Immigration

We have specialised team of immigration lawyers and Barrister (s) with a experience ranging over 15 years. Our team consists of Abdul Naeem Janjua (Barrister), Amir Khalid Mahmood (Solicitor), Fahad Mahmood (Solicitor), Shaista Hashmi (Solicitor) and Muhammad Hassan Amin (Solicitor), who have a great deal of knowledge and experience to deal with all types of UK visas, asylum and immigration matters. Our specialist team have successfully assisted and provided legal advice to thousands of clients for over 15 years. This has included Applications for deportations, Judicial Review (JR), removal decisions, asylum and human rights application and all types of  visa and immigration applications and appeals.

Our Charges

We are obliged to give you the best information we can about the cost for your case.  It is not always possible for us to precisely identify the cost because it depends at what stage the case is concluded. However, we try to be transparent with you from the onset. Our private funded rates and type of fee arrangement are narrated below.

Hourly Rate

One way for you to pay your fee is to pay for the time spent carrying our your work or receiving legal advice. Our team have a varied hourly rate based on their experience and area of law they practice in.

Our teams’ hourly rates is summarised as follows Mr. Abdul Naeem Janjua hourly rate £350 per hour plus VAT (Barrister/counsel) Mr. Amir Khalid Mahmood’s hourly rate £300 per hour plus VAT: Shaista Hashmi & Fahad Mahmood’s hourly rate is £250.00 plus VAT. Whereas Mr. Mohammad Amin Hassan rate is £200.00 plus VAT per hour. Any Paralegal or Assistant caseworker will charge at £125.00 plus VAT per hour.

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;
• 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 takes 1-10 hours (depends on the number documents we have to review and the complex nature of the case) ;
• considering the supporting evidence you have provided, 
• 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 4- 12hours (provided we are giving the relevant information and documentations)
• 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 1 and 6 hours of work. (This does not include travel and waiting times)
• giving you advice about the outcome of the application and any further steps you need to take.

*the amount of hours depends on the number of documents, whether they need to be translated, whether anything is missing and how long it will take to obtain the missing documents Disbursements (not included in costs set out above or below):

So simply you pay for the time spent on carrying the work. You can chose which member carry out the work or provides you advice/works on your matter, provided they have the necessary experience in the relevant area.

What Is Fixed Fee?

 A Fixed Fee Arrangement is an alternative method of paying your legal fees instead of the standard hourly rate used in the legal field. The idea is to charge a fixed price for each stage of legal work.  Agreed fixed fee is not dictated by the time spent on the case.  The agreed fixed fee gives certainty of legal costs and thus enables you to budget for your lawyer’s fees for UK visa and immigration matters.

 A fixed fee arrangement is payable regardless of the matter reaching it completion. Once we are instructed on the matter, the full fixed fee is chargeable.

 Our agreed fixed fee for UK visa and immigration cases covers all the work until we receive a written decision for the stage of the immigration matter for which you have instructed us. Please be advised that our agreed fixed fee does not cover the third-party charges or any disbursement incurred in relation to the matter e.g. Home Office UKVI fees, court fees or Barrister’s fees, interpreter fees or Immigration Health Surcharge. We charge affordable fixed fees with an option to pay by instalments.

The above agreed fixed fee are guidelines, a more precise quote will be given depending on the complexity of the application and the volume of casework involved in the application. The caseworker reserves the right to charge you an additional fee if the work is complex in nature or requires additional work to be carried out. Should that be the case you will be informed about the cost from the onset.  

Disbursements

In addition to our costs you will be responsible for paying costs payable to another organisation known as disbursements. Theses are incurred by us on your behalf, and include but are not limited to Home Office application fees, the Immigration Health Surcharge if applicable, Tribunal and Court fees, barristers’ fees, expert report fees, interpreter/translation costs, our travel costs (if we have to travel outside our office on your behalf, for example to a Tribunal hearing or to the Home Office), courier costs  etc

We handle the payment of the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process.

