Any update regarding JR please... Update on Judicial Review date "Thursday 09 November 2006" Harvey Son & Filby Solicitors have been informed by the Court that the decision on the preliminary application will be made after the BAPIO case is heard in the beginning of December. Correspo...

A preliminary appeal for hardship cases has been published, http://www.vbsi.org.uk/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=46&cntnt01returnid=15 , as well as SK's latest letter: http://www.vbsi.org.uk/index.php?page=stephen_kong . Please send your stories. Can VBSI or MR Andrew...

Fellow immigrants in the US have similar problems with their Government and Green Cards: http://immigrationvoice.org/ Coming back to the reality. Could VBSI please let us know how to contribute to the Judicial Review? We will issue a detailed statement as soon as we hear about the outcome of the pre...

There are not too many people visiting VBSI website at the moment and majority of the skilled immigrants are unaware about VBSI's efforts. Is this a good idea to advertise the VBSI banner/ link on the famous immigration websites like www.workpermit.com etc? More skilled immigrants know about VBSI, ...

easylife4me wrote:please update the situation..
please let us know whats happening

Sorry we're still keeping you in the dark regarding our Friday's meeting with SK. It's just that those who attended it had to go to overseas conferences straight after it. We'll try to compile a more detailed update shortly.

Well, not sure if you're aware, but Australia has also just made an amendment to their residency requirements. It will now also take a year longer. HOWEVER, this new legislation, which will come into effect in January 2007, WILL NOT affect current visa holders in Australia. In Australia and Canada,...

mahin1110, a few weeks ago, a11 wrote here http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?p=50208#50208 : "Christine Lee has selected 20 rejection cases which she believes have a fair chance to be won. She has hired a QC to deal with them. She is going to fund him from her budget. But she asked...

hvac2006's MP's letter has now been published here http://www.vbsi.org.uk/index.php?page=responses_from_the_mps , along with a letter from the HO addressed to Mike Wood: http://www.vbsi.org.uk/uploads/Docs/JoanRyanToMikeWood.pdf . I note that the HO letter is signed by Joan Ryan (Parliamentary Under...

hvac2006, If I were this MP, I would be as furious as people directly affected by the rule change. Do you think your MP may wish to continue to interrogate the IND? It may be useful if he spoke with Andrew Dismore MP, as AD was promised by LB in a face to face meeting that his replies "would no...

WP_Holder_05_2002, this just came in to info at vbsi, which is relevant to what you are suggesting : "as VBSI have pointed out before, it could be in the Government's best interests to keep delaying a decision, since fewer and fewer people will be effected by the 4 - 5 change as time passes. Ho...

In order to collect as much information as possible about a potential legal case, it could be useful if as many affected people as possible sought legal advice and shared it with others either here or discretely by email to BadPaul. This does not have to be expensive. There is a citizens advice bure...

RobinLondon, a few weeks ago, a11 wrote here: "the law itself is not retrospective. Its effects are, but the law itself isn't." http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?p=50208#50208 The law firms, so far, can be divided into three categories: 1) SK is in a class of his own, his firm...

dnicky, please email BadPaul http://vbsi.org.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=170#170 , he has already done a lot of background work and would be glad to meet with you and all who joins you.

good idea, if you can put the poll asking how the perception of people changed after before the changes to 4-5, i will get people to vote. I set up the poll at http://www.vbsi.org.uk/ . We may want to move it to the navigation margin later, but I put it in the most prominent place for now. I kept t...

VBSI is waiting for the Minister's response expected in mid-September, when both himself and the Parliament come back from holidays. If he doesn't respond as he promised, we will seek ways to get through to him and remind about the problem (this will be done via MPs). At the same time, VBSI have wr...

I received this email from a friend: "I've been looking through the Immigrationboards site and am a bit concerned at what I see. I agree with those who are saying that it's naive to think the government will reverse the 4 to 5 decision (indeed, I'm starting to worry about what other bad things ...

UnfairRules, was this ugly reply signed by the minister himself or sent by the IND correspondence team? Is it very different from this one: http://vbsi.org.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=140#140 ? If yes, could you please send a copy to info at vbsi or to BadPaul http://vbsi.org.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p...

simar, the guide says on page 5: "You should have been free from immigration time restrictions during the last 12 months of this period." In other words, you will need to have had ILR for a year before becoming eligible.

munhumutapa, please have a look at http://www.vbsi.org.uk/index.php?page=in_the_media , http://www.vbsi.org.uk/index.php?page=vbsi_on_bbc , and http://www.vbsi.org.uk/index.php?page=tnt_mag_introduces_vbsi Many immigrant communities know about the campaign : http://www.vbsi.org.uk/index.php?page=web...

Joanne, These minutes were posted here http://vbsi.org.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=41 , here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indefinite_leave_to_remain#Immigration_rule_changes_-_ILR45 , and here http://www.vbsi.org.uk/index.php?page=responses_from_the_mps This is how LB and other Labour MPs talk to oppo...

BadPaul wrote:By the way, the QC defending the Afghans is the same one BAPIO used in their case against the HO !

Could it be the same QC, who is going to represent CL's clients in case lobbying fails?

I suppose if people want to start a sub -group in VBSI , there is no need to get anyone's premission! Exactly! There is no barrier for joining. Or, rather, the barrier is purely psychological. All it takes an email to info at vbsi.org.uk . No one needs anyone's permission to do anything. The VBSI e...

Paul, good to have you back! VBSI although claims it represents the skilled immigrants, fails to recognize and to consider the legal alternative. It is not true. A lot of effort has been put into sorting the misunderstanding and misinterpetations out on this forum. Legal alternative is considered, b...

SSI donot you worry about it may be already too late to start the legal action? Alien has just expressed the same point we heard from CL and deduced ourselves from freely available legal documents. The proposed route, so far, is : apply for ILR, receive rejection, appeal, and go to court. A (predic...

let us look at the bigger picture! The current situation is that we are waiting for Liam Byrne's response to a very clear point made to him by the VBSI and NLCA. If his response is negative (or if he stalls for too long) we need to decide as to what to do next. Several people, and I agree with them...