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GUIDE: How to Go and Study in the UK—from Obtaining University Admission to Acquiring UK Student Visa
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by Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri,Esq

This guide/article was written by Alberta Kelly Ansah for LegalJargons.Com. Alberta is currently a postgraduate student from Ghana studying in the UK at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle. Every year, brilliant students from all over the world, young and old, apply for Student Visas with the high hope of gaining the golden opportunities to...

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What Kind of Lawyer Am I?
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by Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri,Esq

Before I started practising law full time, I asked myself this important question: what kind of lawyer do you want to be, Vincent? As a lawyer, my professional work is guided by several industry principles including “acting in the best interest of my clients” and “acting with integrity.” Soon, I came to realize that “acting...

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GUIDE: How to Join the British Army From Foreign and Commonwealth Countries–Including the Benefits of Being A British Army Officer
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by Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri,Esq

This guide/article was written by Obeng, Precious Kweku–a long serving soldier in the British Army currently living in the UK. The British Army until recently had been recruiting from Foreign and Commonwealth countries (including Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Kenya, etc). Recruitment has been paused temporarily. There’s the likelihood that they will be reaching out...

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Ghanaian Birth Certificates Being Rejected By UK Visas and Immigration As Proof of Parentage
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by Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri,Esq

Image file-Ghana Birth Certificate Increasingly, it is becoming difficult and almost impossible for Ghanaians to be able to convince the UK’s Home Office (UK Visas & Immigration) with Ghanaian Birth Certificates as evidence of parentage. This is because of the widespread ease in obtaining Ghanaian Birth Certificates which the Home Office has been officially made...

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Legal Challenge Forces UK Home Office to Redesign Controversial Visa Algorithm Accused of ‘Nationality’ Bias
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by Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri,Esq

The UK Home Office has been forced to ‘redesign’ a controversial visa algorithm which has been accused of being a tool for legal discrimination in the visa application process. The algorithm, known as the ‘streaming tool’, had a controversial component in which applicants were labelled as high or low risk based in part on their...

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Africans Are Twice as Likely to Be Refused UK Visas Than Applicants from Elsewhere; Once Again Raising Discrimination Allegations Against the Home Office
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by Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri,Esq

The Home Office has once again come under a barrage of criticism for ingrained discrimination in the immigration process after a new study revealed Africans are rejected UK visas at a far higher rate than everyone else. The study, commissioned by The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Africa, found that whilst the overall refusal rate...

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Home Office’s New Visa Algorithm Accused of Discriminating Against Certain Applicants On The Basis of Their Age or Nationality
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by Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri,Esq

The UK Home Office has come under immense pressure for using an algorithm to process visa applications which critics have warned could be a tool for discrimination. Concerns have been raised over the algorithm after the Home office refused to divulge how it works and what goes into its selections. The algorithm, known as the...

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Unknown or Unexplained Source of Funds—One of the Principal Reasons Africans Are Refused UK Visas
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by Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri,Esq

Several Ghanaians and other Africans intending to visit the United Kingdom briefly for tourism, family purposes or for specific events are increasingly being refused Visitor’s visas—and one of the most prominent reasons is in relation to the ‘Source of Funds’ in their supporting bank accounts. There is a hovering misconception that the more money you...

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