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UK Family migration rules tightened from 9th july 2012.For those who already settled in UK its a nightmare to bring their families.



Home Office has changed Immigration Rules for non-European Economic Area (non-EEA) nationals applying to enter or remain in the UK on the family migration route.

From July 2012, only those earning at least £18,600 will be able to bring in a non-EEA spouse or partner, fiancĂ©(e) or proposed civil partner.

Those with children will need to earn £22,400 for one child and an additional £2,400 for each additional child.

The Home Office has also extended the minimum probationary period for settlement for non-EEA spouses and partners from two years to five years. This is being done, according to the Home Office, to test the genuineness of the relationship and to deter sham marriages.

Immediate settlement for migrant spouses and partners where a couple have been living together overseas for at least four years has also been abolished.

From October 2013, all applicants for settlement will be required to pass the Life in the UK Test and present an English language speaking and listening qualification at B1 level or above of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages unless they are exempt.

Under the new rules, adult and elderly dependants will be allowed to settle in the UK only where they can demonstrate that, as a result of age, illness or disability, they require a level of long-term personal care that can only be provided by a relative in the UK. They’ll also be required to apply from overseas rather than switch in the UK from another category, for example as a visitor.

The Home Secretary Theresa May said: “To play a full part in British life, family migrants must be able to integrate – that means they must speak our language and pay their way. This is fair to applicants, but also fair to the public.”

Family visit visa appeals have been restricted, initially by narrowing the current definitions of family and sponsor for appeal purposes. Should the Parliament approve the Crime and Courts Bill which was published on 11th May 2012, the full right of appeal against refusal of a family visit visa will be removed.

The Home Secretary has also announced what the Home Office described as “decisive action to protect the public from foreign offenders who try to abuse human rights legislation to prevent their removal from the UK.”

“It is unacceptable that foreign nationals whose criminal behaviour undermines our way of life can use weak human rights claims to dodge deportation,” Ms. May said. “We want these new rules to make it clear when the rights of the law abiding majority will outweigh a foreign criminal's right to family and private life. By voting on this in the House of Commons, Parliament will define for the first time where the balance should lie.”




The government has laid in Parliament the regulations that will remove the full right of appeal for those applying to enter the UK as a family visitor.

The Immigration Appeals (Family Visitor) Regulations 2012 was laid in Parliament on 18th June 2012.


These regulations will come into effect from 9th July 2012.

They will change the appeal rights of family visit visa applicants, with those applying to visit their uncle, aunt, nephew niece or first cousin, or a relative who does not have settled, refugee or humanitarian protection status in the UK.

These relatives will no longer have a full right of appeal if their visa applications are refused. A limited right of appeal will remain for these people on human rights and race discrimination grounds.

The Crime and Courts Bill which was published on 10th May 2012, will, subject to Parliamentary approval, remove the full right of appeal against all family visit visa refusals. It is expected to come into force by 2014.

With new iPhone 5 to Get Infinite Battery Life?

If your iPhone battery has you seeing red more often than green, you’ll love what may be coming in the iPhone 5. The US Patent Office granted Apple a new patentyesterday for a technology that could potentially extend the life of the next iPhone battery for months, if not longer.

How does it work? If you’ve see one of those flashlights you can charge by shaking, you get the concept. In the flashlight, a movable magnet passes through a wire coil and generates electricity, which is used to recharge the batteries. The technique is called “induction charging”.

The problem with using the technology in mobile devices has been bulk. As Apple says in the patent,

“To achieve meaningful output power, a traditional system typically includes thick coils of wire that add to the system’s overall size. Moreover, the wire coils and magnet of a traditional system are often housed in an inefficient manner that further adds to the system’s overall size.”

Apple solved the problem by creating an ultra-thin “printed” version of the usual wire coil. Small magnets will slide past the coil when a user moves the device or walks, creating a current, and recharging the phone. While it’s unknown what the impact will be on battery life, it’s likely to be significant.

The patent is important for a few reasons:

1. Users are engaging with their phones more than ever, and battery life will become even more important than it is already. It’s possible the iPhone 5 will use the technology to get a huge jump on phones like the Razr Maxx, which currently boasts use time that far exceeds the iPhone 4s. But whenever it is released, the technology will dramatically bolster Apple’s market position.

2. When the technology is released, it will have dramatic impacts on mobile hardware and software development. Phones will able to use powerful (but power-hungry) components that have previously been off-limits. Developers will be able to take advantage of that new power, and can develop apps with less concern about battery life issues that may have constrained them before.

Developers who start thinking about how to take advantage of this new technology now will be in the best position to take advantage of it when it reaches the market.