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Sebastian Valencia Jefferson was sentenced on Friday 6 December 2024 at Manchester Crown Court.
The seminars will be held in Manchester on Friday 22 November 2024.
John Tuckett, Immigration Services Commissioner, has been reappointed for a second 5 year term.
A new online system for forms submitted to the OISC has been launched.
The OISC has relaunched its Adviser Finder and Register, allowing people seeking immigration advice to find registered advisers in their area.
An OISC investigation has led to Sukhwinder Singh Kang receiving an 18-month suspended prison sentence for fraud and providing unregulated immigration advice.
The OISC's new Code of Standards came into effect on Sunday 1 September 2024.
The UK government opened the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) on 6 January 2022.
Guidance notes to assist with the interpretation of the OISC's new Code of Standards.
An OISC investigation has led to an unregistered advice firm being shut down and the disbarring of a barrister that supervised it.
Prison sentence follows investigations lasting several years involving the OISC, SRA, Home Office, and Bedfordshire Police.
At present we would advise communication via email.
New online form for applications.
The OISC’s new Code of Standards has now been published and will come into effect on 1 September 2024.
OISC’s Annual Report, including an overview of activities, performance, and all accounts for financial year 2022 to 2023.
An increase of 20% in applications for registration has caused a delay in decision making responses.
Resources to watch, download and use such as our awareness posters now available in twenty languages with a Bulgarian language version now available.
Three suspected fraudulent immigration lawyers have been arrested in Greater Manchester following a Home Office raid on Wednesday 24 January.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
An animated overview on how to use Adviser Finder and who might benefit from using it.
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