Resource Type: Family and Personal Migration

Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association Working Group on Family and Personal Migration

ILPA documents | Family and Personal Migration

ILPA Letter to Home Office Re: Fee Waiver Letters and Tokens (13 January 2026)

ILPA sent the below letter to the Human Rights and Family Policy Unit at the Home Office on 13 January 2026.
General | Key Documents

Joint Guide for Completing the Government’s Consultation on Earned Settlement (15 December 2025)

On 20 November 2025, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood MP announced sweeping changes to the current routes to settlement. The Government has opened a consultation on the changes which will close […]
General | Key Documents

Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 1491 (9 December 2025)

A Statement of Changes (‘SoC’) to the Immigration Rules (HC 1491) was published on 9 December 2025 and can be read here, alongside its accompanying Explanatory Memorandum. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary […]
ILPA documents | Key Documents

ILPA Response to Home Affairs Select Committee Inquiry into Routes to Settlement (8 December 2025)

ILPA submitted the below response to the Home Affairs Select Committee’s Inquiry into Routes to Settlement on 8 December 2025.
Minutes | Family and Personal Migration

Summary of ILPA Family & Personal Migration Working Group Meeting (12 November 2025)
ILPA documents | Family and Personal Migration

ILPA Comments Re: Draft Appendix VDA Guidance (18 November 2025)

Further to a request from the Home Office for feedback on proposed changes to the Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse (VDA) Guidance, ILPA submitted the below comments on the draft […]
Home Office Documents | Removals, Detention and Offences

Home Office Update Re: Statement on the Government’s Asylum Returns Policy (17 November 2025)

ILPA, as a member of the Asylum Stakeholder Engagement Group (ASEG), received the below stakeholder update from the Home Office on 17 November 2025 regarding the publication of “Restoring Order […]
Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Immigration Rules archive: 14 October 2025 to 3 November 2025 (7 November 2025). 

First published and added to Archive: Immigration Rules.
Home Office Documents | Key Documents

The below guidance has been updated to reflect the replacement of ‘Part 9: grounds for refusal’ with ‘Part Suitability’ in the Immigration Rules, in line with Statement of Changes HC1333: