News story: EU Settlement Scheme rolled out to public test phase
After successful private pilots of the system, the next testing phase of the EU Settlement Scheme is now opening more widely.
Landlords aren't renting to migrants because of the hostile environment Sajid Javid created
JCWI’s Legal Policy Director, Chai Patel, describes how the current Government is perpetuating the days of ‘No Blacks, No Irish’ signs through the Right to Rent scheme, which forces ordinary landlords to check prospective tenants’ immigration system and creates border controls in our communities. JCWI is fighting this policy in the High Court. Click here…
News story: Online right to work checks
Employers will be able to rely on an online Right to Work Checking Service to demonstrate compliance with illegal working legislation.
Training terms and conditions
How to book a course JCWI offers discounted course fees for members. Find out more about our membership. Booking fees are shown excluding VAT. The easiest way is to book online. Your booking will be confirmed with an email. Please note a £3 handling fee is charged on all on-line bookings. Booking Procedure and Payment: Bookings will…
Zoe Gardner – Policy Adviser
Zoe joined JCWI in 2018, joining the policy team. She is a researcher and grassroots campaigner on migrants’ rights in the UK and across Europe. She previously worked in communications and policy roles at Asylum Aid, the Race Equality Foundation and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles in Brussels.
A Guide to Spouse/Partner Visa Rules post-MM – May 2018
This note is for people who want to apply to live in the UK as the spouse or partner of: a British citizen, someone settled in the UK (with indefinite leave to remain), or someone with UK refugee status. Click here to read the guide. It applies both to people who are not currently in…
Our Funding
Like many charities, we fund our work through a combination of membership fees, selling goods and services (merchandise, publications and training), donations from the general public and grants from trusts & foundations. We also have a contract with the Legal Aid Agency to provide immigration legal advice. You can learn more about our funding by…
Ellen Fotheringham – Trainee Solicitor
Ellen studied law and gained experience working in asylum and immigration firms in Scotland before she started work at JCWI in 2016 She is an IASS level 2 accredited caseworker and trainee solicitor, supervised by Nicola Burgess. She has developed her practice in a wide range of areas including asylum, applications under the immigration rules…
Our legal challenge
Hundreds of thousands of EU citizens living in the UK have no guarantee that they will be able to stay, because the Government has broken its promise to give status to everyone who is not a serious criminal. New immigration rules that came into effect in August bar Home Office officials from granting settled status…