The immigration department has been established since the foundation of the firm in 1985 and is headed by Robert Sookias. We take pride in the good reputation that we have established through a high rate of successful Home Office applications.
Providing a full range of services on business and personal immigration, work permits, nationality and asylum and immigration appeals, we undertake work from both abroad and within the UK, no matter how complex. The range of immigration and nationality applications (both in the UK and Abroad) include, but are not limited to:-
- Work permit applications (Tier2)
- Intra Company Transfers (Tier 2)
- Highly Skilled Migrant applications (HSMP)*
- Sole Representatives
- Further and Indefinite Leave to Remain applications
- Investor and Businessman applications*
- Persons of independent means
- Students (Tier 4)
- Ministers of Religion, Missionaries and members of Religious Orders (Tier 2)
- Spouse applications
- EEA applications
- British nationality/passport applications
- Entry clearance/visa applications
- Asylum, Human Rights and Humanitarian Protection
- Appeals both against Border & Immigration Agency and Entry Clearance decisions.
Those marked “*” will be deleted, on or after 30 June 2008 and be dealt with under the new Points Based System currently being introduced in stages.
The firm also provides advice on tax matters where it relates to a clients immigration status. There are considerable changes being made to the previously recognised Immigration categories under the new Points Based System and we shall update this site as and when necessary.
THE ‘IMMIGRATION PACKAGE’
When a client wants to come to the UK, we are aware that immigration is not the only concern. We therefore provide a comprehensive service, and endeavour to cover all the client’s requirements.
Accordingly we consider all aspects of our clients’ legal affairs including; tax, domicile, company formations, both UK and offshore, company acquisitions, company/commercial work, employment work, residential and commercial property transactions.
We appreciate that every individual has different requirements and we tailor the way we work to each client’s needs, with or without the assistance of other specially selected professionals.