Sucess Stories and Case History
Indefinite Leave to Remain2013- December
Client initially came to us in 2010 when her previous legal representatives had made an expensive error on her
application. Her application was refused. We assisted her in 2010 to regularise her status and argued on the
gap.
In December 2013 we successfully obtained her indefinitely leave to remain (ILR) under the 10year rule. Her ILR
was granted within 4 months of our application.
Spousal Visa2013- December
Applicant came to us in 2012 with a Tier 4 visa just after the post study visa had been abolished. He was living
with his fiancé and they were soon to be married, however they did not meet the new financial criteria
To preserve his status in the UK, we applied outside the immigration rules presenting compassionate
circumstances and advised him how he could meet the new spousal rules with 6 months of planning
By August 2013 he was able to meet the rules and we made a substituted application to the UKBA and he was
granted 30months leave to remain as a spouse. At all time we preserved his immigration status and he had never been
out of a job or in breach of the rules.
UK Ancestry Visa
2013- September
The client came to us after she had been refused an Ancestry visa, she was had entered UK on her existing
visitor’s visa and wanted to appeal the visa refusal. Upon review of her case, we advised that a reapplication was
in her best interest and as cheaper and shorter in time than the appeal.
We assisted her with the out-of-country application, and within three weeks she was back in the UK with her 5
years Ancestry visa and free to take up any UK employment.
Romania & Bulgaria – Registration Certificate
2013-July
A Romanian client who already had a work authorisation, but did not want to be tied down to one employer; She
had a limited company and had regularly worked via employment agencies using this company. With our advice and
assistance we successful lodged an application on behalf of the client and she was granted a Registration
Certificate, which allowed her to work independently for any employer of her choice without any restrictions. The
application took only 4 months.
Indefinite Leave to Remain
2013 - July
Client was a repeat client whom we had assisted with her immigration status since 2008. We were able to make an
application for indefinite leave under the Transitional Arrangements to Appendix FM and she got her indefinite
leave to remain in the UK within 8 weeks of our application. She was a very happy client
Indefinite Leave to Remain
2013 July
Client was financially challenged and the application for indefinite leave was nearly out of time, furthermore
the UKBA made an error on his application and returned this after his visa has expired.
We successfully argued the error of the Home Office and the granted his indefinite leave to remain within 4
months of our application.
Registration as a British Citizen
2013 –May
The client was born in the UK but his parents has no status to be in the UK, we assisted the parents with
discretionary leave to remain in 2009 and in 2013 when the client was now 10years old we applied for British
nationality which was granted within 6weeks. The client is now a British citizen and his parents also acquired
further rights as parents of a British citizen resident in the UK.
ROMANIA & BULGARIA – WORKS AUTHORIZATION (PURPLE CARD)
2013 – February
Client came to us as a Romanian national who had found our services online. She has secured a good job with the
NHS, but required a work permit to commence the employment.
We communicated with her proposed employers and also set out plans to speed up the application process. She was
granted her work permit within 3weeks of instructing us
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INDEFINITE LEAVE TO ENTER
2013 – January
The applicant was granted Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK after she gave birth to her daughter. Due to bad
advice, she took her daughter out of the UK to stay with the grandparents without regularising the daughter’s
status.
She applied to bring her daughter back to the UK after two years and the application was refused.
Upon reviewing the case, we drafted full grounds of appeal, which enabled the UKBA to review their decision as a
consequence of which the refusal decision was withdrawn without the need for an appeal hearing. The daughter is now
in the UK with indefinite leave to enter.
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SPOUSAL VISA
2012- July
Leave granted by the court following a successful appeal. The applicant is the spouse of a British National, she
had been refused Leave to enter because her husband had other children in the UK and was previously with another
partner. The UKBA argued that the husband had not provided sufficient evidence that the UK relationship had
ended.
We successfully argued that there was no requirement for formal documents to show the ending of a relationship
which was not a marriage. The Court agreed and the applicant was granted leave to enter the UK to join her
husband.
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INDEFINITE LEAVE TO REMAIN
2011 –October
The applicant an American Citizen formally held indefinite leave to remain, however having lived outside the
country for more than two years, she lost her indefinite leave. She was then granted Limited leave to enter as the
spouse of a UK citizen.
The applicant was unaware of her visa expiry until she was about to travel abroad on holiday with her husband.
It was discovered that her status had expired for over 6-months.
We made representation on behalf of the applicant stating that she was entitled to indefinite leave to remain
based on the length of her marriage and it would appear she was granted limited leave due to lack of life in the UK
test which came into force while her application was pending, hence inapplicable.
The applicant was joyfully granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK despite overstaying last visa.
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EEA DEPENDENT – RETAINING RIGHTS TO RESIDE
2011 January
Client, an Ivorian national was married to an EEA national, but had divorced prior to the expiry of the 5years
leave to remain that he had been given. We successfully argued that the client had retained the rights to reside
under the EU rules, the UKBA agreed and he was granted Permanent Right to reside in the UK. He is now eligible to
Naturalize as a British Citizen.
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TIER 4 (STUDENT)
2010- October
Client came to us in a panic, she had been referred by a friend who had utilized our services in the
past.
She had been refused a student visa under the Tier 4 point based program. The college she was attending had
closed down and she had only just found a new college.
We reviewed the previous application made by an immigration caseworker on her behalf and we found that no
representation was provided to explain the closure of the former college and the fact that the client had in-fact
lost the money she paid as tuition fees to that college.
We made a fresh application of her behalf while preserving her rights of appeal and judicial review. She was
granted Leave to remain under the Tier 4 points based system enabling her to continue her studies with the new
college and preserving her immigration rights and status in the UK.
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DISCRETIONARY LEAVE TO REMAIN
2010- August
This client was referred to us by the citizens advice bureau in Havering. She was a failed asylum seeker who had
been in the UK for several years. She was near destitute by the time she came to us. We reviewed her case, made
representation on her behalf under the legacy rules and her article 8 rights of both herself and her children.
The client was overjoyed when 18months after, she was granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
- She now had the right to work and fend for her children
- Her husband was also able to work.
- The family were able to reside peacefully in the UK knowing their immigration status had been resolve
Indefinitely and they could, if they choose become British Citizens
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