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  Asylum and Immigration Tribunal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) is a tribunal constituted in the United Kingdom with jurisdiction to hear appeals from many immigration decisions.
The predecessor of the AIT, the Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA), was an independent judicial body in the United Kingdom constituted under the Immigration Act of 1971.
Immigration Adjudicators considered appeals against decisions made by Immigration Officers, Entry Clearance Officers and the Home Secretary, with permanent centres in Islington in Central London, Hatton Cross, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Glasgow.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Immigration_Appellate_Authority   (478 words)

  
 AIT: FAQs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (also known as the AIT) is an independent body which hears appeals against decisions made by the Home Secretary to refuse a person asylum in the UK or to refuse entry or leave to remain and decisions to deport.
The Immigration Appellate Authority (also known as the IAA) was the predecessor of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.
Immigration judges are experienced lawyers and both they and the non-legal members of the Tribunal are independent of the government.
www.iaa.gov.uk /aboutus/faqs.htm   (2946 words)

  
 Center for Immigration Studies Web Sites
The American Immigration Law Foundation was formed in 1987 in order to increase public understanding of immigration law and policy and the value of immigration to American society, to promote public service and professional excellence in immigration practice, and to advance fundamental fairness and due process in U.S. immigration law and its administration.
The mission of Oregonians for Immigration Reform is to support the development of an Oregon state policy on illegal aliens and to uphold a sensible United States immigration policy entailing both illegal and legal immigration.
The Immigration Appellate Authority is an independent tribunal which exists to hear appeals from decisions made by the Home Secretary and his officials in asylum and immigration matters.
www.cis.org /websites.html   (3153 words)

  
 Department for Constitutional Affairs - Speeches - Speech to the Immigration Appellate Authority Residential Conference ...
Immigration judges will continue - as now - to determine the vast majority of cases on their own.
Designated Immigration Judges will be available locally to preside over hearings, provide advice and guidance, and undertake quality checks on promulgated decisions.
Senior Immigration Judges will act on behalf of the Administrative Court and the Court of Session in dealing with review applications during the transitional period.
www.dca.gov.uk /speeches/2004/lc280604.htm   (1802 words)

  
 GNN - Government News Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Authority is the independent tribunal that deals with appeals against decisions by the Home Office to refuse political asylum, entry to or leave to remain in the UK or deportation.
The administrative centre at Loughborough was set up as part of the IAA expansion programme to deal with increased numbers of asylum appeals arising from the reduction in the backlog of cases at the Home Office awaiting an initial decision on asylum claims.
Staff at the IAA administrative centre at Loughborough quality check the case bundles when they arrive from the Home Office, input key information about the case onto the file tracking system, allocate hearing dates to one of the IAA court centres, book interpreters and handle calls in the Customer Service Centre.
www.gnn.gov.uk /Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=48298   (414 words)

  
 refugee-rights@hrea.org - Job opportunities: Immigration Appellate Authority (London)
An executive agency of the Lord Chancellor's Department, operating through a network of centres across the UK, the IAA is an independent tribunal with responsibility for hearing appeals against decisions made by the Home Secretary and his officials in immigration and asylum matters.
Ensuring that the Authority's judiciary are kept fully up to date with all relevant information, our Legal and Research Unit has a critical role to play in maintaining a high quality of consistent decision making in immigration and asylum appeals.
In addition to undertaking vital legal research for the IAA judiciary and others within the organisation, you will be involved in researching political, social and human rights issues in asylum seekers countries of origin.
www.hrea.org /lists/refugee-rights/markup/msg00122.html   (1631 words)

  
 ° British Immigration ________________ °About Us ____________________________________   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
In Pakistan, the practice is dedicated exclusively to immigration law of all types with in the area of business and personal immigration.
At British Immigration (trade name of Ahmad and Co Consultants (Pvt) Ltd), we will assess your application against the relevant criteria and advise on the likelihood of success prior to lodging the application.
British Immigration (trade name of Ahmad and Co Consultants (Pvt) Ltd) has dealt with an extensive range of UK immigration matters, visas, appeals and nationality matters.
www.british-immigration.com /about.htm   (419 words)

