Immigration law
Bindmans has a national reputation for its immigration work. Our lawyers understand that having irregular immigration status, or a family member with an immigration problem can be extremely stressful. We aim to offer an efficient, sympathetic and cost-effective service to our clients.
Bindmans can help if you have a problem with entering, or settling in the UK; if you want to enter the UK to work, or set up your own business, or to study - or you want to settle with a partner. We also offer advice to immigration detainees who have been unlawfully detained.
The team
Our immigration team is led by award-winning solicitor Alison Stanley, and includes Liz Barratt, Emma Cohen and Roberta Haslam. Alison writes regularly on immigration and asylum issues and was formerly a solicitor at the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants.
Alison and her team specialise in acting for children in immigration matters - cases which need careful and sensitive handling. We have close links with Bindmans' Family and Employment law departments, and can call on the expertise of colleagues in other departments, when needed.
Our work
Unlike many other immigration law firms which are more narrowly focused, our immigration lawyers handle all aspects of the work - everything from business immigration through to asylum. This means we have a huge breadth of knowledge and experience to draw on when coming up with the best solution to our clients’ problems.
A detailed list of key areas of work handled by our immigration team appears below. The list is not exhaustive and if your particular problem does not appear to be listed, please contact us at immigration@bindmans.com or telephone
020 7833 7856, as we may be able to help - or to refer you onto someone who can.
Key cases
Our services
- Immigration
- Business immigration (business people, work permits, applications under ‘Highly Skilled Migrant Programme’)
- European Union migration - countries covered by European Economic Area migration, plus from the three EU candidate countries, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey
- Applications to the UK Border Agency
- Litigation in immigration and higher courts
- Family reunion for spouses, civil partnerships, co-habitees, children and elders
- Applications for students
- Removal or deportation
- Applications outside the usual Immigration Rules under UK Border Agency policies and concessions, and for the exercise of discretion
- Immigration audit for people who want to check their status and prepare for the future
- Children
We offer an integrated service, working with our Family Law department. Clarification/regularisation of child’s immigration status; asylum; human rights; abandoned children, etc. We are regularly referred cases by the Official Solicitor (who looks after the interests of young children), social services and other groups representing children. - Asylum and Human Rights Act applications
- Citizenship & nationality, including applications for the exercise of discretion
