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Asylum and Human Rights Applications

At OTS Solicitors we have a team of specialist Law Society accredited asylum and human rights lawyers on standby to assist you and your loved ones to seek asylum or to submit a human rights application to obtain your right to stay in the UK.

If you are unable to return to your country because either:

  • You fear being persecuted and you wish to seek asylum protection in the UK; Or
  • You have spent a considerable amount of time in the UK and you believe that you have established strong ties to the UK

We can advise on the best available options to someone in your circumstances to obtain a right to stay in the UK. This can either be obtained through claiming Asylum and seek protection in the UK, or by submitting an application to the Home Office on the basis of your Human Rights, such as your Article 8 right to respect of your family and private life, or Article 3 right which prohibits you from being subject to torture, or inhuman and degrading treatment.

How is a Human Rights Application Decided?

Under the Human Rights Act 1998 if owing to any exceptional, compassionate and compelling circumstances you wish to remain in the UK, you may be entitled to apply to remain on a Human Rights grounds. These types of applications are considered outside the Immigration rules, and may entitle you to Limited or Discretionary leave to remain.

It will be necessary for your OTS Immigration Solicitor to carry out a detailed assessment of your personal circumstances to identify on which basis of the Human Rights Act you may be entitled to settle in the UK, such as Article 8 Family and Private Life.

Our solicitors will carefully and meticulously:

  1. Consider your documents and ensure that you obtain the correct evidence to help support and strengthen your case
  2. Draft, Review and Prepare your Human Rights Application
  3. We will speak to our contacts in the Home Office and ensure that your Application is considered and decided in a correct and timely fashion

How is an Asylum Application decided?

If you wish to seek asylum in the UK, you are asking the UK to protect you because you are a refugee fleeing a country where you will be persecution on account of one or more of the following reasons: Race, Religion, Nationality, Membership of particular social group, Political opinion.

You must also be in the UK to claim asylum and show that you are not willing or unable because of your fear of return, to seek protection from or return to your country of origin.

Specialist Team of Asylum and Human Rights Solicitors

Our diverse team of specialist asylum and human rights solicitors will advise you throughout the process and talk you through the proof you need to provide to win your case. Our solicitors have particular expertise in Middle East, Asia and African asylum and Human Rights cases and we have access to specific country information and evidence to ensure that your application is prepared to the highest standard.

Our advisers can accommodate all languages and dialects as we have a network of translator to assist us in offering the best legal advice and services to all our client. We also work with a select number of renowned Immigration barrister and experts such as Mark Symes, David Jones, and Amarjit Kaur of Garden Court Chambers, Andreas Pretzell of Lamb Building Chambers, Danny Bazini of No 5 Chambers, Guy Davidson of Grey’s Inn Square, and other highly eminent barristers.

We are therefore able to assist you with:

  • Applications to stay in the UK based on your fear of return and Asylum protection in the UK
  • Applications to stay in the UK based on your ties to the UK and Human Rights violations
  • Applications based on Article 8 Violation of Respect to Your Family and Private Life in the UK
  • Applications based on Refugee Family Reunion Policy
  • Fresh Claim Applications on Asylum or Human Rights Grounds
  • Applications Challenging your Exclusion from the Refugee Convention
  • Applications for Children and Young People subject to Immigration Control
  • Applications for Victims of Domestic Violence, Rape, Trafficking, Sexual Orientation and FGM
  • Application based on Article 3 Violations on Fear of Torture, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment
  • Representing you in Immigration and Asylum Appeal before the Tribunal and Higher courts
  • judicial review Applications Challenging the Home Office decision and instigating an Administrative Review of any Asylum and Human Rights matters from the high court, and Immigration and Asylum Upper Tribunal
  • Applications for Immigration Detention Bail and Temporary Admission

Our Specialist Asylum and human rights solicitors are some of London's leading experts in this are and have been awarded the specialist Immigration quality mark by the Law Society for their renowned success and in-depth knowledge of this area of Immigration law.

Our Immigration lawyers will ensure that you and your dependants receive the best legal advice on Asylum and Human Rights Applications and Appeals. Please contact OTS Immigration solicitors on 0203 959 9123 or contact us online for your initial consultation.

Your Questions and our answers about Asylum and Human Rights Applications

Thank you for your enquiry.

There may be appeal options available to your husband in addition to discretionary applications under for example Article 8. We would need to assess the merits and have sight of the refusal documentation to determine which course of action to take. Please call 02039599123 or click here 

Thank you for getting in touch with us.

Your enquiry is being reviewed by our team and one of our solicitors will contact you shortly.

In the meantime, you can also call us on 02039 599123 or contact us here.

Thank you for your enquiry. We would like to know whether you were granted Asylum and how you came to the UK. If your family members have fear of persecution/thier life, they should seek refuge in their nearest country who are able to provide them with a safe haven. They will also need to meet other requirements. Please contact us on 02039 599123 or info@otssolicitors.co.uk directly if you wish to discuss this further.

Dear Abdul, Thank you for your enquiry. I am sorry to hear the difficulty you are facing . I suggest you contact our office to book an appointment to discuss your Immigration matter. If you have a WhatsApp number or IMO, please kindly email it to us at info@otssolicitors.co.uk and we shall contact you.

Thank you for getting in touch with us.

Your enquiry is being reviewed by our team and one of our solicitors will contact you shortly.

In the meantime, you can also call us on 02039 599123 or contact us here.

Thank you for your enquiry. In order to apply for Asylum you must have fear of persecution based on one of 5 specific characteristics. We would recommend that you contact us on 02039 599123 or email us at info@otssolicitors.co.uk directly in order for us to advise you on your particular circumstances.

Thank you for your enquiry. Your application should not be refused for this sole purpose, however, the outcome will also depend on other factors. Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us on 02039 599123.

Thank you for your enquiry. If you decide to leave the UK to return to the country, due to which you claimed fear of persecution, this will affect your current leave in the UK and future applications. We require further details to advise you properly. Please call us on 02039 599123 for a free intitial conversation reagrding your Immigration matter.

Thank you for your enquiry. You can marry provided you have valid leave in the UK. We require further details to advise you properly. Please call us on 02039 599123 for a free intitial conversation regarding your Immigration matter.

In order to provide you with solid advice that you can rely on we would need more information about your partner’s background such as their nationality, their risk on return, the length of your relationship etc. Given that she also had TOEIC related issues, we cannot give you a definitive answer we would need to understand her case and Immigration history better. We suggest that you contact us on 02039 599123 to book a consultation with one of our team who can provide you with advice tailored to your circumstances.

Temporary admission was a status which allowed a person to be lawfully in the UK without being detained (before they have been granted Leave to Remain). The provisions for temporary admission under the Immigration Act 1971 have been replaced by successive law. Please contact our office on 02039 599123 for further details.

Thank you for getting in touch with us.

Your enquiry is being reviewed by our team and one of our solicitors will contact you shortly.

In the meantime, you can also call us on 0203 959 9123 or contact us here.

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