Immigration
Personal, Business, Appeals and more
We can deal with all types of applications to the UK Border Agency and help with your immigration needs.
Immigration Services
We are a team of experienced immigration lawyers based in London and we are ready to help you with your immigration issues.
We combine our considerable experience with the expertise of our immigration lawyers to make the application process run as smoothly as possible for you /your family members or your business/staff.
We Understand...
Moving to the UK can be a complicated and stressful experience. Our immigration solicitors will get to know you and your plans for the future so we can help you achieve your ambitions in our country.
We appreciate that issues involving immigration can be complex, stressful, and frustrating. Choosing the right visa and proving your eligibility can be difficult, particularly if you want to work in the UK or bring your family with you. If you come to the UK with the wrong visa or stay here once your visa has expired, you risk being deported.
We work with our client’s individual needs and requirements – no two situations are exactly the same. We consider each of our client’s individual circumstances and our fees reflects the particular requirements and complexities of their matter.
We need to understand the complexities of your situation before providing you with an individual estimate of the cost of us helping you.
Services for Individuals and Family
- Political asylum.
- Immigration appeals and Litigation before the immigration tribunal and higher courts.
- Family reunion for spouses, civil partners, co-habitees, children, elders and other relatives.
- Citizenship & nationality, including applications for the exercise of discretion.
- British National (Overseas) Visa
- Applications for students under Tier 4 of the Points Based System.
- Removal or deportation.
- Applications outside the Immigration Rules under UK Border Agency policies and concessions, and for the exercise of discretion.
- Human Rights Act applications.
- Further Representations in outstanding cases.
Services for Business and Entrepreneurs
- Business immigration (business people, working in the UK under Tiers 1, 2 and 5 of the Points Based System).
- Applications for businesses wanting to employ overseas nationals.
- Immigration appeals and Litigation before the immigration tribunal and higher courts.
- European Union migration – countries covered by European Economic Area migration, including Turkey.
- Applications for Entrepreneurs and Investors under Tier 1 of the Points Based System.
- Removal or deportation.
- Applications outside the Immigration Rules under UK Border Agency policies and concessions.
- Human Rights Act applications.
- Further Representations in outstanding cases.
Immigration Application Steps for Work or Business
Taking your instructions
In order to understand what support, you require we will initially arrange to meet with you in person or arrange a consultation over the telephone or video conference. The purpose of this first meeting is to enable you to explain in detail your background, your current circumstances, and what it is that you are trying to achieve. In most cases, we will be able to give you some initial advice about your position in that meeting.
Assessing your position and advising on it
Every person’s situation is different and it is important that the advice we provide you with is tailored to your individual circumstances and provides you with detailed advice about your position. Usually, at this stage, we will need to prepare a detailed advice letter explaining the legal framework and how this applies to the practicalities of your immigration situation.
Preparation and Submission of your Application
This would involve based on your circumstances, we can advise the best route to file in for a successful application as follows:
- Explaining what documents you will need to have to support your application, reviewing and commenting on those documents to ensure they meet the relevant criteria;
- Completing the necessary application forms – now usually online and uploading the supporting evidence;
- Providing ongoing legal advice throughout the preparation of the application if any issues or challenges arise through the process;
- Assisting, as required, with the booking of any necessary application, priority services or Visa appointment
You can find below an indication of the fee range for certain types of applications. The information is given for guidance only and subjects to a case-to-case basis depending on the complexity of the application.
We have also included guidance on the potential fees associated with the approval of any dependents (spouse or child of the applicant) on the basis that they are applying at the same time as the main applicant.
Immigration Fees
VAT where applicable
| Immigration category | Fee |
|---|---|
| Visit visa < 6 months | £750 |
| Visit visa < 2 years | £950 |
| Visit visa < 5 years | £1,200 |
| Visit visa <10 years | £1,500 |
| Visiting academic - more than 6 months but no more than 12 months | £950 |
| Private medical treatment visa - more than 6 months but not more than 11 months | £950 |
| Short term student visa (up to 6 months) | £1,000 |
| Short term student child (up to 6 months) | £1,000 |
| Short term student studying English language for more than 6 months but not more than 11 months | £1,000 |
| Settlement | £1,500 |
| Settlement - other dependant relative | £1,750 |
| Settlement - refugee dependant relative | £1,500 |
| Indefinite leave to enter the UK as the dependant of a member of the armed forces under Appendix Armed Forces to the Immigration Rules. | £1,500 |
| Transfer of Conditions (Vignette transfer) | £500 |
| Representative of an overseas business | £1,500 |
| Single-entry visa to replace a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) | £750 |
| Call out/ out of hours fee (per hour/part hour) | £220 |
| Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) 2 | £8,000 |
| Tier 1 (Investor) | £12,000 |
| Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) - initial application2 | £2,000 |
| Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) 2 | £5,000 |
| Tier 1 Dependant | £500 each |
| Tier 2 (General), (Intra-Company Transfer) - Long Term Staff, (Sportsperson) & (Minister of Religion), where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less 2 | £2,500 |
| Tier 2 (General), (Intra-Company Transfer) - Long Term Staff, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years 2 | £2,500 |
| Tier 2 (General) shortage occupation where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less2 | £2,500 |
| Tier 2 (General) shortage occupation where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years 2 | £2,500 |
| Tier 2 Dependant | £500 each |
| Tier 4 | £950 |
Tier 5 | £950 |
BN(O) Visa | £750 |
UK Application Fees
VAT where applicable
| Category | Fee |
|---|---|
| Indefinite leave to remain | £2,000 |
| Leave to remain - Other | £1,500 |
| Leave to enter for persons in the UK who are liable to immigration detention | £2,000 |
| Leave to remain as a visitor | £1,500 |
| Retired person of independent means | £1,500 |
| Representative of an overseas business | £3,000 |
| Transfer of Conditions (TOC) or Application for a document confirming identity and immigration or nationality status - limited leave to remain | £500 |
| TOC or Application for a document confirming identity and immigration or nationality status - indefinite leave to remain | £500 |
| Biometric residence permit (BRP) / replacement BRP | £400 |
| European residence document (registration certificate, document certifying permanent residence, residence card, accession resident card, derivative residence card, permanent residence card) | £750 |
| Administrative review | £750 |
| Travel Document | £500 |
| Naturalisation | £1,000 |
| Naturalisation British overseas territory citizens | £2,000 |
| Nationality registration – British overseas territory citizen, British overseas citizens, British Subjects, British protected persons | £2,000 |
| Nationality review | £750 |
| Tier 1 (General) | £5,000 |
| Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) - extension | £3,500 |
| Tier 1 (Investor) - extension | £3,500 |
| Tier 2 (General), (Intra-Company Transfer) - Long Term Staff, (Sportsperson) & (Minister of Religion) | £2,500 |
| Tiers 2 & 5 (large sponsor) | £8,000 |
| Tiers 2 & 5 (small sponsor) | £3,000 |
| Tier 4 sponsor licence | £8,000 |
| Tier 5 sponsor licence | £3,000 |
| Add Tier to an existing Tier | £3,000 |
| Basic compliance assessment | £1,500 |
| Sponsor action plan | £2,500 |
| Certificate of Sponsorship | £2,000 |
