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IMMIGRATION LAW
The services we provide are all on a privately paying basis.
Information on the Immigration Services we provide and those we do not provide
We provide advice and representation on the following immigration issues;
- Prepare and represent you at tribunal appeals in London.
- Assist you with overseas applications as we have experience in making representations to Entry Clearance Officers abroad
- Naturalisation and registration applications.
- EEA applications – registrations and permanent residence
- Visitors applications – all types
- Judicial review of decisions.
- Work related applications
- Investors applications
- Entrepreneur renewals.
- Settlement applications.
- Sponsor Licence applications.
- Applications Outside the immigration rules
We do not carry out asylum applications nor legal aid applications nor mental health applications under the Immigration laws.
The people carrying out the work.
Our Principal - Akin Williams has primary responsibility for the legal work carried out on each matter and is charged out at £350.00 plus 20% VAT per hour - £450.00 plus 20% VAT per hour depending on the nature of the work and its complexity. Our Principal has over 17 years post qualification experience as a solicitor in the UK and over 30 years post qualification experience as a solicitor from a foreign common law jurisdiction.
Our Prices and Costs
Generally, our Principal's hourly rate is: £350 per hour plus 20% VAT – £500 per hour plus 20% VAT depending on the complexity of the matter.
Our retainer letter will state all the specific requirements of the work to be done however, on average, basic immigration written advisory work takes between 5 – 20 hours to complete. This means that on average costs are between £1750 plus 20% VAT – £10,000 plus 20% VAT depending on the complexity of the immigration advice required.
The exact number of hours it will take depends on the circumstances in your case. Such as:
- The amount of supporting evidence that we need to consider.
- The nature and type of documents we may have to draft to support your application.
- Which language(s) you speak.
- Whether you are applying with other dependants.
- Whether there are already court orders in respect of your matter.
- The nature of the difficulties you may have encountered prior to your application.
- The urgency of the application in which case we may have to include additional staff on the work to be done.
What services are included
The work will generally involve:
- discussing your circumstances in detail and confirming the most appropriate application for you to make and what other options may be available to you.
- preparing instructions on your matter with a view to providing you with written legal advice working with a barrister if required
- giving you advice about the requirements of the Immigration Rules and whether you meet the criteria
- if you do not fulfil certain criteria, whether this can be overcome and how. This can on average take up to 10 hours depending on the complexity of the criteria to be fulfilled.
- considering the supporting evidence you have provided, which we anticipate will take 5 – 20 hours
- where necessary, helping you obtain further evidence (such as medical records and bank statements), including taking statements of any witnesses
- preparing your application and submitting it on your behalf, which we anticipate will take 2 hours
- Attendance at a Home Office interview: if the Home Office ask you to attend an interview, we will give you clear advice (and discuss the possibility of us attending with you) at the appropriate time. This could be between 5 – 20 hours of work.
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