  
 Migration News
Decisions were made on almost 120,000 applications in 2001, with asylum granted to 11,180 people, nine percent, and leave to remain given to 19,845, 17 percent; 87,990 applications were refused, with 75 percent of those refused asylum appealing the refusal.
Immigration Appellate Authority adjudicators heard 43,415 appeals, and granted asylum to 19 of the cases heard, and rejected asylum in 79 percent.
The government projected that the UK population would increase by five million by 2025, from 60 to 65 million, with 3.4 million of the increase due to immigration.
migration.ucdavis.edu /mn/comments.php?id=2795_0_4_0   (835 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Wales | New £3m asylum appeal centre
The first dedicated asylum appeals centre in Wales is planned to open in Newport by the end of the year at a cost of £3m.
The Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA) - the tribunal which deals with the appeals - has leased Columbus House in Chepstow Road, Newport.
The IAA have said that the court is not somewhere where asylum seekers will stay until their appeal is heard.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/wales/2291937.stm   (545 words)

  
 Annual Report 2000/2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
We referred last year to the challenge facing the Immigration Appellate Authority (or IAA, comprising the adjudicators and the Immigration Appeal Tribunal) in dealing speedily with the great volume of cases that had accumulated at the Home Office
The IAA is now making progress towards achieving a target of 65% of asylum cases to go through both tiers of appeal in 17 weeks.
The functions of the Tribunal are to hear appeals against decisions of the Immigration Services Commissioner concerning the registration and exemption of immigration advisers and to consider disciplinary charges brought by the Commissioner against immigration advisers.
www.council-on-tribunals.gov.uk /333.htm   (625 words)

  
 DJ WEBB UK IMMIGRATION SOLICITORS HOME PAGE
His in-depth knowledge and expertise of UK immigration and Nationality law and his ability in applying the law has made him particularly successful in winning many difficult immigration cases and appeals, both for individuals and corporate clients.
We undertake a great deal of appeal work before the Immigration Appellate Authority and are pleased to accept instructions to represent a client before an Immigration Adjudicator or Immigration Appeals Tribunal.
Such visits may be for consultation and assistance in the preparation of an application, to accompany a client to an immigration interview, or to travel with a client or his family on their first visit to the UK.
www.webbimmigration.com   (689 words)

  
 Immigration Appellate Authority
The Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA) is an independent judicial body in the United Kingdom constituted under the Immigration Act of 1971.
The IAA is split into two tiers; Immigration Adjudicators and the Immigration Appeal Tribunal
The Immigration Appeal Tribunal deals with applications for leave to appeal and appeals against decisions made by the Immigration Adjudicators, the main hearing centre being just off The Strand in Central London.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/immigration_appellate_authority   (207 words)

  
 The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal: Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal is the successor to the Immigration Appellate Authority and the Immigration Appeals Tribunal.
The Tribunal was set up under the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004 and came into being on 4th April 2005.
The purpose of the Tribunal is to hear and decide appeals against decisions made by the Home Office in matters of asylum, immigration and nationality.
www.iaa.gov.uk   (171 words)

  
 Fast Track Asylum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Immigration Minister Barbara Roche said that this would send a "strong signal to others thinking of exploiting our asylum system."
Asylum seekers will spend about seven days at the centre whilst the case is considered.
The Immigration Appellate Authority will aim to do an manifestly unfounded claims within three weeks.
homepages.nildram.co.uk /~worrelli/art166.htm   (180 words)

  
 Immigration Appellate Authority: 21 Jan 2002: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com)
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what training is given to adjudicators in the Immigration Appellate Authority.
Qualification for appointment for adjudicators is laid out in Paragraph 2, Schedule 3 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
This includes judicial practice, immigration and asylum law, discussion groups and practical exercises.
www.theyworkforyou.com /wrans/?id=2002-01-21.29241.h   (163 words)

