Post-grant Status, Family Reunion and Case Law
Protection leave, settlement, cessation or review, travel documents, family reunion, leading cases and the current suspension boundary.
How to prepare for the Level 2 assessment
Apply current protection law to detailed client scenarios, marshal evidence, write precise representations and identify the exact point where Level 3 or Judicial Review referral is required.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Post-grant advice covers the form and duration of permission, documentation, travel, review or cessation, and the current settlement route.
Exam cue: Check the resource-book date and current grant or settlement Rules before stating duration or route.
Concept 2
Family-reunion knowledge remains in the syllabus and competence scope, but the consolidated July 2026 guide marks the route as currently suspended.
Exam cue: Confirm whether family reunion is operational before advising on a filing.
Concept 3
Reported cases and country guidance must be checked for current authority and applied to the facts rather than repeated as propositions.
Exam cue: Verify whether a case remains binding, applicable and factually analogous.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Repeating the five-year refugee permission shown in the 2019 model answer after later Rule changes.
Guardrail: Do not let a persuasive merits analysis cross the current professional boundary.
Treating syllabus inclusion as proof that the family-reunion route is open.
Guardrail: Treat samples and legacy syllabus labels as study aids; current resource-book law controls the answer.
Citing a case name without explaining the proposition and factual fit.
Guardrail: Do not let a persuasive merits analysis cross the current professional boundary.
Memory anchors
Grant–Document–Review
Explain status, evidence of status and future review or settlement.
Route Live?
Check whether family reunion is operational before planning an application.
Law Date Wins
Current resource-book law controls over historical model answers.
Case Authority
Check court, date, later treatment and precise proposition.
Country Guidance Fit
Apply the protected characteristic, location and current conditions.
Post-Grant Plan
Cover family, travel, work, support, review and settlement consequences.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
Under the May 2026 assessment law, what initial permission period is highlighted for new refugee grants?
Why is the 2019 model answer unsafe for current refugee-permission duration?
Answer all questions to submit.
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