Immigration law
Our specialist immigration team has been advising individuals and businesses on all aspects of UK
immigration and nationality law.
We cover all areas of immigration
Our team of immigration lawyers are experts in all areas of UK immigration and nationality law and
offer assistance with both personal and business immigration-related issues.
• All aspects of Citizenship, Registration and Right of Abode applications
• Tier 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 applications
• Long Residence applications under the 10 year rule for people who have lived in the UK
legally for 10 years
• Long Residence applications under the 20 years rule for people who have lived in the UK
wholly illegally or partly for 20 years
• Routes to settlement under concessional policies
• Humanitarian Protection and Discretionary Leave matters
• Settlement through marriage
• Settlement of relatives
• EEA applications
• Asylum: we are happy to deal with private cases
• Other routes to settlement
• Human Rights
Appeal Cases
After refusals by the Home Office, we provide services in relation to appeals and reconsideration
appeals to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal and the Court of Appeal:
• Judicial review matters at the court
• When you are refused leave, it is important to seek the advice of experienced immigration
solicitors or advisers to know what options are available to you. While the Home Office is obliged to
notify of appeal rights refused applicants may have, they do not necessarily do so in all cases.
• It is also important to contact an adviser as soon as you receive a refusal decision, where
there is a right of appeal. You may lose this right to appeal if you appeal outside the stated time limit
unless you can establish that delay was not your fault. This may be difficult to prove sometimes if
the Home Office has evidence to confirm that you were served with refusal papers by posting them
to your last address or to your previous solicitors or representatives.
Our Fees
We do offer fixed fees for most of the work that we provide but we also work on hourly rates.
Variable Fees
• We offer a 30 Minutes free consultation and charge from £75.00 plus VAT for the next half
an hour and £100.00 Plus VAT for the subsequent hours if needed for a complex matter.
• We charge between and from £150.00 to £300.00 excluding VAT per hour depending on the
experiences of our lawyers.
If work is being charged based on time spent, the hourly charges may vary based on the lawyers and
his or her experience. We will normally select the level of fee earner we believe is appropriate for
your case, but if you wish to discuss this with us, please ask.
All fees quoted will be confirmed in writing. All estimated fees will be frequently reviewed and if
further work is required we will obtain clear instructions before we proceed.
Fixed Fees
The table below is sample to give you an indication of possible charges, but the best way to find out
how much your transaction or case is likely to cost is to contact us to discuss your specific
requirements.
In some instances we will instruct counsel and in others disbursement involved. If your case is one of
those we will discuss the fees involve and everything will be communicated to you
EU Applications
We deal with all categories of applications under the EEA Family Permit such as:
• Residence Card as a family member of an EEA national
• Pre-settled and Settled status
• Extended Family Members
• Registration Certificate as an EEA National
• Retaining Rights of Residence
• Derivative Residence Card
• Zambrano (CHILD) Parent of a British child
• Permanent Residence Card Application.
Fees:
At the initial stage we will assess your case and advise you on the merits. Our fees will range from
£1,000.00 to £1,500.00 excluding VAT for a straightforward case.
UK Visitors
Under this category, we deal with the following:
• Business visitor’s visa UK
• Family visitor’s visa UK
• Child visitor’s Visa
• Entertainer visitor’s visa UK
• General visitor’s visa UK
• Parent of a child at a school in the UK
• Prospective Entrepreneur visitor’s visa UK
• Sports visitor’s visa UK
• Student visa UK
• UK visa for PLAB test
• Visitor’s visa for Marriage/Civil Partnership
• Visitor’s visa for Private Medical treatment
Fees:
Our charges range from £1000.00 excluding VAT for a straightforward application while charges may
vary for a more complicated matter.
UK Student Visa
UK Students now come under Tier 4. There are two types of Tier 4 students’ visas.
• Tier 4 (General):
These are adults and any person coming to the UK for a post 16 year’s education.
• Tier 4 (Child):
Those aged 4 and 17 and wishes to enter the UK for studies. For children who are aged between 4
and 15, the rules permit them to be educated only at an independent fee-paying school.
Fees:
Our charges range from £1000.00 excluding VAT to higher fees subject to the complexity of each
case.
