Immigration News: July 2015

Long-Term International Migration

The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford has published a briefing on Long-term International Migration flows to and from the UK.

Other key points are as follows:

• Net migration to the UK (difference between immigration and emigration) was 318,000 in 2014: an increase of 109,000 since 2013 (209,000).
• Inflows to the UK for 2014 were 641,000, up from 526,000 in 2013. Outflows from the UK were 323,000, which was comparable to the 317,000 in 2013.
• There has been continuous net emigration of British citizens since at least 1991. In 2014, about 56,000 more British citizens moved abroad than came to live in the UK.
• In 2014, non-EU citizens accounted for 45% of all inflows to the UK (including inflows of British citizens). The share of EU citizens in total inflows increased from 22% in 2004 to 42% in 2014.

The report can be viewed here.

http://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/briefings/long-term-international-migration-flows-and-uk

Naturalisation as a British citizen - updated guidance

Revisions have been made by UKVI to 'Booklet AN', which provides specific information about applying for naturalisation as a British citizen. The updated booklet can be viewed here.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-naturalise-as-a-british-citizen-form-an

Registering as a British citizen

UKVI have published updated guidance on registering to become a British citizen for a person born before 1983 to a British mother. 'Guide UKM' can be viewed here.

An updated 'Form UKF' and accompanying 'Guide UKF' have also been updated by UKVI. This application/guidance relates to persons born before 1 July 2006 to a British father and whose parents were not married. The revised form and guidance can be downloaded here.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-register-as-a-british-citizen-form-ukm

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-register-as-a-british-citizen-form-ukf

Transfer of Conditions

UKVI have updated their modernised guidance for how they decide applications to transfer a visa to a new biometric residence permit/ The revised modernised guidance can be viewed here.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/travel-documents-transfer-of-conditions

Police Registration

Revisions have been made by UKVI to their modernised guidance about the police registration requirement (part 10 of the Immigration Rules, paragraphs 325 and 326). These changes include: update of OVRO address; update on administrative review; and other minor housekeeping changes.

The updated modernised guidance can be viewed here.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-registration

Immigration Act 2014: Withdrawing decisions and conceding appeals

New guidance had been published by UKVI on withdrawing decisions and conceding appeals in relation to the changes brought in to the appeal process by the Immigration Act 2014.

The new guidance can be viewed here.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/appeals




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