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We have always taken great effort to charge reasonable and affordable prices. We continue to do so, our prices are based on the time it would take an experience adviser to complete a particular task. Therefore if the matter takes longer than our estimate, the price you pay will always be fixed.
Telephone, Teams or What's app appointments
The charge for off site appointments is £60 up to 1 hour.
The charge for face to face appointments is £120.00 up to 1 hour (restricted due to COVID government guidelines)
Free appointments are available at our First Firday Clinics, appointments are on a first come, first serve basis. See separate post with the dates and contact details for making an appointment. If the appointment diary is fully subscribed you can choose another appointment medium or book in advance for different session).
Further Representations
Further representations are charged at £500, this includes your interview, research and assessing your documents..
General Applications
This is what you will pay, A general application whether this is an in-country matter or entry clearance is charged at £960. This is the equivalent of 8 hours of work. The matter will generally take longer than 8 hours to complete, we however have limited the charges in the interest of reasonableness. We do not pay your disbursements which are invoices from third parties, post, doctors reports and, barristers or experts.You are responsible for those additional charges. There is an uploading charge for documents and bundles uploaded to the UKVI, VFS, TLS or UKVCAS portals. This is £90.
Complex Applications
These include medical cases, human rights cases, unusual circumstances which warrant research and consideration, applications outside of the immigration rules and fresh claims are charged at £1800 which is the equvalent of 15 hours or two days work. If the matter takes longer than 15 hours to produce , you will not be charged the extra amount. e do not pay your disbursements which are invoices from third parties, post, doctors reports and, barristers or experts.You are responsible for those additional charges. There is an uploading charge for documents and bundles uploaded to the UKVI, VFS, TLS or UKVCAS portals. This is £90.
British Nationality
The charge is £840 per adult or child application. For parents and dependents - dependents in the same matter are charged £240 per dependent (dependents for the purposes of our charging matrix are persons under the age of 18.
Other applications
Other applications not listed here such as transferring an immigration stamp to a BRP are charged at £480.00.
Please see our Appeals and Administrative Review Blog post for charges and processes in appeal matters.
Todays question was about domestic violence to partners of skilled workers. Sorry to say the Domestic Violence rule does not cover skilled workers. The rational probably is that the skilled work visa is a temporary visa allowing residence in exchange for work. The partner of permanent residents route is much different there is permanence in the equations and this allows for relief in situations where there is domestic abuse. My answer is regrettably, if you leave your marriage as a skilled worker for a domestic abuse reason, then unless you have an alternative reason to apply to remain in the UK - you should consider leaving to resume your life in the last country you lived in or otherwise your country of origin.
This is not as tricky as it sounds, what you need know first of all is whether you meet the financial requirement with demonstrable earning of £29.000 in the year of the application. Therefore if you have had more than one job, it can be the cumulative amount that count towards the relevant figure. The UKVI require evidence of the work you are undertaking such as contracts, pay remits, bank statements and other documents that show you are in genuine employment. It is open to them to make checks to verify information you choose to submit.
This post explains who is a partner as applies to the spouse visa criteria.
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Bringing your Spouse to the UK Episode 3- English Language Exemptions Partner/Spouse Visa exemptions discussed in a broadcast brought to you by Lawson Hunte Immigration Radio 24.
In this episode, Sonya discusses the English Language Requirements as this pertains to the spouse visa. Exemptions will be explored in a subsequent broadcast. This broadcast is brought to you by Lawson Hunte Immigration Radio 24 keeping it real and educating a nation.
This is a discussion by Sonya King Immigration Lawyer on bringing a spouse to the UK. It is a general overview of starting a spouse visa application. The next Episode is titled Speaking the Language.
Sour milk is a violence to the stomach, just as is the fist. In this series Mwansa discusses the question of myths surrounding domestic violence. Unravelling mysteries and lies.
In this post, our very own reporter Mwansa Chikonde seeks to clarify and educate on why women stay in abusive relationships. We hope this is an enlightening and engaging post and would welcome your comments. Find us on Lawson Hunte Immigration Radio 24 on spotify.