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By Jordana Adams, solicitor The Immigration Rules sets out the criteria that an applicant must satisfy in order to obtain Indefinite Leave to Remain as a victim of domestic abuse....
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/indefinite-leave-to-remain-as-victim-of-domestic-violence/
Most applicants for Indefinite Leave to Remain worry that they will meet the eligibility criteria for ILR, especially where there has been an element of overstaying and a questionable Immigration...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/indefinite-leave-to-remain-does-overstaying-affect-your-ten-year-ilr-application/
For refugees who have found the courage to leave their home and everything they have known because of the dangers they face in their native nation, achieving Indefinite Leave to...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/indefinite-leave-to-remain-for-refugees/
Immigration lawyers for spouse visas are often told by those who are in the UK on a spouse visa that however happy the marriage they never feel one hundred percent...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/indefinite-leave-to-remain-for-uk-spouses/
Saying that you have ‘Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK’ is a bit of a mouthful. It is also a phrase that does not mean a great deal to...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/indefinite-leave-to-remain-in-the-uk/
The death of your partner is devastating but the immigration and private client Wills and tax lawyers at OTS Solicitors know just how hard it can be to grieve for...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/indefinite-leave-to-remain-staying-and-settling-in-the-uk-after-the-death-of-your-partner/
Under current Immigration Rules, most of the leave to remain categories in the UK require the applicant to prove their knowledge of English language. Throughout the years, tens of thousands...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/indefinite-leaves-to-remain-revoked-after-irregularities-at-toeic-test-centres/
Britain and India have a long, complex relationship. Indians are the largest group of non-EU nationals who migrate to the UK. The UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/india-and-uk-sign-new-deal-immigration/
By Nagesh Jain & Oshin Shahiean of OTS Solicitors Britain and India have a unique relationship, based on centuries of history, an admiration of each other’s culture, and mutual economic...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/india-to-uk-immigration-relationship-steeped-in-history-and-united-in-opportunity/
The concept of philosophical belief is protected by the Equality Act 2010 – and many top employment solicitors will point to the case of Grainger plc v Nicholson as setting...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/indirect-discrimination-and-philosophical-belief/
If you want to move countries with your children after a divorce, it is not as simple as just jumping on a plane and waving goodbye to your old life....
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/international-families-can-you-relocate-after-divorce/
Following divorce, it is not uncommon for a parent to wish to move to a new geographic location with the child or children of the relationship. As good Family Solicitors...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/international-relocation-following-divorce-the-immigration-issues/
The best London family and Immigration solicitors know all about the trials that some UK parents experience with international surrogacy. They therefore welcome the news that the Law Commission will...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/international-surrogacy-the-case-for-reform/
With the long summer break coming up for sixth form and university students, and for those who have recently graduated, the competitive nature of the job market will mean many...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/internships-busting-5-legal-myths/
In this week’s article, we talk to Andrew Smith, Managing Director and founder of Albany Investment. Andrew has recently provided submissions to Professor Sir David Metcalf’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/ots-academy/interview-with-andrew-smith-uk-investor-and-entrepreneur-visa-applications/
We are delighted that Dr Harry Hagopian has agreed to join our growing list of consultants. Harry is a Public International lawyer who has been deeply immersed in the legal...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/interview-with-dr-harry-hagopian/
Dr Navasardyan is a registered European lawyer who has been working in our business immigration department since 2015. Lusine has been a member of Bucharest Bar since 2005. In 2007...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/interview-with-dr-lusine-navasardyan/
Earlier this year we interviewed Mr Paul Gulbenkian, a retired Immigration tribunal judge and consultant at OTS Solicitors. Paul is a founder member of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA)...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/interview-with-former-immigration-tribunal-judge-mr-paul-gulbenkian/
Mr Paul Gulbenkian is an Emeritus Immigration Tribunal Judge and crown court recorder who specialises in the field of Immigration Law. He particularly engages in business immigration, personal Immigration and...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/introducing-emeritus-judge-of-the-tribunal-and-senior-solicitor-mr-paul-gulbenkian/
In April 2018, Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division of the courts in England and Wales, issued interim guidance relating to defective divorce petitions and decrees. As any...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/invalid-divorce-interim-guidance/
