SERVICES

Business & Investment Immigration

Sponsor Licence

Are you a business owner who wants to employ a migrant worker, and not sure what to do, or you know what to do but require assistance so you can focus on your business? Do you already have a sponsor licence, and want an audit to ensure you are compliant with the current immigration laws? Do you know what they are? Get in touch, we can be of service to you!

Skilled Worker Visa

You are a skilled worker! Do you have a Certificate of Sponsorship? Do you need assistance with making a successful visa application to enter the UK to start, or as one already in the UK to extend or switch employment? The skilled worker visa is available to persons coming to the UK to fill a vacant eligible position that cannot be filled by a UK citizen and who have confirmed sponsorship from a licensed UK employer.

Temporary Workers - T5 Visas

Youth Mobility Scheme Visa (T5)

Are you aged 18 to 30 and would love to live and work in the UK for up tp 2 years? Only certain British Nationalities and those from a few countries are eligible for this visa. Get in touch, we can be of service to you!

Creative and Sporting Visa (T5)

Have you been offered work as a creative worker or sports person and you are feeling confused and overwhelmed, or you just need assistance? A creative worker is someone who works in the creative industry, for example an actor, dancer, musician or film crew member. If you are coming to the UK as a creative worker or sportsperson with a valid T5 visa, to work for 3 months or less and you would not normally need a visitors visa you may be able to use the T5 concession route; which comes with specific rules. Get in touch, we can be of service to you!

Religious Workers Visa (T5)

Do you want to do religious work in a non-pastoral role or religious order? Get in touch, we can be of service to you!

Charity Worker Visa (T5)

Do you want to do unpaid voluntary work for a charity? Get in touch, we can be of service to you!

UK Start-up Visa

Are you an ambitious entrepreneur looking to set up your first business in the UK; graduates and non-graduates can use the UK Start-up Visa route to achieve this! We can help from endorsement to visa application!

UK Innovator Visa

Are you an experienced business person with a viable ground-breaking business idea? You will need a minimum of £50,000 to invest in your business, amongst other eligible requirements. Get in touch, we can be of service to you!

Citizenship, Residency, or Immigration by Investment

Do you wish to acquire immigration (migration to start a new life in another country), residency (migration often through real estate investment with flexibility, in not having to reside in the new country) and or citizenship by investment (the grant of immediate citizenship allowing for a second passport, giving freedom to travel, ability to live, work and study)?

Our Service to You

Immigration Applications

The application process for a visa is usually completed online (via the Home Office Gov.UK website).

Steps generally taken, subject to the urgency of each particular matter, and how quickly you provide information and documentation required:

Initial paid consultation is either agreed to be by telephone, virtual or in-person for 30 minutes, subject to particular circumstances.

To discuss and understand the application intended or your challenge, and provide advice on available options, the requirements under the Immigration Rules, whether you meet the criteria, if not how this can be overcome and how, required documentation and the timescale for processing the application once biometric enrolment has been undertaken (if applicable) following submission of your application to the relevant department of the Home Office.

We would check your eligibility for the visa you are applying for by going to the gov.uk website for your specific visa.

Once you confirm that you wish to proceed with the use of our services, we would:

Further discuss your circumstances in detail and confirm whether this is the most appropriate application for you to make giving you advice about the requirements of the Immigration Rules, whether you meet the criteria, if you do not fulfil certain criteria, whether this can be overcome and how, which on average takes 1 to 2 hours
Consider the documentation provided by you, required to prove your eligibility for the application, which on average takes 1 to 6 hours*
Where necessary, guiding or helping you obtain further evidence such as medical records and bank statements, including taking support statements of any witnesses
Prepare your application and submit the application on your behalf, which on average takes 3 to 4 hours
Arrange a biometric enrolment appointment for you to have your fingerprints and photograph taken (if applicable). Time processing for your application starts from when the biometric enrolment appointment has been undertaken
Upload documents required to support your application, prior to your biometric enrolment appointment for a smooth and speedy time at your appointment, which on average takes 1 to 2 hours
Attendance at a Home Office interview, we will give you clear advice at the appropriate time. This could be 1-2 hours of work. (We will discuss the possibility of us attending with you, note that this will incur additional costs if we are to attend with you; a fee for travel and our costs for attending will be discussed and agreed)
Upon receipt of the Decision / Outcome, advice about the outcome of the application and further steps you need to take will be explained or discussed. If successful, the Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) document will be issued and delivered. If unsuccessful, the appeal process is discussed fees and disbursements are explained, subject to each matters’ circumstances. The time for this attendance is about 1 hour.

