Immigration

What we do

We can provide free immigration advice up to level 2 of the OISC accreditation scheme, which includes complex applications to the Home Office outside the rules. We are not accredited to complete Tribunal or Appeal work but in certain exceptional circumstances we would be able to submit grounds of appeal to the First Tier Tribunal.

Examples of the type of work we can help with:

Further Leave to Remain applications from within the UK (including for spouses, children, parents)
Settlement (Indefinite Leave to Remain) applications
Domestic Violence settlement applications
Private and Family Life based Human Rights applications, including seeking to regularise status where having overstayed leave, including applications that require a fee waiver
EUSS applications for Settled or Pre-Settled Status, including applications for EUSS Family Permit to enter UK for family members.
Applications to Register Children as a British Citizen where the applicant qualifies for a fee waiver
Windrush applications
Right of Abode and Certificate of Entitlement applications
Transfer of Conditions/ Replacement of Biometric Residence Card (TOC/ NTL) applications
Family Reunion for Refugees and Beneficiaries of Humanitarian Protection
Cancellation of Condition of No Public Funds on Leave

Eligibility for free assistance

To qualify for free assistance the individual/s requiring advice would have to meet the vulnerability criteria below. This includes but is not limited to the following:

Homeless or threatened with homelessness.
Adults and their dependants on low incomes, i.e. single parents, children and the elderly.
Adults and their dependants with a physical or mental disability, or a long-term illness.
Children, adults and their dependants with Social Services involvement.
Victims of domestic abuse and their dependants.
Ex-offenders on a low income, destitute or homeless.
Refugees and Asylum Seekers.

What we don't do

Work and study-based visa applications
Asylum work
British Passport applications
Detention, Bail, Removal or Deportation work
Entry clearance applications for spouses, partners and other family members
Visit visas
Naturalisation

What to bring to your appointment

The information sheets linked below outline the suggested documents that you should bring, based on what your appointment is regarding.

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