Personal Immigration

Information for private immigration individuals:

Our highly experienced immigration team provides clear immigration advice, tailored for each situation and individual. We understand that immigrating to the UK is not an easy decision to make, specially if you have a family. Hence, we try to ensure that our clients get it right the first time. Our team can assist you from the simplest to the most complex matters.

Areas of personal immigration services include the following: 

Long-term work visas:

• Skilled Worker visa
• Health and Care Worker visa
• Intra-company visas
• Minister of Religion visa (T2)
• Sportsperson visa (T2)

Short-term work visas:

• Temporary Worker - Charity Worker visa (T5)
• Temporary Worker - Creative and Sporting visa (T5)
• Temporary Worker - Government Authorised Exchange visa (T5)
• Temporary Worker – International Agreement Worker visa (T5)
• Temporary Worker - Religious Worker visa (T5)
• Temporary Worker - Seasonal Worker visa (T5)
• Youth Mobility Scheme visa (T5)

Investor, business development and talent visas:

• Innovator visa
• Start-up visa
• Global Talent visa
• Entrepreneur visa (Tier 1) - (category closed on 29 of March 2019)
• Investor visa (Tier 1)

Other work visas and exemptions:

• UK Ancestry visa
• Get an exempt vignette
• Frontier Worker permit
• Domestic Workers in a Private Household visa
• Representative of an Overseas Business visa
• Turkish Businessperson visa
• Turkish Worker visa
• Service providers from Switzerland visa

Student visa:

• Student visa
• Child Student visa
• Standard Visitor visa
• Study English in the UK (Short-term study visa)

Visitor visa:

• Standard Visitor visa
• Marriage Visitor visa
• Permitted Paid Engagement visa
• Parent of a Child Student visa
• Visa to pass through the UK in transit

Private and Family Visa:

• Partner or spouse visa
• Parent visa
• Child visa
• Fiancé visa
• Adult Dependant Relative visa
• Private life visa
• Family members of applicants under the Points Based System

Appeals and Judicial Review:

• Appeals to immigration tribunals
• Visa administrative review
• Visa and immigration reconsideration requests
• Pre-action protocols
• Judicial Reviews

Type of work carried out for immigration individuals involves:

• Advice on the outcome of the application eligibility, supporting documents, procedure, timescales, fees and your prospects of gaining a successful outcome
• Considering whether any other options are available to you
• Taking full instructions
• Confirming the advice and steps taken in writing to you
• Providing complete list of documents as well as information
• Reviewing supporting documents
• Preparing relevant application forms and submissions
• Preparing a covering letter containing legal submissions in support of your application
• Submit/lodge and monitor progress of your visa application, appeal or judicial review etc
• Providing you advice about the outcome of the application and any further steps you need to take

Our legal fees:

Fixed fees:

We work on a fixed fee basis. Our fees for standard individual applications typically range between £1,000 – £7,000 plus VAT at 20% and disbursements, depending upon the type of application, complexities involved and urgency of the matter. More complex matters will attract higher fees, but we will always advise you on this. Where the application is relatively straightforward it is likely that the fees will be at the lower end of the range.  Where there are complex issues, the fees may reach or in some cases exceed the upper end.

Disbursements:

Clients can expect the main disbursements to include:

• Home Office application fees
• Immigration Health Surcharge
• Payments made to third parties on your behalf, such as HM Revenue & customs, HM passport Office or the Land Registry
• Optional premium service fees for out-of-country applications
• Counsel's fees
• Fees payable to Courts or Tribunals
• Fees of independent Experts or Agents where required
• Travel and meeting expenses
• Document Certification Fees
• Other ancillary disbursements, including biometric enrolment, translations, courier and postage charges

VAT Notice:

Please note that VAT at 20% will need to be added to our charges and to some of the payments that we need to make on your behalf.

Timescales:

We will normally be able to submit most types of application within 2 to 3 weeks of instruction provided we have received all the necessary documentation. In urgent cases we can make an application more quickly.  We will advise you, based on our experience, how long the Home Office usually takes to make a decision on the kind of application you have instructed us to make.

Home office service standard processing times for standard applications (6 months or 8 weeks depending on application type) will start when they receive your application. For Home Office guidelines on waiting period, click here.