NOTE: *The number of hours of work/attendance depends on the number of documents, whether they need to be translated, whether anything is missing and how long it will take to obtain the missing documents.

Disbursements are not included in the Firm’s costs set out above

Disbursements are costs related to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as visa fees, interpreters. We handle the payment of the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process.

Interpreters’ fees at estimated at £45 per hour (no VAT). This kind of application will normally require between 1-3 hours with an interpreter, depending on the complexity of your case.
Independent expert reports e.g. medical experts, social worker. These are not required in many cases: we will let you know as soon as possible if we consider an expert report is necessary.
If there is an interview and we do attend with you, there will be additional disbursements in respect of our mileage/travel expenses; as stated above

The costs quoted here do not include:

Any Home Office fees for making the application. You will pay this to the Home Office directly as part of the application process.
Where the Home Office refuse your application, advice and assistance in relation to any appeal

Key Stages / Timescales

Visa Application Preparation and Submission: Preparing and submitting your application will take an estimated period of about 3 to 8 weeks (e.g. subject to the time frame permitted for extension applications by the Home Office, within 28 days to expiry of current leave). Furthermore, this period, is all subject to the urgency of the application or matter, considering any deadlines, and provision of supporting documentation or information required.
Biometric Enrolment Appointment Booking: this is done within 2 to 5 working days from the date the application is submitted, and subject to availability on the relevant official calendar. We will let you know at the earliest opportunity if it is likely to take longer than this. NOTE: The Biometric Enrolment Appointment is the standpoint from when the processing time for the Home Office to consider your applications starts.
NOTE: Please note the anticipated number of hours and fees are an estimate, as each matter is particular in its own circumstances. All applications are likely to vary and of course, we can give you a more accurate estimate once we have more information about your specific case.
Processing Time for the Application: Click on the Visa Processing time links provided below for applications submitted inside or outside the UK for updated information on the timescales.

Inside in the UK:

Visa processing times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Outside the UK:

Visa processing times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Call us on 07960935415, we can be of service to you!

For a schedule of fees, please click here.

Our Service to You

Appeals

The appeal form is usually completed online via the HMCTS Tribunals Service or Notice of change of representation is given via the portal, as the case may be.

Steps generally taken, subject to the urgency of each particular matter, and how quickly you provide information and documentation required:

Initial paid consultation is either agreed to be by telephone, virtual or in-person for 30 minutes, subject to particular circumstances.

To understand the essence and contents of the appeal documentation initially available, to enlighten you of the appeal process and keeping to deadlines; noting that time scales for processing the appeal may not be typically schedule, due to factors that may be beyond one's control.

Once you confirm that you wish to proceed with the use of our services, we would:

Give Notice of Representation to HMCTS Tribunal Service if assuming conduct of on-going appeal (if applicable)
Acknowledge of or request for full application and refusal documentation to consider and prepare grounds of appeal
Prepare grounds of appeal and submission of appeal within required time limit as indicated on relevant documents (e.g. Refusal Decision / Notice of Decision)
Pay the relevant fee to HMCTS for Tribunal or Court fees (if applicable)
Collate any additional supporting information from you as advised, while awaiting response from Respondent/Other Party
Prepare your appeal bundle
Prepare Witness Statement(s)
Instruct Counsel (as the case may be)
Submit Appeal bundle inclusive of Witness Statement and Skeleton Argument
Attend to Pre-hearing Requirements (if applicable)
Prepare for your representation at the hearing; instructing Counsel (if applicable)
Consider Determination / Decision received, contents will be explained or discussed with you. If a successful appeal / stage and time limit is waited out, to ensure the decision is not disputed. If an unsuccessful appeal, the benefits and cost implications of proceeding further are discussed for your further instructions to proceed.

Key Stages / Timescales

Appeal Lodging - Preparation and Submission: Preparing and submitting your appeal will be within the time limit of the particular appeal according to the Tribunal Procedure Rules, usually written in or provided within the documentation you have been given

Appeal Bundle and Skeleton Argument Submission to Tribunal and Home Office: This is done within 14 days or as requested by the HMCTS Tribunal. Service on the Home Office or 3rd Party is ensured.

Pre-Hearing Scheduled: This does not always occur. You will be informed once notified, should this become scheduled.

