Public law director Vinita Templeton discusses Commonwealth veterans on BBC Radio 5 (10 June 2020)

Public law director Vinita Templeton discussed her work assisting Commonwealth veterans who served in the British Army and now face extortionate immigration fees after they maintain that they were not made aware that they needed to apply for indefinite leave to remain immediately upon discharge. Vinita clearly points out that this issue is not simply an oversight of the Home Office; “They [the Home Office] know very well what the position is, this is not the first time that this has come up, last year the issue of fees was supported by close to 140 MPs who signed and presented a letter to Sajid Javid seeking a waiver of these fees and the response was a clear cut ‘no, we do not believe that Commonwealth soldiers should be treated in any other way than other migrants to the United Kingdom.’ That is the official line and is something that was published as a formal response to that letter presented to the Home Secretary. So no, it is not an oversight at all.”