Immigration roundup: October 2025
Our October round up is here! Barry does the honours thistime around with the statement of changes and Sonia foreshadows some bad news potentially coming next week. Barry shares an AI horror story that is really one for the ages (so far) after Sonia’s segment on the latest lawyers to fallfoul of AI hallucinated case citations. We also cover a new briefing on biometric excuses and predeterminations, sponsor licence enforcement, the rules around supplementary (not secondary) employment and new legislation in force on deprivation cases.There are also loads of new cases, from a grandmotherbattling a 23 year old deportation order so that she can join her family in the UK, to some dodgy interviewing practices by the Home Office, unrepresented appellants and decisions on the papers, and Sonia and Barry do their usual scratchingof heads over the Home Office’s decision to fight a fairly obvious case about an email all the way to the Court of Appeal.The 37 minute podcast follows the running order below:Statement of changes (02:00)Date set for commencement of new student, graduate and work immigration rules New suitability rules will apply to Appendix FM and other human rights applicationsVisa requirement imposed on Botswana nationals to prevent asylum claims Procedure (15:20)Two more immigration lawyers facing potential disciplinary proceedings for misuse of AI How to apply to come to the UK when you can’t travel safely to enrol your biometrics Immigration enforcement interview at train station ruled procedurally unfair