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UK immigration: digital-only status measures, NRPF research, enforcement algorithms, irregular migration estimates, ONS population growth, MIR equality impact, legal aid briefing, CJEU AG opinion

Published on: 10 October 2024

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  • UK immigration control: how it works
  • Family routes
  • Long residence, discretion and human rights
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  • Future developments—Immigration calendar

Our Immigration calendar outlines key forthcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers.

UK immigration control: how it works

Digitisation implementation measures will include less NTL evidence

On 1 October 2024, the Minister for Migration and Citizenship, Seema Malhotra MP, answered a joint letter from organisations including the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA), titled ‘Grave Concerns Regarding Digital-only Immigration Status’. Her reply seeks to address major worries about replacing physical immigration documents with digital-only proof of status, and lists measures being introduced, including lowering the evidential burden for No Time Limit (NTL) applications. The ILPA letter had labelled the digital-only policy ‘inherently poor’, highlighting multiple risks linked to the shift. These cover the ineffectiveness of the digital system, challenges for third parties and vulnerable individuals in using digital services, travel-related concerns, limited awareness of key details, and continuing technological problems...

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