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Faaizah Rahman

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Faaizah Rahman is a Solicitor in the Immigration department at OTS Solicitors. She joined the firm from a nationally recognised Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners ranked practice, bringing over several years of specialist experience in both Business Immigration and Personal Immigration law. Faaizah is a key member of the firm’s immigration team,  leading on strategy, departmental training, and legal innovation across the practice.

She has built a flourishing immigration caseload, acting for UK-based and international clients—from entrepreneurs and tech founders to multinationals and high-net-worth individuals. Faaizah is known for her clear legal judgment, client-focused strategy, and her ability to manage complex cases with confidence and discretion.

Faaizah has particular strength in Business Immigration, where she advises UK businesses and international clients on navigating the sponsorship regime, visa structuring, and workforce mobility. Her business-focused approach ensures compliance is balanced with commercial opportunity.

Her expertise includes:

  • Sponsor Licence applications, renewals, compliance audits, and training

  • Skilled Worker visa sponsorships and CoS management

  • Global Business Mobility visas across all categories

  • Innovator Founder Visas, including endorsement strategies and business plan structuring

  • Sponsor Management System (SMS) guidance and reporting duties

  • Right to Work compliance and internal policy reviews

  • Advice on frontier workers, business visitors, and overseas expansion

  • Immigration risk in mergers, TUPE, and organisational restructuring

  • Tier 1 legacy matters (Investor, Entrepreneur, Exceptional Talent)

  • British citizenship and settlement strategies for sponsored workers

In Personal Immigration, Faaizah has handled a wide range of sensitive, technical, and discretionary matters. She is trusted by clients for her careful case-building and ability to deliver outcomes in applications outside the Immigration Rules or involving complex personal circumstances.

Key areas include:

  • Appendix FM spouse, partner, and fiancé(e) visas

  • Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) and long residence routes

  • Private life and discretionary applications

  • Applications based on medical or compassionate grounds

  • Domestic violence concessions

  • EUSS and family permits

  • Naturalisation and British citizenship

  • Appeals, administrative reviews, and refusal challenges

  • Visitor visas and family reunion applications

Faaizah’s Mauritian heritage give her valuable cross-cultural insight, especially in advising clients from Mauritius and the broader Indian Ocean and African regions. She has served as a legal advisor and charity trustee, and remains actively involved in initiatives aimed at increasing ethnic minority representation in boardrooms and leadership positions.

She holds an LLM in Professional Legal Practice from the University of Law and an LLB in Law and Commercial Law from the University of Hertfordshire. Fluent in English and Mauritian Creole, with conversational Hindi and Urdu, Faaizah combines cultural empathy with legal excellence, making her a powerful advocate for both individuals and businesses navigating the UK immigration landscape.