Immigration for individuals

Specialist advice on the requirements for non-British and non-Irish nationals to accompany or join their British or Irish national or settled spouse, unmarried partner or fiancé(e), dependent relative, parent, or family member in the UK.

Assistance for EEA and Swiss nationals and their families, including applications for pre-settled and settled status and naturalisation as British citizens post-Brexit.

Guidance for individuals who are Commonwealth nationals with a UK–born grandparent applying to come to live and work in the UK based on UK ancestry.

Advice on visas including the Youth Mobility Scheme, Hong Kong British National (Overseas) route, High Potential Individual route, Charity Worker, Secondment Worker, Service Supplier, Government Authorised Exchange Scheme (for interns and work experience placements), Religious Worker and Creative and Sporting categories.

Support for students applying to study in the UK and exploring post-graduation options to remain afterwards.

Advice on available options to work in the UK, including sponsorship, the Innovator Founder route, Graduate and High Potential Individual applications and the Innovator Founder route.

Comprehensive guidance on the journey from initial entry to obtaining British citizenship, including settlement applications and navigating specific requirements such as good character and residency.

Our experience includes:

• Advising an individual on a successful application for indefinite leave to remain under the Innovator route, navigating complex requirements for the expedited three-year route, liaising with the endorsement body, compiling extensive evidence and drafting detailed representations to the Home Office, while also assisting with the extension application for the individual’s spouse.
• Advising an individual in relation to a successful spouse extension application under Appendix FM and on accessing their e-Visa.
• Assisting an individual on their spouse Indefinite Leave to Remain application, having previously assisted with an additional extension application following broken continuity of leave, and advising on a potential naturalisation application.
• Assisting an individual with the British registration application (submitted on the basis of section 3(5) of the British Nationality Act 1981) for their child, who was born outside of the UK to a parent who was a British citizen by descent and the family had since lived in the UK for some years.
• Advising an individual in relation to an application for naturalisation as a British citizen.