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Immigration and Asylum Direct Access

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We have extensive experience in immigration law and provide services on Direct Access basis too. In Immigration, Asylum and Nationality law we provide services such as:

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  • legal advice appointments (both in-person and via video);

  • Out of country or In-Country application preparation;

  • Administrative review preparation;

  • immigration tribunal (FTT and UT) appeal grounds, skeleton and bundle preparation;

  • immigration tribunal (FTT and UT) representation;

  • drafting grounds and skeletons in further appeals to higher courts and judicial reviews; and

  • hearing representation in further appeals to higher courts and judicial reviews.

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The categories of claims in which we provide services include but are not limited to:

 

Family member routes

 

  • Family life with a partner (5 year route)

  • Family life with a partner (10 year route)

  • Bereaved partner

  • Victim of domestic abuse

  • Family life as a child of a person with limited leave as a partner or parent

  • Family life as a parent of a child (5 year route)

  • Family life as a parent of a child (10 year route)

  • Adult dependent relative

  • Deportation and removal

  • Parent of a Child Student

 

Work visas and Business routes

 

 

Temporary work routes

 

  • T5 (Temporary Worker) Seasonal Worker

  • T5 (Temporary Worker) Youth Mobility Scheme

  • T5 (Temporary Worker) Creative or Sporting Worker

  • T5 (Temporary Worker) Religious Worker

  • T5 (Temporary Worker) Charity Worker

  • T5 (Temporary Worker) International Agreement Worker

  • T5 (Temporary Worker) Government Authorised Exchange Worker route

 

Other work routes

 

  • UK Ancestry

  • Overseas Domestic Worker

  • Domestic Workers in a Private Household

  • Service Providers from Switzerland

  • The Hong Kong British National (Overseas) route

 

Other routes, claims and applications

 

  • Students

  • Children

  • EU settlement scheme

  • ECAA workers, business persons and their family members

  • Armed Forces

  • Stateless person

  • Asylum

  • Human Rights Claim

  • Modern Slavery and Trafficking

  • Private life

  • Long Residence

  • Travel documents

  • Settlement applications

  • Citizenship registration and naturalisation

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We are also authorised to undertake direct access work. Click here to find out more about direct access work. A link to the Barristers’ Register page is here.

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Immigration Appeals – Direct Access

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We do not offer legal aid as barristers are not allowed to do so on Direct Access basis. Fees are always charged on fixed fee basis and agreed in advance for the defined work which is agreed before taking instructions.

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The responsibility of filing and serving papers and receiving papers remains with the clients where they instruct the Barrister on direct access basis. As you must appeal a decision within 14 days (from within the UK) or 28 days (from outside the UK), please contact us as soon as possible.

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In Immigration appeals mainly three services are offered: 1) grounds and appeal form preparation with advice; 2) bundle preparation; and 3) attendance on hearing. The indicative fee charged for: 1) preparing appeal form and grounds with advice is £800; 2) bundle preparation is £1200-1500; and 3) attendance on tribunal hearing is between £600 – £800. If you only require advice in one appointment the indicative fee payable is £300.

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The fee can vary depending on where the case is listed and if the matter is complex. The work is agreed in two stages and the fee is charged in two stages so that stage two is only agreed once it becomes clear that the Barrister is available on the hearing date which the tribunal issues some weeks after the appeal is lodged.

 

Once instructions are received for preparing appeal grounds and form, it is normally agreed to prepare the form and grounds and send the same to the client within three days of receiving instructions and in any event at least a day before the deadline for lodging where the client gives instructions late. Once the tribunal issues a hearing date some weeks after the appeal is lodged, it is at that stage the instructions for bundle preparation and attendance on hearing are taken subject to availability.

 

Normally it is agreed to prepare the bundle a week before the deadline for file and service so that there is sufficient time for client to file and serve. Immigration appeals can take 2-8 months to conclude depending on when the hearing date is received, and this does not include further appealing time. If the hearing is adjourned for whatever reason a fee of £600–£800 is payable for each further hearing. These figures are estimate and you should contact us for the figure relevant in your case as per your circumstances. This fee does not include VAT and does not include tribunal fees. You can find more about tribunal fees here . No additional costs are charged and the figures above are inclusive of all costs.

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