Immigration Direct are specialist UK immigration solicitors and lawyers with over 25 years experience. The law firm has expertise in a number of areas including all aspects of the New Points Based System which covers the new Tier 1 (General), which was previously known as HSMP, and how to get a UK Work Permit under the new Points Based Tier 2 System as well as Student, Marriage, Civil Partnership, Asylum and Human Rights applications. See below for the range of areas in which we can assist.
Our Solicitors can assist in making personal appointments for north east clients wanting visa and other Immigration services
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Immigration Direct is a client driven dedicated team which has many years of experience and is proven to be knowledgable and successful. We recognise the needs of our clients and tailor our advice and assistance to their personal circumstances. Immigration Law is a vast and quick changing enviorment which requires specialist personal who are committed to providing first class advice and service. We have been awarded with Category 1 status by the Legal Services Commission for the last 9 years and hold the Specialist Quality Mark in our area of law. Our Immigration team are Accredited to the highest standard by the regulatory body to provide quality advice and assistance to clients covering the whole spectrum of Immigration matters.
Areas of Law
BRITISH NATIONALITY
British citizenship by descent and right of abode
British citizenship at birth
Registration as British citizen
Naturalisation as a British citizen
Acquisition of British citizenship through adoption
UK ancestry
EEA IMMIGRATION LAW
EU Immigration Law
Bulgaria & Romania
European Community Association Agreement (ECAA)
ASYLUM and HUMAN RIGHTS
Snapshot of Asylum and Human Rights
Asylum
Human Rights
VISITORS
General visitor - Tourist or visiting friends
Family visitor - Visiting family
Business visitors - General business visitors
Business visitors - Academic visitors
Business visitors - Overseas qualified doctors taking the PLAB test
Business visitors - Attachments and dental observer post
Business visitors - Visiting professors accompanying
students undertaking study abroad programmes
Business visitors - Visiting religious workers
Sport visitors
Entertainer visa
Special visitors - Prospective entrepreneur
Special visitors - Private medical treatment
Special visitors - Visit for marriage visa
Special visitors - Parent with child at school
Special visitors - Child visitor
Student visitor
Prospective student
Visitors in transit
Approved destination agreement with China
Child minder for relatives
Archaeological excavations
Other visitors matters
TIER 1 POINTS BASED SYSTEM
Tier 1 (General) Migrant
Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant
Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant
Tier 1 (Post - Study Work) Migrant
Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant
TIER 2 POINTS BASED SYSTEM
Tier 2 of Points Based System
Tier 2 (General) Migrant
Tier 2 (Intra - Company Transfer) Migrant
Tier 2 (Sports Person) Migrant
Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) Migrant
TIER 4 POINTS BASED SYSTEM
Tier 4 (Students)
TIER 5 POINTS BASED SYSTEM
Tier 5 (Temporary Worker - Charity Worker)
Tier 5 (Temporary Worker - Creative & Sporting)
Tier 5 (Temporary Worker - Government Authorised Exchange)
Tier 5 (Temporary Worker - International Agreement)
Tier 5 (Temporary Worker ? Religious Workers)
Tier 5 (Temporary Worker - Youth Mobility Scheme)
OTHER CATEGORIES
Long residence
Returning residents
Domestic workers in private households
Representative of overseas business
OTHER MATTERS
In-country application forms
Out-of-country application forms
Maintenance and accommodation requirements
ADVANCED IMMIGRATION LAW
Criminal offences
Detention
Temporary admission, release on restrictions and temporary release
Bail
Deportation
Administrative removal
Appeals
General grounds for refusal
Curtailment
Race relations
Professional ethics
Public funding in immigration and asylum cases
Welfare benefits
Common definitions and themes
FAMILY MEMBERS
Fiancé or proposed civil partner
Spouse or civil partner
Unmarried or same-sex partner
Children of British citizens or settled persons
Children adopted by British citizens or settled residents
Children of temporary residents
Right of access to children
Parents, grandparents and other dependant relatives over 18
of British citizens or settled persons
Victim of domestic violence
Partners of Points Based System migrants
Children of Points Based System migrants
Other family members of persons with limited leave to enter
or remain in the UK as a refugee or beneficiary of humanitarian protection
