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Immigration Solicitors
Offering expert legal advice and assistance with immigration. Get in touch today for a free initial assessment from our solicitors.
Immigration (Individual and Businesses)
We are an established immigration practice with a strong success rate in complicated immigration applications and appeals. We offer straightforward practical solutions to both our individual and business.
FREE INITIAL ASSESSMENT
We offer a free initial assessment for both business and private individuals. Contact us today or fill in an enquiry form for a no obligation initial discussion.
Our team deal with a wide range of immigration law matters successfully ranging from apply for Visa, appeals, asylum, human rights and business immigration.
Azizur Rahman is a solicitor and partner with the firm and heads the immigration department. Specialising in all areas conveyancing, commercial (purchase, sales and purchase) and niche practice in immigration and human rights judicial review claimant matters. Mr Rahman has over 14 years of experience in the immigration matters. Mr Rahman previously worked at Oldham based. Thereafter, moving to Daniel & Baker solicitors and headed before moving to Daniel & Baker solicitors.
Immigration for business:
If you employ a foreign national or are hoping to do so, you will need to know whether or not they have the right to work in the UK. Our business immigration solicitors are able to provide a comprehensive service to employers and businesses. Our immigration experts can advise and assist at an early stage in your recruitment plans to ensure the process runs as smoothly as possible.
Our services for Business related immigration include:
- Tier 1 – (Investor) visas
- Tier 1 – Entrepreneur visas
- Tier 2 sponsorship licenses for temporary or specialist workers
- Tier 2 intra company transfer visa
- Providing business with Advice on sponsor licence compliance and obligations.
- Issues to be aware of under United Kingdom Immigration rules when setting up business.
- Advising businesses on requesting restricted certificates of sponsorship and creating and assigning restricted and unrestricted certificates of sponsorship
- Advising on right to work checks
Immigration for family/students/ visit visa
We provide legal advice, assistance and representation to individual clients their loved ones who have difficulties with the UK immigration system. If you want to enter the UK to work or take a university course or to settle family members we can assist. If you are in the UK and need to regularise your stay or switch your immigration category, we can also assist you
Our services include:
- Visit Visa
- British citizenship
- Indefinite Leave to Remain / settlement applications
- Asylum
- Human Rights Cases
- Deportation
- Removals
- Points based applications
- UK ancestry visas
- Student visa
- Concessions and discretionary applications
- EEA (and Swiss) Nationals
- Dependants
Our agreed fee covers all work relating to your matter including, the work will typically involve:
- Having a consultation to understand your situation and identifying whether you meet the requirements of the relevant immigration rules and requirements, and how you can prove you meet them
- Drafting of Sponsorship and Statutory Declarations
- Preparation of Accommodation Reports
- Preparation of Power of Attorneys
- Attestation and legalisation of documents
- Identifying the supporting evidence that is required for your case, considering the evidence you have
- If needed advising you to obtain all relevant further evidence such as bank statements, letters from banks, documents from your employer, university or school, charity etc.
- Checking the supporting documents for the application/appeal
- Preparing the necessary application/appeal forms on your behalf
- Preparing grounds of appeal
- Preparing representations in support of your application
- Sending the application form, representations and supporting evidence to the Home Office
- Where necessary, representing you at tribunal hearings/appeals
- Liaising with the Home Office concerning your application/appeal until we receive a written decision in your matter
- All types of immigration appeals and immigration litigation in the High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and Immigration and Asylum Tribunal.
Time scale:
Applications from instructions can take up to four – eight weeks on average depending on complexity of applicant’s immigration history. We will let you know at the earliest opportunity if it is likely to take longer than this.
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) starts processing your application once you either:
a. verify your identity and submit your documents and application online using the UK Immigration: ID Check app. We’ll tell you if you can use this
b. attend your appointment at a visa application centre (VAC) to provide your fingerprints and a photograph (biometric information)
Visit visas
| Category | Processing time (after application is submitted) |
|---|---|
| Standard visitor | 3 weeks |
| Marriage visitor | 3 weeks |
| Chinese tour group | 3 weeks |
| Transit | 3 weeks |
Study visas
| Category | Processing time |
|---|---|
| Student | 3 weeks |
| Child Student | 3 weeks |
| Study English in the UK: Short-term student (6 to 11 month English language courses) | 3 weeks |
Family visas
| Category | Processing time |
|---|---|
| Partner or spouse | 12 weeks |
| Parent | 12 weeks |
| Child | 12 weeks |
| Adult coming to be cared for by a relative | 12 weeks |
Ukraine visas
| Category | Processing time |
|---|---|
| Homes for Ukraine | 3 weeks |
Work visas
Popular work visas
| Category | Processing time |
|---|---|
| Skilled worker | 3 weeks |
| Health and Care Worker | 3 weeks |
Temporary work visas
| Category | Processing time |
|---|---|
| Government Authorised Exchange | 3 weeks |
| Charity Worker | 3 weeks |
| Creative Worker | 3 weeks |
| International Agreement | 3 weeks |
| Seasonal Worker | 3 weeks |
| Religious Worker | 3 weeks |
Work visas you can apply for without a job offer
| Category | Processing time |
|---|---|
| Global Talent | 3 weeks |
| Youth Mobility Scheme | 3 weeks |
| India Young Professionals Scheme visa | 3 weeks |
| UK Ancestry | 3 weeks |
| High Potential Individual (HPI) | 3 weeks |
Work visas to start a business
| Category | Processing time |
|---|---|
| Innovator Founder | 3 weeks |
| Start-up | 3 weeks |
Work visas for an overseas employer
| Category | Processing time |
|---|---|
| Overseas Domestic Worker | 3 weeks |
| Graduate Trainee | 3 weeks |
| Secondment Worker | 3 weeks |
| Senior or Specialist Worker | 3 weeks |
| Representative of an Overseas Business | 3 weeks |
| Service Supplier | 3 weeks |
| UK Expansion Worker | 3 weeks |
Other visas and permits
| Category | Processing time |
|---|---|
| British National (Overseas) | 12 weeks |
| International Sportsperson | 3 weeks |
| Minister of Religion | 3 weeks |
| Scale-up Worker | 3 weeks |
The above timescale is provided by the home office and is subject to change by the home office based on demand. We cannot guarantee how long the Home Office will take to process your application. You can read the current processing time by clicking the link below.
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