Hearing of Appeal Scheduled: You will be informed once notified.

Determination/ Decision Received: You will be informed once notified.

Call us on 07960935415, we can be of service to you!

For a schedule of fees, please click here.

Immigration, Asylum & Nationality

In-country Variations/Extensions/ Switching OR

Entry Clearance Applications & Appeals

Do you wake up in the middle of the night worrying about your visa or immigration status or lack of same? Have you overstayed your visa? Has your visa expired? Do you need to extend your leave? Have you made use of different experts and still cannot find peace? Have you been taken advantage of by a professional and do not know what to do? Are you stuck? Are you looking for legal advice and assistance from a caring professional in this area of law who will care about you whilst acting for you in a professional capacity with integrity, commitment, and conscientiousness?

Are you a young person whose family for whatever reason did not get to regularise your immigration status in the UK, you feel stuck, this omission has adversely affected your chance to progress with your life especially when you completed high school here in the UK?

Is your passport stuck in the Home Office, due to administrative delays?

Do you want your partner, a child or family member, a domestic worker to accompany, visit or join you in the UK and not sure what to do next?

Do you want to study in the UK, or join your student family member here in the UK?

Are you about to complete your prison term? Have you been served with a liability to deport letter by the Home Office? Have you been served with a Deportation Order?

Are you of the Windrush Generation? Do you have a document showing your right to be in the UK? The Windrush Generation refers to immigrants from the commonwealth countries examples of those who were invited to the UK between 1948 and 1971 were from Caribbean countries such as Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados. The name Windrush derives from the ship MV Empire Windrush, which on June 22, 1948, docked in Tilbury, Essex, bringing nearly 500 Jamaicans to the UK.

Our Service to You

Immigration / Nationality Applications

The application process for a visa is usually completed online (via the Home Office Gov.UK website).

Steps generally taken, subject to the urgency of each particular matter, and how quickly you provide information and documentation required:

Initial paid consultation is either agreed to be by telephone, virtual or in-person for 30 minutes, subject to particular circumstances.

We would check your eligibility for the visa you are applying for by going to the gov.uk website for your specific visa.

Once you confirm that you wish to proceed with the use of our services, we would:

Further discuss your circumstances in detail and confirm whether this is the most appropriate application for you to make giving you advice about the requirements of the Immigration Rules, whether you meet the criteria, if you do not fulfil certain criteria, whether this can be overcome and how, which on average takes 1 to 2 hours
Consider the documentation provided by you, required to prove your eligibility for the application, which on average takes 1 to 6 hours*
Where necessary, guiding or helping you obtain further evidence such as medical records and bank statements, including taking support statements of any witnesses
Prepare your application and submit the application on your behalf, which on average takes 3 to 4 hours
Arrange a biometric enrolment appointment for you to have your fingerprints and photograph taken (if applicable). Time processing for your application starts from when the biometric enrolment appointment has been undertaken
Upload documents required to support your application, prior to your biometric enrolment appointment for a smooth and speedy time at your appointment, which on average takes 1 to 2 hours
Attendance at a Home Office interview, we will give you clear advice at the appropriate time. This could be 1-2 hours of work. (We will discuss the possibility of us attending with you, note that this will incur additional costs if we are to attend with you; a fee for travel and our costs for attending will be discussed and agreed)
Generally for British Nationality matters; once the Application is approved/successful and or notification of intended ceremony is to be booked you will be timely informed, as indicated in the provided documentation

Disbursements are not included in the Firm’s costs set out above

Interpreters’ fees at estimated at £45 per hour (no VAT). This kind of application will normally require between 1-3 hours with an interpreter, depending on the complexity of your case.
Independent expert reports e.g. medical experts, social worker. These are not required in many cases: we will let you know as soon as possible if we consider an expert report is necessary.
If there is an interview and we do attend with you, there will be additional disbursements in respect of our mileage/travel expenses; as stated above

The costs quoted here do not include:

Any Home Office fees for making the application. You will pay this to the Home Office directly as part of the application process.
Where the Home Office refuse your application, advice and assistance in relation to any appeal

Key Stages / Timescales

Visa Application Preparation and Submission: Preparing and submitting your application will take an estimated period of about 3 to 8 weeks (e.g. subject to the time frame permitted for extension applications by the Home Office, within 28 days to expiry of current leave). Furthermore, this period is all subject to the urgency of the application or matter, considering any deadlines, and provision of supporting documentation or information required.
Biometric Enrolment Appointment Booking: this is done within 2 to 5 working days from the date the application is submitted, and subject to availability on the relevant official calendar. We will let you know at the earliest opportunity if it is likely to take longer than this. NOTE: The Biometric Enrolment Appointment is the standpoint from when the processing time for the Home Office to consider your applications starts.
NOTE: Please note the anticipated number of hours and fees are an estimate, as each matter is particular in its own circumstances. All applications are likely to vary and of course, we can give you a more accurate estimate once we have more information about your specific case.
Processing Time for the Application: Click on the Visa Processing time links provided below for applications submitted inside or outside the UK for updated information on the timescales.