Sponsorship Licence (Formerly Known as Tier 2 Licence)
After the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (EU), UK businesses are keen to employ
skilled migrant workers from outside the United Kingdom (UK) or hiring from the current migrants
from other categories from inside the UK. In doing so, the businesses need a Sponsorship Licence in
order to employ such migrants. The process of getting Sponsorship Licence from the United Kingdom
Visas and Immigrations (UKVI) is often complicated, as one needs to meet the requirement of
specific documentary evidences to establish that the sponsor organisation is a genuine business and
the business is unable to fill the vacancy by a UK settled person. Our expert team can assist you to
deal with your application and obtain licence for your organisation.
Fees
We will assess your case and advise you on the merits. We will charge you from £2,500.00 excluding
VAT or higher subject to the complexity and casework required in your case.
We can further assist you in sponsor licence management and compliance matter with separate
fees.
Skilled Worker Visa replaced the Tier 2 (General) visa
Any United Kingdom (UK) organisation having sponsor licence from the UKVI can employ skilled
migrant workers from outside the UK or skilled migrant workers switching from other categories
from the workforces inside the UK. In order to be successful in this visa route employment is to be
offered by such organisations who would issue a certificate of sponsorship (CoS). As a prospective
employee, one needs to meet English Language, Maintenance, Criminal Record check and
Tuberculosis (TB) test requirements.
The Skilled Worker visa can lead the holder to Indefinite Leave to Remain after five years of
residency in the UK.
Fees
We will assess your case and advise you on the merits. We will charge you from £1,200.00 excluding
VAT or higher subject to the complexity and casework required in your case.
Employment, Business and Investment
For persons who want to enter the UK for the purpose of working; doing business or want to come
and invest in the UK.
Tier 1 Categories:
• Tier 1: Exceptional Talent Migrant
• Tier 1: Entrepreneur
• Tier 1: Investor
• Tier 1: Family members of a Tier 1 Migrant
Tier 2 Categories:
• Tier 2 (General): Migrant
• Tier 2 (Intra-company Transfer): Workers
Fees
We will assess your case and advise you on the merits. We will charge you from £2,000.00 excluding
VAT or higher subject to the complexity and casework required in your case.
Private life Applications:
You can apply for leave to remain on the basis of your private life in the UK which you have
established as a result of your stay in the UK.
• 20 Years Long Residence in the UK:
If you have been living in the UK for a continuous period of 20 years legally or illegally, you can apply
for a leave under this category. You will be given a 30 months leave to remain, which will be
renewable.
• 7 Years Continuous Residence as a Child in the UK:
A child who was born in the UK or has lived in the UK for a continuous period of 7 years, can apply
for live to remain based on his or her private life.
• Application on the basis of Very Significant Obstacles to Integration in your country of origin:
You must be over the age of 18 years and have lived continuously in the UK for less than 20 years.
• Application on the basis of Living Half of Your Life in the UK:
If you are over the age of 18 years and under the age of 25 years, you can apply for a leave to remain
on the basis of your private life. If you can show that you have spent at least half of your life living
continuously in the UK.
Fees:
We will assess your case and advise you on the merits. We will charge you from £2000 to £2500
excluding VAT, subject to the complexity and casework required in your case.
• As a Parent
According to the Immigration Rule, you are classified as a ‘parent’, if you are the mother, or father,
or stepmother, or stepfather, or adoptive parents, of a British citizen, or a person who is settled in
the UK, or in the UK with a limited leave as a refugee, or as a person who has been granted
humanitarian protection.
Fees
We will charge you from £ 1500.00 to a higher fee subject to the complexity and casework required
in your case.
• As an Adult Dependent Relative
This route is for a non-EEA adult dependent relative of a British citizen living in the UK, or he/she is
settled in the UK, or a person who is in the UK with a granted refugee or humanitarian protection.
You need to show that you cannot get this care anywhere else even in your country of origin.
Secondly, only the sponsor’s parent aged 18 years or over; grandparent; brother or sister over the
age of 18 years; and son or daughter aged 18 years or over are able to apply.
Thirdly, before making this application, you should be living outside the UK. A person cannot switch
into this category once you are in the UK except in exceptional circumstances.
Fees
We will assess your case and advise you on the merits. We will charge you from £2,000.00 to
£2,500.00, subject to the complexity and casework required in your case.
• Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) as a Partner
You can apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK if you have completed 5 year leave or a 10
year leave. You must also need to fulfil all the conditions attached to it.
Fees
We will assess your case and advise you on the merits. For a full instruction, we will charge you from
£2,000.00 to £2,500.00 with VAT applicable.
• Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) as a Bereaved Partner
If before you complete the 5 years or 10 years leave as a partner, and your partner dies, you can
apply for a settlement.
