A. Williams & Co. (Solicitors)

Information on the Immigration Services we provide and those we do not provide

We provide advice and representation on the following immigration issues;

Prepare and represent you at tribunal appeals in London.
Assist you with overseas applications as we have experience in making representations to Entry Clearance Officers abroad
Naturalisation and registration applications.
EEA applications – registrations and permanent residence
Visitors applications – all types
Judicial review of decisions.
Work related applications
Investors applications
Entrepreneur renewals.
Settlement applications.
Sponsor Licence applications.
Applications Outside the immigration rules

We do not carry out asylum applications nor legal aid applications nor mental health applications under the Immigration laws.

Our Prices and Costs

We will always provide you with a retainer agreement which will state all our terms and conditions.

Generally, our hourly rate is: £350 plus 20% VAT per hour – £500 plus 20% VAT per hour depending on the complexity of the matter.

Our retainer letter will however state all the specific requirements of the work to be done however, on average, this type of work takes between 5 – 20 hours to complete. This means that on average costs are between £1750 plus 20% VAT – £10,000 plus 20% VAT depending on the complexity.

The exact number of hours it will take depends on the circumstances in your case. Such as:

The amount of supporting evidence that we need to consider.
The nature and type of documents we may have to draft to support your application
Which language(s) you speak
Whether you are applying with other dependants
The nature of the difficulties you may have encountered prior to your application for leave to remain.
The urgency of the application in which case we may have to include additional staff on the work to be done.

If you are able to provide sufficient evidence at our first meeting and clearly meet the applicable Immigration Rules, the cost is likely to be at the lower end of this range.

The work will involve:

discussing your circumstances in detail and confirming whether this is the most appropriate application for you to make and what other options may be available to you
preparing instructions on your matter with a view to providing you with written legal advice working with a barrister if required
giving you advice about the requirements of the Immigration Rules and whether you meet the criteria
if you do not fulfil certain criteria, whether this can be overcome and how, which on average can take up to 10 hours depending on the complexity of the criteria to be fulfilled
considering the supporting evidence you have provided, which we anticipate will take 5 – 20 hours
where necessary, helping you obtain further evidence (such as medical records and bank statements), including taking statements of any witnesses
preparing your application and submitting it on your behalf, which we anticipate will take 2 hours
Attendance at a Home Office interview: if the Home Office ask you to attend an interview, we will give you clear advice (and discuss the possibility of us attending with you) at the appropriate time. This could be between 5 – 20 hours of work.

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Services Provided

Work Done

Please contact us for more details on any of the foregoing :

EMPLOYMENT LAW

We represented clients on a wide range of employment matters, including;

redundancy, unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal
race discrimination claims
sexual harassment claims
disability discrimination
drafting compromise and conciliation agreements

Example of recent work;

Filing a claim on behalf of a probationary employee against her employer for 'automatically unfair dismissal,' and representing the employee at the Tribunal.
Acting on behalf of an employer in the private sector in relation to a claim for sex discrimination, breach of contract and personal injury and working with ACAS towards reaching a conciliated agreement.
Providing advice to an employee in public office in respect of discrimination claims against the employer.

FAMILY LAW

We provided advice and representation in the following areas;

separation and judicial separation .
divorce petition grounds.
financial matters arising out of separation or divorce.
Review of tax and pensions matters.
International and jurisdictional issues.
Injunctions and restraining orders.
Cohabitation and premarital contracts.

Where children were involved, our areas of advice and assistance included:

Custody issues and maintenance payments towards the children.
Residency issues.
Contact order issues.
International Adoption advice.
International Wardship and guardianship issues.

WILLS & INTESTACY

We have represented and provided advice to international clients in matters involving contentious probate and intestacy disputes either directly or through our vast network of international law firms sometimes where the client could not travel overseas or where litigation had already been commenced against the client in the UK or overseas.