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22.12.2023 - Deprivation of British citizenship without advance notice is lawful, concludes Upper Tribunal
The Upper Tribunal has held that it is lawful for the Home Secretary to deprive a person of their British citizenship without notice, in this case because of a concern that the second nationality would be renounced. Renunciation would have meant that deprivation of British citizenship would be at risk of being held unlawful as it would have left the appellant stateless. The case is Kolicaj (Deprivation: procedure and discretion) Albania UKUT 294 (IAC). The appellant was notified that he had been deprived of his citizenship on the same day that he had been notified that it was under review due ...
22.12.2023 - Changes to National insurance contributions for employees and self-employed persons for 2024
There will be a cut in the main rate of Employee’s National Insurance contributions from 6 January 2024. This will see Class 1 National insurance contributions reduced by 2%, from 12% to 10%, in a change set to benefit some 27 million employees.
This reduction will only apply to annual earnings between £12,570 and £50,270, meaning that the maximum saving is £754 a year. Average earners, bringing home £35,400, will be £450 better off. As the main rate will be reduced from 6 January 2024, employees will, unusually, see a benefit before the start of the next tax year.
How are these reductions in ...
21.12.2023 - Article 8 not automatically engaged by a refusal under the EU Settlement Scheme
In Dani (non-removal human rights submissions) Albania UKUT 293 (IAC) the Upper Tribunal has said that an application made under the EU settlement scheme does not in itself amount to a human rights claim. This is yet another case where people trying to access their rights under the EU settlement scheme have been penalised owing to an inability to get married during the pandemic.
Background
The Home Secretary rejected the appellant’s application for pre-settled status on the basis that the marriage took place after 31 December 2020 and the appellant had not been issued with a relevant document
21.12.2023 - Home Office row back on salary threshold for family/spouse visa
The government has rowed back on plans to hike the salary needed to bring family members to the UK to £38,700 next spring.
Now, the new salary threshold shall be set at £29,000.
The increase - from the current level of £18,600 - was announced earlier this month as part of a plan to lower legal migration.
But the new threshold will initially be set at £29,000, with further increases at unspecified dates thereafter.
Ministers had been facing pressure over the issue in recent weeks, amid warnings the new visa rules would keep families apart.
The government unveiled a package of measures to lower ...
20.12.2023 - UK inflation falls sharply to 3.9%
UK inflation has fallen to its lowest level for more than two years, driven largely by a drop in fuel prices.
Prices rose by 3.9% in the year to November, down from 4.6% in October.
Slowing price rises for food, including staples such as pasta, milk and butter, as well as for household goods were also behind the fall.
But while inflation, which is the rate prices rise at, is now well down from its peak in 2022, it is still almost double the Bank of England's 2% target.
Falling inflation also does not mean most goods and services are cheaper, but rather prices are rising less quickly.
Grant Fit...
20.12.2023 - EU rules set to transform VAT fraud detection in e-commerce come into effect from 1 January 2024
From 1 January 2024, payment service providers (PSPs) offering payment services in the EU will be required to monitor the payees of cross-border payments. PSPs will be required to provide to the tax administrations in member states information of any business that receives more than 25 cross-border payments per quarter.
The information provided will be stored in a centralised EU database, the central electronic system of payment information (CESOP), where it can be cross-checked against other European databases. The information in CESOP will be made available to anti-fraud experts in EU membe...
19.12.2023 - Scottish Budget: Higher earners to pay more income tax
Higher earners in Scotland are to pay more income tax.
A new 45% band will be introduced for people earning between £75,000 and £125,140 - meaning they will pay more tax than they currently do.
The top rate of tax, paid by those earning more than £125,000, will also rise from 47% to 48%.
Finance Secretary Shona Robison confirmed the move as she unveiled the government's budget for next year.
The changes mean Scotland will have six income tax bands while the rest of the UK has three, with higher earners in Scotland paying more than other parts of the country.
They are designed to help plug a £1...
18.12.2023 - Legal action planned over UK’s new income threshold rules for spouse visa
Multinational families threatened with division or exile by tough new income thresholds for living together in the UK are planning legal action to overturn the “cruel and inhumane” policy.
Thousands of families with one British partner and one born abroad will be hit by the government’s announcement that from next spring, only people earning £38,700 will be allowed to bring family members to join them – up from £18,600 at the moment. Many may be forced either to live separately or to leave Britain to be together.
Reunite Families, a support and campaign organisation for people affected by immi...
08.12.2023 - Home Office unaware of the extent to which ‘mystery’ stamp has been used to grant entry to UK in error
An Albanian national was mistakenly allowed to enter the UK by an immigration officer who used a stamp described by the Home Office Presenting Officer as “a stamp which is regularly encountered, but the use of which is shrouded in mystery”. As a result, he did not meet the requirements of Appendix EU. That is the conclusion reached by the Upper Tribunal in Allaraj (EEA EFMs, admission, IO’s stamps) [2023] UKUT 00277.
Background
On 5 December 2020 the appellant travelled from the Czech Republic with his Czech national partner. His passport was stamped by an immigration officer in France stating...
07.12.2023 - Changes to the application submission procedure under the Ukraine schemes for nationals of Ukraine
The Home Office have made a change to the application process under these schemes from 7 December 2023.
Now all applicants to the Ukraine schemes are now required to attend a Visa Application Centre (VAC) to submit visa applications and before travelling to the UK. At the VAC, applicants will have their photograph and fingerprints taken.
Applicants who are under 5 years old are not required to provide their fingerprints but must still provide a live scan facial image as a biometric.
Applicants, whose applications are approved, will receive a notification, and before travelling to the UK will b...
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