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LONG RESIDENCE ROUTES
NEW RULES - 13 OCTOBER
2012 BY FAITH DEBAYO LLB
(Hons) Laws........ |
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Recent Immigration
News
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Home
Office
Announcement on
Immigration
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Changes to
applications
from overstayers
from 1 October
2012.
Changes to
applications
from overstayers
from 1 October
2012
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04 September
2012
In June 2012
UKBA announced
that from 1
October 2012
applications for
further leave
will be refused
if you have
overstayed your
leave by more
than 28 days at
the point you
made your
application. The
new rules
already apply to
applications
made under the
family migration
route and, from
1 October 2012,
will apply to
applications
under the
remaining routes
which were made
on or after 9
July 2012.
If you have
limited leave to
remain you must
ensure you apply
to extend your
leave in good
time if you are
applying for
further leave
under:
• the
points-based
system;
• all working
and student
routes;
• visiting
routes;
• long residency
routes;
• discharged HM
Forces; or
• UK ancestry
routes.
If you have
limited leave to
remain you must
ensure you apply
to extend your
leave, if
needed, in time.
If you wish to
remain in the UK
after the 28 day
period you
should leave the
UK and reapply
for a visa.
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Switching
from study to
Tier 2
The rules
changes do not
affect the
existing
requirement for
migrants seeking
to switch from a
study route into
Tier 2 of the
points-based
system. If you
are seeking to
switch from a
study route into
Tier 2 you must
have valid leave
to remain at the
point you make
your
application.
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Applying
under Tier 4
If you are
applying to
extend your Tier
4 (Student)
leave the gap
between the end
of your current
leave and the
start of your
studies must be
no more than 28
days. This
change will
affect all Tier
4 applications
for further
leave to remain
that are made on
or after 1
October 2012. We
will be updating
the Tier 4
(Student) policy
guidance to
reflect this
change:
< Click Here for
Further Advice and
Representation >
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