Do I Need An Immigration Solicitor?
If you are asking the question ‘Do I need an immigration solicitor?’ then the answer is yes, you probably do. That is because both individual immigration and business immigration are some of the most technically complex areas of UK law and visa applicants don’t want their UK visa application refused or want to have to appeal against a decision. For example, a Home Office decision to refuse an application for pre-settled status or settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
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For advice on any aspect of immigration law call the expert London immigration lawyers at OTS Solicitors on 0203 959 9123 or contact us online.
Why do I need an immigration solicitor?
There are numerous reasons why you may need an immigration solicitor.
If you are an individual in the UK, you may need individual immigration law advice on:
- Making a late application for settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme .
- Switching from your current work visa or family visa or student visa.
- Extending your current Tier 2 (General) visa and applying for a skilled worker visa.
- Applying for indefinite leave to remain.
- Applying for British citizenship.
- Claiming asylum.
- Seeking to overturns an immigration decision by administrative review or judicial review
- Staying in the UK if you entered the UK on a family visa but you have had to leave the relationship because of domestic violence.
If you are an individual living outside the UK, you may need individual immigration law advice on:
- Working in the UK and your various work visa options such as the skilled worker visa, intra company transfer visa, or temporary work visa.
- Setting up a business in the UK on a visa such as the start-up visa or innovator visa.
- Investing in the UK on an investor visa.
- Coming to the UK to reunite with family, for example, your spouse or civil partner.
- Studying in the UK.
- Appealing against a refusal decision under the points-based immigration system.
If you are a UK business owner you may need business immigration law advice on:
- Recruiting EU nationals and skilled migrant workers after Brexit.
- Applying for a sponsor licence to sponsor job recruits on a skilled worker visa.
- Managing your sponsor licence.
- Help with the potential suspension or revocation of your sponsor licence.
How do I choose an immigration solicitor?
An immigration solicitor will need to work closely with you, whatever the nature of your immigration law problem. The solicitor will need to be:
- An accredited immigration solicitor qualified to give immigration law advice.
- A solicitor registered with the Law Society.
Ideally the immigration law firm should be:
- A specialist immigration law firm with substantial experience of all aspects of immigration law.
- A firm with a dedicated team of immigration lawyers so there is help on hand whenever you need it.
- Recognised for their immigration law expertise by inclusion in the leading UK law directories, Legal 500 and Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession.
- Transparent on the level of service you should expect from them and fair pricing.
- A law firm you feel that you can trust as you are putting your faith into lawyers to sort out your future in the UK.
- An immigration law firm that will look at all your best immigration and visa options. For example, advising on the new graduate visa route.
- Staffed with immigration lawyers you feel you can talk to as you are confident that they want to help you achieve your immigration goals.
Immigration solicitors can be picked online but it is also worth asking for a recommendation or picking up the phone to speak to an immigration solicitor to see if you feel that they are the best immigration solicitors to help you.
UK Online and London Based Immigration Solicitors
For advice on any aspect of immigration law call the immigration team at OTS Solicitors on 0203 959 9123 or contact us online.