• Interpreters fees vary depending on the language you require. This can be anything between £25 – £180 per hour (including travel time), + VAT if applicable.  
• The Home Office require all documents submitted to be in English and are translated by a certified translator. Translators’ fees vary but are typically between £80 to £280 per 1000 words + VAT depending on language and the complexity of the text. 
• Independent expert fees vary depending on the subject matter and complexity of the case these include but are not limited to medical experts, country experts, language experts etc. These are not required in many cases: we will let you know as soon as possible if we consider an expert report is necessary. They cost of each report varies and ranges from £600 to £6000 + VAT 
• If there is an interview and we do attend with you, there will be additional disbursements in respect of our mileage/travel expenses and fixed fee of £400 + VAT for the attendance. 

The costs quoted here do not include:

• Any Home Office fees for making the application. You will pay this to the Home Office directly as part of the application process.
• Where the Home Office refuse your application, advice and assistance in relation to any appeal
• Immigration Health Surcharge
• Biometric Appointment Booking fees or services chosen at centre.

More information about Home Office fees, including the Immigration Health Surcharge, can be found HERE and HERE.

How long will my application take?

The processing time for an application for visa whether made in the UK or Outside the UK can be an important factor in deciding when to apply and when to make travel arrangements if you need to. We cannot guarantee how long the Home Office will take to process your application. Read the current processing times. As indicated on the Home Office website UK visa processing times vary considerably, depending on factors such as the type of visa being applied for, the country or Embassy where the application is made and the applicant’s own individual circumstances and eligibility. 

We will normally be able to submit this type of application within 2 weeks of you instructing us, provided you have given the necessary information and documentation we have requested. We will let you know at the earliest opportunity if it is likely to take longer than this.

The Home Office website states the following standard processing times:

 

Service	Processing time*
Non settlement visa applications from outside the UK	3 Weeks – 12 weeks from the application date (where 1 week is 5 working days) If your application is complicated or there is a further delay you will be notified by the Home Office
Settlement applications from outside the UK	12 weeks – 24 weeks from the application date (where 1 week is 5 working days) If your application is complicated or there is a further delay you will be notified by the Home Office
Customers applying to remain on a temporary basis including as spouses, workers, Tier 1 general and entrepreneurs, students and organisations seeking to sponsor a worker, or any other type of work visa	8 weeks – 24  weeks If your application is complicated or there is a further delay you will be notified by the Home Office
Organisations updating their sponsor licence details	18 -24 weeks from the application date (where 1 week is 5 working days) If your application is complicated or there is a further delay you will be notified by the Home Office
Customers applying in the UK for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) or no time limit (NTL)	12- 26 weeks from the application date (where 1 week is 5 working days) If your application is complicated or there is a further delay you will be notified by the Home Office

*The above processing time do not take into account 5 working day priority or the end of the next working day super priority services – please check your application type for availability  priority services. The processing time also disregards any priority given by the Home office to any humanitarian crisis or world crisis. 

Please note the anticipated number of hours and fees are an estimate based on the facts above. All applications are likely to vary and of course, we can give you a more accurate estimate once we have more information about your specific case.

 

VAT

Charging VAT in relation to immigration matters can be complex as it may depend on where the client lives and what immigration permission they have. We will confirm whether VAT (at a rate of 20%) is payable when you have been instructed and can work out if VAT is properly chargeable.

UK visa processing service standards

 

 

Joining family in the UK

The Family visa will generally allow you to join certain family members who already live in the UK if you wish to remain in the country for more than 6 months.

If the visa application is made from outside the UK, the processing time will generally take up to 12-18 weeks. If the visa is delayed you will be contacted by the home office.  Applications made from within the UK, will generally take up to 8-12 weeks to process. If the visa is delayed you will be contacted by the home office.

