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See also consultation. Family migration changes announced - updated; New Statement of Intent on family migration; Can reducing immigration be a legitimate aim in human rights law?

Changes to the family immigration rules: Who they affect; Family Migration: New rules to be introduced from 09-Jul-12

The New Rules; New Immigration Rules brought in immediately

The Case of the Lost Prerogative

A way to legally circumvent new immigration rules

Partners and other family members
Settlement (SET) 
Maintenance & Accommodation (MAA)

Chapter 8 - Appendix FM (family members)
Chapter 8 - Family members transitional arrangements
Other cross-cutting information

Immigration Rules
> Part 8 - Family members
> Appendix FM: Family members
> Appendix FM-SE: Family members - specified evidence

New English language testing for partners
Knowledge of language and life in the UK

Medical issues (MED); NHS

Do also read Form SET(M)'s requirements now.

Some case laws:

Older dependent relatives
Settlement rules for spouses
Sole responsibility
Disabled sponsor
Victims of domestic violence - Balakoohi, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWHC 1439 (Admin) (01 June 2012)
3rd Party Support & Accommodation.
Discretionary Leave case
320(11)
Chikwamba
GS (public funds - tax credits) India [2010] UKUT 419 (IAC)
French v Entry Clearance Officer Kingston [2011] EWCA Civ 35 (31 January 2011)
Jahangara Begum and others (maintenance - savings) Bangladesh [2011] UKUT 00246 (IAC) (14 June 2011)
Best interests of children: new Supreme Court case
Omotunde (best interests - Zambrano applied - Razgar) Nigeria [2011] UKUT 00247(IAC); UKBA's policy
Seven year child concession policy
284 and article 8; MH; BN, R; AJ
E-A (Article 8 best interests of child) Nigeria [2011] UKUT 00315 (IAC)
A.A. v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 8000/08 [2011] ECHR 1345 (20 September 2011) Article 8
Important new case on children
Effect of Quila; Spouse visa age lowered; Review of spouse cases refused on age alone
Best interests of children;
Tribunal’s view on Sapkota
The best interests of children living outside the United Kingdom
Subsisting marriage
Sanade and others (British children - Zambrano – Dereci) [2012] UKUT 00048 (IAC)
AX (family planning scheme) China CG [2012] UKUT 97 (IAC) (16 April 2012)
Extradition, Article 8 and the rights of the child
DH (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 1736 (21 December 2012) (scope of the Zambrano principle)
Human rights and the immigration rules > Izuazu (Article 8 – new rules) [2013] UKUT 45 (IAC)
Ahmed (benefits: proof of receipt; evidence) Bangladesh [2013] UKUT 84 (IAC) (26 February 2013)
Campbell (exclusion; Zambrano) Jamaica [2013] UKUT 147 (IAC) (21 March 2013)
High Court rejects May’s high politics > Nagre, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 720 (Admin) (28 March 2013) (lawfulness of paragraph 276ADE and Section EX.1)
The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Chapti/Bibi on pre-entry English tests > Bibi & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Rev 1) [2013] EWCA Civ 322 (12 April 2013) (pre-Entry English language test)
Zhang, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 891 (Admin) (18 April 2013) (319C(h)(i))
Azimi-Moayed and others (decisions affecting children; onward appeals) Iran [2013] UKUT 197 (IAC) (15 April 2013)
SM & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1144 (Admin) (08 May 2013) (children - discretionary leave or ILR?)
AJ (Bangladesh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 493 (21 March 2013) (deportation after serious crime)
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