Immigration roundup: October 2025
Shownotes
Our October round up is here! Barry does the honours thistime around with the statement of changes and Sonia foreshadows some bad news potentially coming next week. Barry shares an AI horror story that is really one for the ages (so far) after Sonia’s segment on the latest lawyers to fallfoul of AI hallucinated case citations. We also cover a new briefing on biometric excuses and predeterminations, sponsor licence enforcement, the rules around supplementary (not secondary) employment and new legislation in force on deprivation cases.
There are also loads of new cases, from a grandmotherbattling a 23 year old deportation order so that she can join her family in the UK, to some dodgy interviewing practices by the Home Office, unrepresented appellants and decisions on the papers, and Sonia and Barry do their usual scratchingof heads over the Home Office’s decision to fight a fairly obvious case about an email all the way to the Court of Appeal.
The 37 minute podcast follows the running order below:
Statement of changes (02:00)
Date set for commencement of new student, graduate and work immigration rules
New suitability rules will apply to Appendix FM and other human rights applications
Visa requirement imposed on Botswana nationals to prevent asylum claims
Procedure (15:20)
Two more immigration lawyers facing potential disciplinary proceedings for misuse of AI
How to apply to come to the UK when you can’t travel safely to enrol your biometrics
Immigration enforcement interview at train station ruled procedurally unfair
Work routes (27:18)
When is supplementary employment permitted and what are the rules?
Surge in sponsor licence enforcement: what immigration practitioners need to know
Detention (30:50)
High Court clarifies the limits of electronic monitoring immigration bail powers
Human rights (31:45)
Grandmother to remain separated from her family after Home Secretary success in deportation case
Successful challenge to certification of human rights claim for gay man
Nationality (34:20)
What does the new law on deprivation of British citizenship do?
Upper Tribunal gives guidance on children’s best interests in deprivation appeals
Updated (35:30)
Briefing: what is the Common Travel Area and how does it work?
Briefing: “Hamid” disciplinary hearings for immigration lawyers
What is the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration?
Briefing: what is the ‘right of abode’ in UK immigration and nationality law?
Age assessments: what happens when a child arrives in the UK?