With the immigration rules continuously changing, our solicitors specialise in a wide range of UK visa, nationality and asylum applications to the UK Border Agency and the Home Office. If you are planning to visit, reside or extend your stay in the UK, we are here to help you and/or your family with our specialist immigration advisory service. You may be a foreign national planning to work, study or settle in the UK, or you may already be settled here, or you may be a British citizen hoping for a non-European partner or family members to join you. Regardless, taking advantage of the expertise offered by Radleys Solicitors will eliminate stress, whilst maximising your chances of a successful outcome, with any UK visa application or appeal.

We have dedicated qualified team to provide such services. Our expert immigration solicitors can provide advice, practical assistance and professional representation to guide you through the application and decision-making process from start to finish. Our immigration team leaders are Mrs Fouzia Miller and Mr Ben Veerapen.

Our areas of expertise include:

  • Family and partner/spouse visas;
  • Visiting the UK;
  • Student visas including Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 4 and Tier 5 visa applications under the UK’s five tier point-based system;
  • Extending your visa to Indefinite Leave to Remain, EEA family permit applications for relatives of European nationals, obtaining and renouncing British citizenship and entry clearance;
  • Assisting with detention and removal;
  • Claiming asylum, appeals and bail applications before the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal, and all human rights-related matters.

We also offer an extensive range of corporate immigration services which include:

  • Entrepreneurs visas for overseas investors, businesses, employers, highly skilled and highly valued workers, and education providers;
  • Advice and assistance for those wanting to work or set up a business in the UK;
  • Advise employers on sponsor licensing if they are seeking to recruit migrant workers on a UK visa or work permit.

Our Fees

We deal with many types of immigration matters, including entry clearance applications to the UK, applications for leave to remain within the UK, and applications for extensions of current leave. We also deal with immigration appeals and judicial reviews.

To help our clients to budget we offer fixed fee options.  We charge a fixed fee for the whole case or if the case will be dealt with in stages we will charge a fixed fee for each stage.

In more complex immigration cases or where a client has a lengthy immigration history it may not be possible for us to adhere to the fees listed below. One of our immigration team leaders will assess the case and advise on the likely fees. All applications are likely to vary and we can give you a more accurate estimate once we have more information about your specific case.

We have a fixed fee range for most cases. If a case is complex, with voluminous documents that we need to peruse, with a lengthy immigration history with numerous applications/appeals/ Judicial Reviews, or the case involves dependents, etc you may be charged a higher fixed fee. If the case is not a complex one and you are  able to provide sufficient evidence at our first meeting and clearly meet the applicable Immigration Rules, the fixed fee is likely to be at the lower end of this range.

 

Initial consultation £100.00 plus VAT – £ 150.00 plus VAT
Citizenship £850.00 plus VAT – £1000.00 plus VAT
EEA nationals (Family permits, Residence Cards For Non –EEA family members, Registration certificates for EEA Extended family members, Permanent Residence Cards)

For Non EEA Members

 £1400.00 plus VAT -£1600.00 plus VAT

 

 

£1400.00 – £1600.00 (No VAT)
Spouse Visas (Entry clearance) £1500.00 – £ 2000.00 (No VAT)
Spouse Visas (in country applications)

Spouse Visas (in country applications but with no visa or legal stay)

 £1500.00 plus VAT – £ 2000.00 plus VAT

£1500.00 – £2000.00 (No VAT)
Applications on Family/Private Life/On long residence (FLR –FP)

Indefinite Leave/Settlement (legal stay)

 £ 2000.00 – £ 2500.00 (NO VAT)

£1700.00 plus VAT – £2000.00 plus VAT
Sponsorsip Licence for Employers

Skilled Worker Visa

 £ 2000.00 plus VAT – £2700.00 plus VAT

£1700.00 plus VAT – £2000.00 plus VAT
Immigration Appeals

Appeals for an applicant with no legal stay

 £1800.00 plus VAT – £2500.00 plus VAT

£1800.00 – £2500.00 (No VAT)
Judicial Reviews Hourly rate £200.00 plus VAT per hour carried out by Mrs Fouzia Miller.

The fees quoted do not include any Home Office fees (link below) for making the application. You will pay this to the Home Office directly as part of the application process.

Except for the initial consultation, our fees include considering documents, attending on you, taking instructions, providing advice, preparing and submitting the application, advising on timelines and the outcome of your application. We will deduct our initial consultation fee from your total fees once we are engaged to act for you.

Not all immigration cases attract VAT and if you are liable for VAT, 20% VAT will be applied. Interpreters are not required in many cases we handle. If we do require one, normally interpreters fees are charged at £100.00 – £150.00 per hour (this may or may not exclude VAT). This is in addition to our fees as set out above. If required, the initial consultation will normally require between 30 minutes to one hour with an interpreter (if applicable), depending on the complexity of your case.

Examples of disbursements that you may be responsible for (if applicable):

  1. Application fee & IHS charge payable to the Home Office: (Home Office fees)
  2. Clients will be required to pay the Home Office application fee for these applications. For all applications (except EEA applications, Citizenship and settlement applications), clients will also be required to pay the IHS charge (Immigration Health Surcharge).
  3. Appeal fee to the First –tier Tribunal
  4. Judicial review fee to initiate proceedings  payable to the Tribunal service (JR attracts further tribunal fees at different stages)
  5. Counsel’s fees for advising in complex immigration matters
  6. Counsel’s fee for representation in appeals and judicial review
  7. Medical report fees/other experts’ fees
  8. Transalation costs

Many of the above example disbursements may not apply to your case and are listed to give an indication of typical immigration related costs. As these fees do not relate to fees set by us, we are unable to confirm the cost until we are formally instructed to act for you in your immigration case.

The amount a counsel charges will depend upon his seniority and the complexity of your case and these would be agreed with you in advance. Counsel’s fees are estimated between £500.00 to £1500.00 per day (depending on experience) for attending a hearing.

Timescales

We cannot guarantee how long the Home Office will take to process your application. The current processing times can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-processing-times-applications-outside-the-uk

We will normally be able to submit this type of application within 3 weeks of you instructing us, but we will let you know at the earliest opportunity if it is likely to take longer than this.