Has Teresa May Been Whispering In Frances Fitzgerald’s Ear? It is no secret that Home Secretary Teresa May is focused on reducing UK Immigration numbers, and that one of her...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/irelands-delay-in-issuing-visas-under-the-eea-surinder-singh-route/
Unreasonableness. Irrationality. The Wednesbury principle. Proportionality. These terms are often bandied about by Immigration solicitors, often bamboozling even the best law students. This article aims to take on the challenging...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/irrationality-and-proportionality-in-judicial-review-claims/
You would think that with the end of free movement on the 31 December 2020 that the UK government would be encouraging EU nationals already living and working in the...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/its-getting-difficult-for-eu-nationals-to-become-british-citizens/
Human Rights groups and some of London’s best Immigration lawyers are alarmed at the death of a Jamaican national at Morton Hall Immigration removal centre in Lincoln on 3rd October...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/jamaican-national-dies-in-uk-detention-centre/
By Oshin Shahiean of OTS Solicitors The United Kingdom is the only country in the European Union that has no statutory time limits on Immigration detention. The UK courts up...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/jn-v-united-kingdom-lengthy-immigration-detention-periods-do-violate-european-convention/
In collaboration with our guest speaker Mr Andrew Wilson Head of Employment Law and HR Services at THSP Risk Management, Teni Shahiean of OTS Solicitors is delighted to announce another...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/ots-academy/join-our-live-webinar-brexit-and-the-changes-to-business-immigration/
The Court of Appeal has severely criticised the Home Office for administrative incompetence regarding the processing of Immigration applications. Secretary of State for the Home Department v Said [2018] EWCA...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/judges-severely-criticise-home-office-for-immigration-decision-delays/
– By Oshin Shahiean of OTS Solicitors The Court of Appeal has recently addressed the complex meaning of ‘totally without merit’ in the case of Samia Wasif and another v...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/judicial-review-unravelling-the-meaning-of-totally-without-merit/
The recent case of AM (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 1123, provided the Court of Appeal with the opportunity to set out guidance...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/judicial-review-procedural-fairness-and-asylum-claims-am-afghanistan-v-secretary-of-state/
Britain will have a new Bill of Rights. The Human Rights Act 1998 will be scrapped in favour of a British bill of rights according to new Justice Secretary, Liz...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/justice-secretary-promises-new-bill-of-rights/
Few HR directors and/or employers fully contemplate how complex, detailed and time-consuming UK Sponsor Licence compliance obligations and audit preparations are. One of the best ways to ensure time spent...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/key-questions-about-sponsor-licence-audit-and-compliance-answered/
During the initial disclosures made by the then Home Secretary Amber Rudd as the Windrush scandal broke, it was asserted that there was nothing to suggest that any members of...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/labour-commits-to-abolish-immigration-detention-centres-as-provisional-figures-show-wrongful/
If Labour wins the UK elections on 8th June 2017, Skype families may become a thing of the past. Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to scrap the minimum income requirement for...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/labour-pledges-to-scrap-minimum-income-requirement-for-foreign-spouses/
By Stephen Slater, Senior Caseworker & In-House Advocate at OTS Solicitors At the end of tenancy there is a familiar scenario, landlords want to retain the tenant deposit and tenants...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/landlord-and-tenant-deposit-disputes/
As landlord and tenant solicitors we have seen a rise in deposit disputes between landlords and tenants at the end of tenancy agreements. Senior housing caseworker, Nollienne Alparaque, hasn’t conducted...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/landlord-and-tenant-deposit-disputes-0/
landlords never cease to be amazed by how some tenants will go through their entire tenancy without calling them or the letting agent to sort out repairs whilst other tenants...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/landlord-and-tenant-repair-obligations/
It was a case that was being followed closely by Landlord and tenant solicitors and yesterday the court of appeal ruled in the case of Trecarrell House Limited and Patricia...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/landlord-wins-section-21-possession-case-gas-safety-certificates/
By Oshin Shahiean of OTS Solicitors This article was first published in the The Letting Update Journal April 2016 Issue. To download a copy please see the PDF version below...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/landlords-legal-obligations-regarding-right-to-rent-checks/
The House of Commons released a report on the 12 May providing more information and analysis on the new points based Immigration system due to come into effect on the...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/latest-developments-in-the-new-points-based-immigration-system/
For landlord and tenant solicitors the next important date in the diary is the 23 August 2020. That’s when the new practice direction 55C comes into force. The practice direction...
https://www.otssolicitors.co.uk/news/latest-developments-possession-proceedings-and-covid-19/
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