Catherine Taroni

Goodness.

Migrants already in UK face longer wait for permanent settlement People will typically have to live in the UK for 10 years before applying for the right to stay indefinitely.

HO may apply its incoming 10 year route to ILR to people in the UK - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "a document published in the coming weeks will make clear the government is preparing to apply the 10-year qualifying period to those who are already in the UK as well as to new visa applicants"

Home Office emails exacerbating confusion for individuals in relation to UKVI account / e-visas / digital status. Really not helpful. Also, for lawyers receiving these, there are no client names so it's not possible to know the intended recipient.

Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.

Seema Malhotra decides to "allow carriers to accept a BRP or EUSS BRC expiring on or after 31 December 2024 as valid evidence of permission to travel until at least 31 March" (where underlying status still valid). This will be complicated! #evisa
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

Keir Starmer just said working people want less "legal and illegal migration". But why? Legal migration includes the partners of British and settled persons, skilled workers, e.g. doctors and nurses in the NHS, international students contributing £ and talented migrants advancing their industries.

Revealed: ministers to postpone full shift to eVisas next month Exclusive: fears that UK residents could be stranded abroad due to system glitches prompts rethink

Predictable and avoidable chaos - www.theguardian.com/politics/202... - the whole e-visa system is not yet fit for purpose and timing could hardly be worse with upcoming holiday travel.

Many who have tried to use UKVI accounts know they are deeply frustrating, illogical and in need of reform.

A full decade at @richmondchambers.bsky.social... How time flies when you're having fun / keeping on top of immigration rule changes!

As part of new efforts to reduce net migration, biometrics appointments appear to require long distance swimming, if the ever-glitchy TLS site is to be believed.