Work Visa 

 

IMMIGRATION (FIXED FEE)

 

UK Work Visas

Unless your matter is very complicated and complex in nature, our fixed fees for various applications under the fee table below:

Type of Application	Our Fee Start From (Ex. VAT)
Entry Clearance As Tier 1 PLUS additional cost for accountant fees	£2000-6000
Switching Into Tier 1 Entrepreneur	£2000-£5000
Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa Extension	£2000-£5000
ILR As Tier 1 Entrepreneur	£2000-£5000
Dependants Of Tier 1 Entrepreneur	£1000-£1500
Entry Clearance As Tier 1 Investor	£2000-£7500
Switching Into Tier 1 Investor Visa	£2000-£5000
Tier 1 Investor Visa Extension	£2000- £7500
ILR As Tier 1 Investor	£5000-£12,500
UK Ancestry Visa Extension	£800 -£1500
Entry Clearance – UK Ancestry Visa	£800 -£1500
Entry Clearance As Tier 5 Charity Worker	£800 -£1500
Tier 5 Charity Workers Visa Extension	£800 -£1500
Dependants Of Tier 5 Charity Worker	£800 -£1500
Entry Clearance As Tier 5 Creative & Sporting	£2000-£5000
Switching Into Tier 5 Creative & Sporting	£2000-£5000
Tier 5 Creative & Sporting Extension	£2000-£5000
Dependants Of Tier 5 Creative & Sporting	£800 -£1500
Entry Clearance As Tier 5 Religious Worker	£800 -£1500
Tier 5 Religious Workers Visa Extension	£800 -£1500
Switching Into Tier 5 Government Authorised Exchange	£2000-£5000
Tier 5 Government Authorised Exchange Visa Extension	£2000-£5000

Family of British Citizens & Settled Persons

Type of Application	Our Fee Start From (Ex. VAT)
Fiance(e) Visa UK	£850-1800
Proposed Civil Partner Visa UK	£850-1800
Entry Clearance As A Spouse	£850-1800
Switching Into Spouse Visa UK	£850-1800
Extension Of Stay As A Spouse	£850-1800
ILR Spouse Visa	£1000-£2000
Entry Clearance As A Civil Partner	£850-1800
Switching Into Civil Partner Visa	£850-1800
Extension Of Stay As A Civil Partner	£850-1800
ILR Civil Partner	£850-1800
Entry Clearance As Unmarried Partner	£850-1800
Switching Into Unmarried Partner Visa	£850-1800
Extension Of Stay As Unmarried Partner	£850-1800
ILR Unmarried Partner	£850-1800
Entry Clearance As Same Sex Partner	£850-1800
Switching Into Same Sex Partner Visa	£850-1800
Extension Of Stay As Same Sex Partner	£850-1800
ILR Same Sex Partner	£850-1800
ILR – Victim Of Domestic Violence ILR – Victim Of Domestic Violence	£850-1800
ILR – Bereaved Partner ILR – Bereaved Partner	£850-1800

 

EU Law Applications

Type of Application	Our Fee Start From (Ex. VAT)
Residence Card As Family Member Of An EEA National	£1000
Retaining Right Of Residence As Family Member Of An EEA National After Divorce Or Death Of The EEA National	£1000
Derivative Residence Card As A Primary Carer	£1500
EUSS Applications	£500-£1500

 

Long Residence Applications

Type of Application	Our Fee Start From(Ex. VAT)
ILR – 10 Years Long Residence (Same Day Visa Service)	£1000-2000
Extension Of Stay – 10 Years Long Residence	£1000-1500

 

 

UK Student Visas

Type of Application	Our Fee Start From(Ex. VAT)
Dependants Of Tier 4 General Students	£1000-£2000
Tier 4 General Student Extension	£1000-£2000
Switching Into Tier 4 General Student	£1000-£2000
Entry Clearance – Tier 4 General Student	£1000-£2000
Switching Into Tier 4 Child Student	£1000-£2000
Entry Clearance – Tier 4 Child Student	£1000-£2000

*If you wish to instruct a barrister, there will be additional disbursement. Average depends on experience and expertise in the field.

What is not included: These fees do not cover the cost of submitting a new application, and appeal or a judicial review in the event that the application has been refused, or ad hoc support and advice.’

As soon as any complications arise we will discuss these with you and agree the fee for the additional work being carried out in advance of any additional work being undertaken.’