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Two new uploads to the comms/correspondence/useful document reference page which accompanies britcits.com ( http://www.scribd.com/sjplep/documents )

i/ A letter from BritCits to the various members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Migration panel and witnesses :
http://www.scribd.com/doc/130034286/APPG-letter2

More on this important initiative here :

http://www.appgmigration.org.uk/family-inquiry
http://www.appgmigration.org.uk/meetings/family-migration-inquiry-oral-evidence-session
http://jcwi.org.uk/blog/2013/02/14/all-party-parliamentary-group-investigates
http://jcwi.org.uk/blog/2013/03/07/appg-investigates-again
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/blog/2013/03/parliamentary-inquiry-family-migration-update-and-next-steps
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/appg-roundup.html
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/good-evening-httpstwitter.html
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/parliament

ii/ A very concise, good, useful research briefing of the family immigration rule changes for MPs, published in December 2012 in the House of Commons library :
http://www.scribd.com/doc/130036035/Changes-to-Immigration-Rules-for-Family-Members

Mirrored from http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06353

Also mentioned here :
http://familyimmigrationalliance.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/a-positive-signal/

'It covers the details of the changes, rationale and motivations etc to date. Most encouragingly the role of the FIA in promoting the experiences of sponsors has been acknowledged as part of the civil society response to the changes; and the view of the FIA, during the announcement of the changes in July, is even quoted at length within.'

For those stumbling across this site for the first time, an introduction to what the rules mean is here :
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/introduction.html

And stories of those affected are chronicled here :
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/stories