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By Charlotte Rubin on Dec 03, 2019 12:30 pm
 The EU Settlement Scheme has an application deadline, meaning that anyone who misses the cut-off to apply successfully for a post-Brexit status will be unlawfully resident in the UK. What will happen to people who have not made an application by the deadline is unclear. In the worst case scenario, it appears that the government intends to remove them from the UK. The Home Office says that people who miss the deadline for “a good reason” will still be able to apply. Thus far, no details have been given as to what constitutes a good reason. Indicatively perhaps, the Home Office guidance covering late applications from non-EU nationals contains a restrictive...
By John Vassiliou on Dec 03, 2019 08:00 am
 R (Al-Enein) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 2024 is another valiant but failed attempt to challenge the Home Office’s good character policy in relation to applications for British citizenship. The issue in this case was whether the policy of looking back at a person’s immigration status in the decade prior to the application was lawful. Mr Al-Enein had been in the UK without valid leave between 20 November 2007 and 27 January 2010, when he was removed to Lebanon. He returned to the UK lawfully in 2012 as the fiancé of a British citizen and subsequently progressed to indefinite leave to remain. He applied...
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