Nyasha Gardner

Senior Associate
Nyasha advises on and manages immigration matters for a range of commercial clients, including multinational corporates and for individuals.
Nyasha advises on and manages immigration matters for a range of commercial clients, including multinational corporates and for individuals.

About

Nyasha is an approachable, empathetic and confident lawyer who works closely with clients to ensure the best outcome.

Since joining Stevens & Bolton in 2017, having previously worked at a number of regional firms, she advises on sponsor licence applications, sponsor licence maintenance, Home Office audit compliance and permission to enter and permission to stay applications under the Skilled Worker and Senior or Specialist Worker routes, as well as a range of other business immigration routes. Her experience also includes supporting clients with applications for dependants applying at the same time as the main applicant under various immigration routes.

Nyasha also advises individuals on personal and family immigration applications, such as spouse or unmarried partner, ancestry, indefinite leave to remain, naturalisation/registration under British nationality law and long residence applications.

Expertise
Immigration for businesses Immigration for individuals

Experience

  • Recent work
    • Advising clients on Skilled Worker applications for employees switching from the Student /Graduate routes or new hires. Following increases to the minimum salary thresholds for sponsorship, this included providing strategic advice to clients on meeting the salary requirements;
    • Advising in relation to a successful application for indefinite leave to remain under the Innovator route;
    • Assisting a client with meeting their sponsor compliance and notification obligations arising from the TUPE transfer of sponsored employees;
    • Obtaining a long-term business visit visa for a very senior hire based overseas required to regularly attend meetings in the UK.
  • Qualifications and recognition

    Nyasha is an active member of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association and also provides immigration and sponsorship training to clients.

  • Advising clients on Skilled Worker applications for employees switching from the Student /Graduate routes or new hires. Following increases to the minimum salary thresholds for sponsorship, this included providing strategic advice to clients on meeting the salary requirements;
  • Advising in relation to a successful application for indefinite leave to remain under the Innovator route;
  • Assisting a client with meeting their sponsor compliance and notification obligations arising from the TUPE transfer of sponsored employees;
  • Obtaining a long-term business visit visa for a very senior hire based overseas required to regularly attend meetings in the UK.

Nyasha is an active member of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association and also provides immigration and sponsorship training to clients.

As this is the first time I was immigrating, the process can be quite daunting. Working with Nyasha Gardner was an absolute pleasure as she walked me through the process from start to finish. She had set up numerous calls with me before each milestone of the visa process to ensure I was prepared for each step and was an email away if needed.

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