Work in England covers entry-clearance and in-country visa and settlement applications, business sponsorship and compliance, asylum and refugee protection, nationality and removal or deportation processes. An immigration solicitor drafts visa and naturalisation applications, prepares submissions under the Immigration Rules and on human rights grounds, manages sponsor licence applications and audits, arranges biometric enrolment and supporting evidence, represents clients at detention reviews and at the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and Upper Tribunal, and brings judicial review claims in the Administrative Court where Home Office decisions are challenged.
What a solicitor handles in these matters
Work commonly requires applying the Immigration Rules and Home Office policy, managing sponsor licence compliance and issuing certificates of sponsorship, advising on points-based thresholds and English language and maintenance requirements, preparing appeal bundles for the First-tier Tribunal and advancing judicial review grounds in the Administrative Court. A solicitor also handles detention-management, disclosure requests and statutory deadlines that structure each case.