  
 IAA - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
At the IAA in frankfurt: The future is...
Concept and practice: IAA Frankfurt -- the Frankfurt motor show -- was, as always, awash with new model launches, concept vehicles and ideas.
History of Rocketry and Astronautics: Proceedings of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth History Symposia of the International Academy of Astronautics Laus (Iaa History Symposia)
www.unipedia.info /IAA.html   (185 words)

  
 Immigration Appellate Authority: 7 Jan 2003: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Immigration Appellate Authority: 7 Jan 2003: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com)
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what the average length of time was from explanatory statement receipt to the fixing of a hearing date by the Immigration Appellate Authority in the last year for which figures are available.
Information is not kept on the average length of time from the explanatory statement receipt to the fixing of a hearing date by the Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA).
www.theyworkforyou.com /wrans/?id=2003-01-07.88566.h   (123 words)

  
 Refugee Law - Asylum Law - University of Michigan Law School
Catriona Jarvis was an Immigration Adjudicator for twelve years and is currently a Senior Immigration Judge on the United Kingdom Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) (formerly the Immigration Appeal Tribunal).
She has written about the judicial assessment of credibility in refugee appeals, was joint author of the IAA Asylum Gender Guidelines, and also contributed to the 2004 Chief Adjudicator Guidance Note on Children.
Currently, she teaches on London School of Economics LLM course in International Law and the Protection of Refugees, Displaced Persons and Migrants, is a member of the Editorial Board of Tootal's Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law and works for the Government of Gibraltar.
www.refugeecaselaw.org /subsitedetail.asp?subsiteid=38   (399 words)

  
 Immigration and Asylum Specialists at Guildhall Chambers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Guildhall Chambers is able to offer comprehensive advice in the areas of immigration and issues concerning non-nationals in the UK.
Tara Wolfe provides advice and representation at the Immigration Appellate Authority and the Immigration Appeal Tribunal covering the areas of immigration, refugee and human rights law.
Ian Glen QC has challenged cases concerning immigration through judicial review.
www.guildhallchambers.co.uk /Individual_Specialties/Immigration.html   (92 words)

  
 Welcome to Visas and Work Permits, Fernandes Vaz-Solicitors
Our services cover all aspects of British immigration and nationality law.
As one of the UK’s most active firms in the practice of Immigration and Nationality Law, we have a deep and up to date knowledge of the way this law is implemented.This allows us to provide clients with accurate legal advice with confidence.
Once briefed we are able to prepare applications and supporting documentation quickly and efficiently and to ensure that it is submitted to the authorities to ensure the fastest possible results.We are proud of our reputation for success and work hard to maintain and build it.
www.visasandworkpermits.uk.com   (177 words)

  
 Electronic Immigration Network: Events
This is the first of three Training Lectures given by Mark Symes, on the subject of advocacy before the IAA, organised by HJT Research, producers of the ICCID country information database on the EIN.
[Mark Symes, editor of "Statements of Principle of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal", author of "Caselaw on the Refugee Convention", and co-author, with Peter Jorro of "Asylum Law and Practice", set for publication by Butterworths later this month (Oct 2003)]
Course One aims to familiarize practitioners with, and reinforce existing knowledge of, methods of high quality asylum appeal preparation, with the object of ensuring efficient, prompt and impressive preparation and presentation of appeals before the Immigration Appellate Authority.
www.ein.org.uk /events/full.shtml?x=163848   (306 words)

  
 Foreign Law: Legal Research Resources on the Internet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA; a tribunal which hears appeals against decisions made by the Home Secretary (and his officials) in asylum and immigration matters; the IAA has two tiers: The Immigration Adjudicators and The Immigration Appeal Tribunal)
Electronic Immigration Network ("links major information providers with advice workers and practitioners dealing with all issues relating to immigration, refugee and nationality law and practice in the United Kingdom; including EIN Newsletter, and links to other UK and European asylum and refugee sites at http://www.ein.org.uk/resource/content.htm, and Refugee Legal Centre is forthcoming)
Immigration and Naturalization Statistics (INS; includes full text of the Statistical Yearbook, Immigration to the United States in Fiscal Year...
www.lib.uchicago.edu /~llou/foreignlaw.html   (9451 words)

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