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Advising EU citizens on Settled Status applications may be illegal, warns OISC

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Advising EU citizens on Settled Status applications may be illegal, warns OISC

Post by NikiGio » Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:32 pm

Hi All

What are your thoughts on this - does it affect the advice being given on this forum? Presume most people giving their opinion are not OISC registered.

https://www.freemovement.org.uk/advisin ... -regulator
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Re: Advising EU citizens on Settled Status applications may be illegal, warns OISC

Post by marcnath » Wed Dec 05, 2018 10:28 pm

This is something I have been aware of. I am sure some of the others are too.

I always try to mitigate this in a few ways
1. It says "it is illegal to give immigration advice to an individual" - I believe sharing information on a public forum is not delivery to an individual - it is a general statement. There are clear examples of people just reading other people's posts and gaining from it - which reinforces this.
2. Message footer emphasises that I am not giving advice.
3. I often use the language - "If it was me ... this is how I would do it" instead of "you should be doing this ..".

Lastly, even if a strict reading of the Act may cause problems, I doubt we are worth prosecuting. No one is making money or misleading people as the examples in the article do.
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Re: Advising EU citizens on Settled Status applications may be illegal, warns OISC

Post by NikiGio » Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:05 pm

Thanks, sounds reasonable.
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