The Immigration Advice Authority, formerly known as the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner or ‘OISC’, is a governmental body established by the Immigration and
The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, or OISC to everyone who knew it, is being renamed from today as the Immigration Advice Authority. A
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg handed down judgment in two separate cases in December addressing the subject of family life between adult
What should happen where young children are carried in a small boat to the United Kingdom and thereby separated from their parents in France? Should the
Every year I put together a round up of what’s been going on in the immigration world and here on Free Movement over the last
We are running a two week sale on Free Movement annual and small group memberships for new and lapsed members from 1 to 14 January
We’ll be increasing the prices of our webinars and workshops from 2 January 2025 to account for inflation. It’s not going to be a massive
After the ban on grants of leave to those in the inadmissibility process was lifted following the change in government earlier this year, there has
We are looking to recruit one or more consultant trainers to deliver our introductory and advanced four-week immigration and asylum law courses. We started delivering
The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, or OISC as we all call it, is to be abolished in the new year. It will be
The Immigration Advice Authority, formerly known as the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner or ‘OISC’, is a governmental body established by the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to regulate the provision of immigration advice and services throughout the UK. The Immigration Advice Authority has around 60 staff. The Immigration...
The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, or OISC to everyone who knew it, is being renamed from today as the Immigration Advice Authority. A colourful new logo is also being deployed. There is not a huge amount to say about it other than it is a pain. It is...
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg handed down judgment in two separate cases in December addressing the subject of family life between adult family members outside the “core” nuclear family of spouses, partners, parents and minor children. The court confirms that “additional elements of dependence, involving more than...
What should happen where young children are carried in a small boat to the United Kingdom and thereby separated from their parents in France? Should the children be returned to France to be reunited with their parents there? Or should the parents be admitted to the United Kingdom to be reunited...
We are running a two week sale on Free Movement annual and small group memberships for new and lapsed members from 1 to 14 January 2025. The deal is half price for the first year and then membership automatically renews at full price unless cancelled in the meantime. Small groups...
After the ban on grants of leave to those in the inadmissibility process was lifted following the change in government earlier this year, there has finally started to be some progress on deciding asylum claims. However early signs are that that the emphasis on fast decision making is coming at...
We are looking to recruit one or more consultant trainers to deliver our introductory and advanced four-week immigration and asylum law courses. We started delivering these in 2023 and they have proven to be very popular. Each one has sold out so far, in fact, so we’re planning to run...
The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, or OISC as we all call it, is to be abolished in the new year. It will be replaced by a new-look Immigration Advice Authority, or IAA. Not to be confused with the Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme (IAAS) run by the Law...