Fees
We will assess your case and advise you on the merits. We will charge you from £1000.00 to a higher
rate Excluding VAT applicable, subject to the complexity and casework required in your case.
• Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) as a Partner Victim of Domestic Violence
If you separate from your partner due to domestic violence before you complete your 5 or 10 years
period, and you wish to stay in the UK, you can apply for settlement.
Fees
We will assess your case and advise you on the merits. We will charge you from £1,500.00 to
£2,000.00 with VAT applicable, subject to the complexity and casework required in your case.
Deportation and Administrative Removal
There are the 2 types of eviction that can be used to deport you from the UK:
• (1) Deportation
The Secretary of State has very wide powers to under the Immigration Act 1971 to deport someone.
This requires you to leave the UK and will ban you from coming back or enters the UK for the
duration of the ban.
Note that persons with indefinite leave to remain and EU citizens can be deported if they commit
serious crimes or offences.
Fees
We will assess your case and advise you on the merits. We will charge you from £2,500.00 to
£3,000.00 to start with subject to the complexity and casework required in your case.
• (2) Administrative Removal
This is a type of removal that is available to the Secretary of State to remove anybody who has
breached any of the Immigration rules.eg, if you have remained beyond the period of your stay.
These may be the following persons:
• Anyone who failed to observe the conditions attached to his leave;
• An overstayer
• Anyone who has obtained leave to remain by deception, or who wants to obtain such leave
by deception;
• Even family members of such persons are liable to be administratively removed
That is why we advise that, persons who wish to extend their leave should apply before the leave
comes to an end. Else you are committing a criminal offence if you knowingly overstay or fails to
respect the conditions attach to your leave. Even if you didn’t know that you have overstayed, you
may still be removed.
Fees
We will assess your case and advise you on the merits. We will charge you from £2,500.00 to
£3,000.00 to start with subject to the complexity and casework required in your case.
Immigration Appeals
We deal with all decisions against which there is a right of appeal:
• Refusal of leave to enter the UK
• Refusal of Entry Clearance
• Refusal of a certificate of entitlement of the right of abode
• Refusal to vary a person’s leave to enter or remain in the UK if the result of the refusal is that
the person has no leave to enter or remain in the UK
• Refusal of your switch or variation of your immigration status , even when during the
changing, you had no leave to enter or remain in the UK
• Your revocation of your leave to enter, remain or your indefinite leave to remain
• A decision that an illegal entrant is to be removed from the UK
• A decision that a person whose leave had been extended, and is now to be removed from
the UK
• A decision to remove a family member of a person refused leave to enter in the UK or who is
an illegal entrant
• A decision to remove a seaman or aircraft crew
• A decision to deprive a Commonwealth citizen of right of abode
• A decision to make a deportation order
• Refusal to revoke a deportation order
This list is not exhaustive.
Fees
We will assess your case and advise you on the merits. We will charge you from £2500.00 to
£5,000.00, subject to the complexity and casework required in your case
Judicial Review Matters
• Making your Claim
Before we lodge your Judicial Review application to the court, we will draft a Letter Before Claim and
send it to the Home Office (Secretary of State for Home Department). We wait to see if they will
overturn their decision, if not, we will proceed to preparing and lodging a claim to the High Court.
We always seek the opinion of Counsel and work with them.
Fees
Our charges range from £3,500.00 to £4,000.00 excluding Counsel’s fees and the complexity of the
case.
• Emergency Injunction
We can also make an emergency Judicial Review injunction to stop the removal from the UK or any
other emergency decisions that the Secretary of State for Home Department has taken.
Fees
We will assess your case and advise you on the merits. We will charge you from £1,500.00 to
£2,000.00 excluding VAT subject to the complexity and casework required in your case.
British Nationality and Right of Abode
You can become a British citizen either by birth, naturalisation or right of abode:
• By Birth
We can make an application for a British nationality for you, if you were born:
1. Before 1983 or after 1982; and
2. In the UK or elsewhere, if you fulfil the conditions
• Right of Abode
We can also make an application for a British nationality for you under this category, if you will be
able to fulfil the conditions attached to it.
• Naturalisation
If you are a foreigner and has a settled status (mostly through indefinite leave) you may wish to
become a British citizen through naturalisation.
Fees
We will assess your case and advise you on the merits. We will charge you from £1000.00 excluding
VAT, subject to the complexity and casework required in your case.