By George Tizirai-Chapwanya 

 

Solicitor at CB Solicitors 

 

This article focuses on persons in the UK who could otherwise have been lawfully resident or illegally in the United Kingdom but were involved in acts of criminality that resulted in their convictions and sentences to terms of imprisonment. The position is that those convicted for a minimum of 12 months are automatically subject to deportation if they are not British citizens and are referred to as foreign criminals. 

By George Tizirai-Chapwanya 

 

Solicitor at CB Solicitors 

 

It has been a long wait for most applicants as the successor to the 14 years rule still remains a mere mirage. Most applicants would be familiar with the 14 years long residence rule that allowed persons who had spent a mixed lawful and unlawful stay in the UK aggregating to 14 years to apply for leave to remain on that basis. When this rule was replaced by the 20 years rule it literally amounted to the pulling of the carpet under the feet of most would be applicants.