2025

HJT Training brings you all the latest developments and happenings in the world of UK immigration, through our Immigration Weekly News.

This week’s news highlights:

• Tribunal system reforms to speed up asylum decisions
• Fall recorded in the grant of Asylum claims in Home Office report of June 2025
• Chinese restaurant fined for illegal workers

This and more covered in our Weekly Update

This week has delivered a cascade of developments that collectively signal the most significant transformation of UK immigration...

15/08/2025

HJT Training brings you all the latest developments and happenings in the world of UK immigration, through our Immigration Weekly News.

This week’s news highlights:

- Key Upper Tribunal decision this week: R(TT) - ILR refused despite caring for British granddaughter due to 2005 conviction
- Decision in R(UNG) establishes guidance on trafficking protection extensions
- Govt proposes immediate deportation for foreign criminals upon convict
- Surge in UKVI enforcement visits continue

Check out our link for full news coverage!

This week has brought several significant developments that immigration advisors should note, spanning tribunal decisions and more...

01/08/2025

This week’s news highlights:

• 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬
• 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚
• 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝
• 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬

This and more covered in HJT's hashtag Weekly Update 👇

Following the changes made to skilled worker routes on 22nd July 2025, the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Committee....

21/07/2025

⏰ The Countdown is On — Less than 24 hours remain! ⏳

From 𝟮𝟮 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, the Home Office’s immigration overhaul lands and it’s a game-changer for UK's Business Immigration sector.

𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲:

➡️ Salary Threshold Increasing for Skilled Workers
➡️Social Care Worker Visa Closure
➡️Restriction of Supplementary Employment and Dependants
➡️Temporary Shortage List (TSL): Introduced as a new, targeted route, allowing only time-limited access to below-degree-level occupations for critical roles, with stricter conditions

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀’ 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀?

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18/07/2025

UK immigration position following

2 important case law decisions from Upper Tier Tribunal this week:

- re: Home Office Human Rights oversights in prison interviews
&
- re: ruling on Admin Review evidence flexibility

This and more covered in HJT's Weekly Update https://hjt-training.co.uk/18-july-25-blog-post-uk-immigration-news/

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The lifting of an unprecedented super-injunction this week has exposed one of the most significant data protection failures....

11/07/2025

Critical parliamentary report exposes serious failures in UK visa management - widespread migrant exploitation, inadequate oversight & systemic problems.

470 care licences revoked, yet only 1% received compliance checks. This and more covered in our Weekly Update https://hjt-training.co.uk/11-july-25-blog-post-uk-immigration-news/

The highlight amongst developments in immigration news this week, is a critical parliamentary report that has exposed serious...