Trainer: SRA regulated Solicitor
Level: OISC Level 2/ IAAS Intermediate
CPD: 6hrs
Online training: we will send a link to attend the course, hosted on Zoom, prior to the training.
This course is suitable for those sitting the OISC competence assessment at Level 2. It will provide delegates with an understanding of the main aspects of immigration and asylum law and practice.
Please note that due to the ground covered the course the trainer will move at a fairly intense pace. The course will include the substantive knowledge and also focus on those aspects of law and policy which are most topical and therefore more likely to be encountered in practice.
Timings: This course is split into two sessions.
Course content
- overview of UK immigration control; entry clearance, leave to enter and remain – the main categories of entry and stay under the Immigration Rules – working in the UK under the Point Based System and leave outside the rules;
- the rights of refugees and those with discretionary leave/humanitarian protection to family reunion etc;
- asylum application procedures;
- application of the European Convention of Human Rights to UK immigration decisions, absolute and qualified rights, the incorporation of Article 8 into the immigration rules and relevant case law;
- paragraph 320 – dealing with the general grounds for refusal and re-entry bans;
- enforcement of immigration control – offences; illegal entry and overstaying; new offences under 2016 Act; liability to administrative removal and deportation;
- detention and bail; powers of detention; how to secure release through bail from a CIO;
- entitlement to British citizenship and the right of abode; acquiring citizenship through registration/naturalisation/ discretionary applications;
- rights of appeal; time limits; appeal procedures;
- EEA nationals and their rights under EU law; the rights of family members who are third country nationals; procedures relating to residence documents and family permits; advising in the shadow of Brexit.