Home Office's glitchy eVisa rollout lands UK privacy regulator in campaigners' crosshairs

Coalition says ICO failed to act despite hundreds of complaints about bug-plagued digital immigration status scheme ...

Calls for probe into watchdog’s lack of action over eVisa failings

Calls for probe into lack of action on eVisa failings that resulted in data breach - Exclusive: UK’s data regulator failing to hold the government to account for breaches, campaigners say ...
Computer Weekly

Home Office eVisa scheme is ‘broken’, says Open Rights Group

The online-only, real-time nature of the Home Office’s upcoming electronic visa (eVisa) scheme, which trawls dozens of disparate government databases to generate a new immigration status each time ...
Computer Weekly

Error-prone eVisa system a precursor of digital ID

Technical errors with the Home Office’s electronic visa (eVisa) system are causing “high levels of stress, fear and exhaustion” for migrants in the UK, who are being left to navigate the digitisation ...
UK Human Rights Blog

The Weekly Round Up: Employment Rights, Pre-Settled Status Removals, LGBT Veterans Action, the Home Office eVisa Policy and Free School Meals

On 6 and 7 April 2026, a selection of measures under the Employment Rights Act 2025 (“the Act”) took effect. The measures include the removal of the Lower Earnings Limit for statutory sick pay (“SSP”) ...