Inside in the UK:

Visa processing times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Outside the UK:

Visa processing times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Nationality applications may take around 12 weeks to 6 months; subject to the specific application.

Call us on 07960935415, we can be of service to you!

For a schedule of fees, please click here.

Our Service to You

Appeals

The appeal form is usually completed online via the HMCTS Tribunals Service or Notice of change of representation is given via the portal, as the case may be.

Steps generally taken, subject to the urgency of each particular matter, and how quickly you provide information and documentation required:

Initial paid consultation is either agreed to be by telephone, virtual or in-person for 30 minutes, subject to particular circumstances.

Once you confirm that you wish to proceed with the use of our services, we would:

Give Notice of Representation to HMCTS Tribunal Service if assuming conduct of on-going appeal (if applicable)
Acknowledge of or request for full application and refusal documentation to consider and prepare grounds of appeal
Prepare grounds of appeal and submission of appeal within required time limit as indicated on relevant documents (e.g. Refusal Decision / Notice of Decision)
Pay the relevant fee to HMCTS for Tribunal or Court fees (if applicable)
Collate any additional supporting information from you as advised, while awaiting response from Respondent/Other Party
Prepare your appeal bundle
Prepare Witness Statement(s)
Instruct Counsel (as the case may be)
Submit Appeal bundle inclusive of Witness Statement and Skeleton Argument
Attend to Pre-hearing Requirements (if applicable)
Prepare for your representation at the hearing; instructing Counsel (if applicable)
Consider Determination / Decision received, contents will be explained or discussed with you. If a successful appeal / stage and time limit is waited out, to ensure the decision is not disputed. If an unsuccessful appeal, the benefits and cost implications of proceeding further are discussed for your further instructions to proceed.

Key Stages / Timescales

Appeal Bundle and Skeleton Argument Submission to Tribunal and Home Office: This is done within 14 days or as requested by the HMCTS Tribunal inclusive of service on the Home Office or any other 3rd Party.

Pre-Hearing Scheduled: This does not always occur. You will be informed once notified, should this become scheduled.

Hearing of Appeal Scheduled: You will be informed once notified.

Determination/ Decision Received: You will be informed once notified.

Call us on 07960935415, we can be of service to you!

For a schedule of fees, please click here.

Mediation (Civil/Commercial)

Are you worried as a small business owner or provider of services or products with a dispute with a customer? Are you getting bad publicity because of a dispute? Do you want to stop the bad publicity? Legal action is not an option? You do not have the time, resources and or money for litigation which may not give you the outcome you desire?

If your response is ‘Yes’ to the above statement questions, then we can help you! We know you want to feel heard and understood! We know that you would rather build relationships, and gain referrals by word of mouth and surveys to promote your business.

We recommend that Mediation may be a good step to consider in resolving disputes without incurring bad publicity, broken relationships, time, cost and effort of legal proceedings.

Our mediation service will:

Assess whether the conflict is suitable for mediation
Communicate the terms of the mediation to all parties in advance
Give each party opportunity to speak and to respond, without interruption
Ensure focus of mediation sessions is listening
Facilitate discussion through questioning
Invite ideas from all parties
Summarise all points
Document a written agreement or action plan resulting from the discussion

During and since the COVID-19 pandemic Meditation is done remotely using an online platform that mimics the process of a face-to-face mediation. It is simple for parties to access using their existing IT infrastructure.

There are some significant advantages of remote mediation, such as savings on time, travel and venue hire which are reflected in the reduced fee, but it can also be particularly useful when relationships between parties are very poor, as there will be no contact in person.

For disputes where mediation will not be appropriate or effective, we can make recommendations for next steps and alternative options. Get in touch, we can be of service to you!

Call us on 07960935415, we can be of service to you.

For a schedule of fees, please click here.