Things we can do for you
Our vision is that our firm grows steadily as a hothouse of excellence and that all our clients feel that they have hired the best lawyers and won the best possible outcome in their case. We are regulated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority and abide by their Code of Conduct.
PERSONAL IMMIGRATION SERVICES
Sony Sadaf Haroon Solicitors provides legal advice and representation in all immigration applications to the Home Office, including:
- Entry clearance and leave to enter applications (visa applications);
- Further leave to remain (extension applications);
- Indefinite leave to remain (settlement applications);
- Deportation and Deportation Orders;
- Claims for recognition as a refugee;
- Claims for protection under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR);
- Appeals to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT);
- Applications for bail (both to chief immigration officers and the AIT).
More specifically we can assist with applications in the following categories:
- Visitors (including business, medical and family visitors).
- Students.
- Dependant relatives.
- Applications relating to married, unmarried, civil and engaged partners.
- Indefinite leave to remain on the grounds of marriage to or civil partnership with a British citizen;
- Indefinite leave to remain on the grounds of employment (eg work permit holders and HSMP participants);
- Indefinite leave to remain on the grounds of 10 years lawful residence in the UK.
- Leave to remain on the grounds of 20 years unlawful residence in the UK.
- Indefinite leave to remain on behalf of persons exempt from immigration control (eg members of the Armed Forces and diplomats).
- Applications for humanitarian protection and discretionary leave;
- Registration certificates for EEA family members of EEA nationals.
- Residence cards for non-EEA family members of EEA nationals.
- Residence stamps for non-EEA family member of Accession State nationals.
- Right of abode / entitlement to right of abode (certificate of entitlement)
- Applications relating to inter-country adoptions and surrogacy
- Postgraduate doctors and dentists.
- Student nurses.
- Applications based on clinical attachments, dental observer posts and PLAB tests.
- Au pairs.
- Applications for leave to enter or remain in order to exercise rights of access to a UK resident child.
- domestic workers
- Regularisation of immigration status
- Applications under transitional arrangements (for those with leave in deleted categories)
- concessions and discretionary applications
- expediting applications
- emergency airport interviews
- carriers’ liability
- administrative review
- judicial review
- Bail Applications
BUSINESS IMMIGRATION
Our immigration solicitors provide legal advice and representation in all business immigration applications to the Home Office, in particular:
- Sponsor licence applications; licence management and revocation and audit services
- challenges to sponsor licence suspension/revocation
- challenges to employer civil penalties
- Skilled worker visa replacing the tier 2 of the Points-Based System applications including inter-company transfers
- Applications under EU Association Agreements.
- Sole representatives
- Business visitors.
IMMIGRATION APPEALS
- Sony Sadaf Haroon Solicitors has a dedicated team specialising in immigration appeals. Provided there is a right of appeal arising from the relevant decision, an individual can appeal against a negative decision of the Home Office to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal. Our immigration lawyers routinely assist clients with appeals to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal against:
- decisions of the Home Office refusing to grant a visa extension;
- decisions of the Home Office refusing to grant permanent residency (indefinite leave to remain);
- decisions of the British Embassy refusing to issue entry clearance to enter the UK;
- decisions of the Home Office to issue “removal directions” ordering the forcible removal an individual from the UK;
- decisions of the Home Office to deport an individual from the UK;
- decisions of the Home Office refusing to provide discretionary or humanitarian visas pursuant to the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention or the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
Sony Sadaf Haroon Solicitors immigration team has extensive knowledge of the immigration appeal process and members have gained invaluable experience from representing individuals.
HUMAN RIGHTS
The Human Rights Act 1998 came into force on 2 October 2000 and incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (‘ECHR’) into UK domestic law. Since that date, the State and all public bodies have been bound by a duty to respect the rights enshrined in the ECHR.
Our team can provide legal advice and representation in all areas where fundamental human rights have been, or are about to be, infringed. We provide legal support to our clients by way of:
- Representations to public bodies in relation to alleged breaches;
- Applications to the European Court of Human Rights once all domestic legal remedies have been exhausted;
- Applications to the Home Office
- for international protection (either under the UN Refugee Convention or the ECHR);
- Appeals to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal against human rights related decisions of the Home Office.
We can also provide legal support to individuals, charities and action groups outside the UK (particularly in developing countries) in legal actions alleging human rights violations by their State.
ASYLUM
Our team of expert immigration and asylum solicitors/caseworkers will be able to advise you on your application for Asylum as a Refugee.
We have an immense experience in dealing with Asylum cases for our clients of different nationalities with their applications, who fear they will be persecuted for their race, religion, nationality, sexuality, or political opinion. Our asylum caseworkers and solicitors will be able to talk you through the process, guide, support and advise you on what you will need to provide; if you are able to.
We have advised and assisted clients from the initials stages right through to the appeals procedures. We have further assisted clients with preparation in order to submit their further submissions (fresh claims).
There are also certain circumstances where if an individual does not qualify for recognition as a Refugee, there personal circumstances may warrant temporary permission or limited permission to stay in the UK, which can lead to settlement if there are humanitarian reasons why they should remain in the UK.
If you have been detained in a detention centre or prison pending a decision, we may also be able to make an application for bail on your behalf.
EUROPEAN UNION
Our immigration lawyers have extensive knowledge in the field of EU law, with particular emphasis on freedom of movement for workers and their family members and dependents.
We routinely assist clients in submitting applications for EU settlement schemes. We also assist in bringing legal action against the Home Office when there are unreasonable delays in either decision-making or in issuing residence permits
NATIONALITY
Our immigration lawyers provide legal advice and representation in all nationality applications to the Home Office, including:
- naturalisation as a British citizen;
- registration as a British citizen
- British passport applications
- Overseas British passport applications
POINTS BASED SYSTEM
Our immigration solicitors are fully versed on the Points Based System. Our team is able to assist both employers and individuals with applications under the Points Based System, as well as assisting employers with sponsor registration. Key categories under the Points-Based System include:
- Skilled Worker Visa
- Tier 4, catering for international students. Tier 4 was launched in 2009 and replaced all of the current student categories.
- Tier 5 (Youth Mobility scheme), catering for young people seeking to temporarily come and experience life in the UK. Tier 5 (Youth Mobility scheme) will replace the Working Holidaymakers category.
- Tier 5 (Temporary Workers – Religious Workers), catering for ministers of religion coming to the UK on a temporary basis as a religious worker in a non-pastoral role, where duties include performing religious rites, but not preaching to a congregation.
This is a summary of the most frequently requested services and is not an exhaustive list of our areas of expertise. We shall be delighted to provide further details of our UK services.
FAMILY LAW
- Divorce & other related matrimonial matters
- Nullity
- Pre- Nuptial Agreements
- Post- Nuptial Agreements
- Cohabitation Agreements
- Separation Agreements
- Consent Order
- Occupation Order
- Prohibited Steps Order
- Non-Molestation Order
- Specific Issue Order
- Parental Responsibility Order
- Dissolution of Civil Partnership
- Financial Relief / Claims
- Clean break Order
- Financial Settlements
- Child Arrangement Orders (e.g. Residence Order and Contact Order)
LITIGATION
Partnership disputes
Civil Penalties
Out-of-Court Settlement / ADR
- Wills
- Power of Attorney
- Passport Applications
- Draft Affidavits
- Witness Documents
- Certify Documents
- Commissioners for Oath
- Partnership Agreements.
- Application checking service