Immigration & Nationality
Immigration law deals with the rights of European and non-EU nationals who enter and wish to remain in the UK. They may wish to do this for a variety of reasons ranging from business needs to family visits, settlement or to claim asylum.
We are members of Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA) and have extensive experience in handling every aspect of UK immigration and nationality law. We also provide advice to commercial clients who wish to invest in the overseas workforce as well as advice to business and highly skilled persons looking to work, live and invest in the UK.
If you are looking to bring a dependent or spouse to join you in the UK, exploring the option of working or studying in the UK, we can provide you with a comprehensive solution for your various immigration matters.
If you are to apply to work or study in the UK, to enter UK on spouse visa or on fiance visa or filing an application under investor or highly skilled category or claiming a asylum as well as filing an application on human rights matters or you have an immigration problem where you may be facing a strict time-limit, we will deal with your case quickly and efficiently.
Maroof Solicitors is distinguished in this area of immigration law, proffering practical solutions to all immigration issues and problems that face most immigrants today.
Maroof Solicitors is committed to provide professional and honest advice as to how immigration issues should be approached. Our expert Solicitors are known to be frank, honest and very direct to the issue at hand.
Clients look for practical solutions to their problems and they want information on what to do so that they do not become illegal in this country.
Our mission is to provide the best possible independent and confidential advice, assistance and representation to persons subject to immigration control without prejudice or discrimination of any kind and in which the interests and welfare of the client are paramount.
Maroof Solicitors provides a full range of services from initial interview to assess ‘needs’ and representation in the High Courts, helping clients a wide range of communities from all over the world. These clients include:
- Dependents of those already settled in the UK (wives, children, husbands elderly relatives) whose applications to come to this country for settlement have been refused;
- Individuals seeking to come to the UK to visit relatives or for study, including those refused visas overseas;
- Individuals making application for asylum in the UK, including their initial application and any subsequent appeal, and;
- Individuals facing deportation and who have the right of appeal.
We have excellent contacts with the leading barristers’ chambers and we instruct highly experienced counsel for all complex immigration matters. We can help and guide you through all the necessary paperwork throughout your application.
We believe that getting the right advice at the right time is crucial to the success of your application.
Our Immigration services include the following:
- Entry clearance applications for family members, including spouses, children and other dependents
- Visitor visa applications
- Leave to enter or remain in order to exercise rights to access a child
- Human rights applications, applications for humanitarian protection and discretionary leave
- Applications for further leave to remain
- Marriage applications for fiancée, spouse, unmarried partners
- EU/EEA residents permits including applications for registration certificates and residence cards
- Points based applications including Tier 1 (General), other Tier 1 applications including Entrepreneurs, Investors and Post Study Work
- Tier 2 (General) Minister of Religion, Sportsperson, Intra company transfers
- Services for UK business including obtaining certificates of sponsorship
- Tier 4 (students) and student extension applications
- Tier 5 applications (Youth Mobility and Temporary workers)
- Switching from one category to another including from work permit to Tier based employment
- Domestic violence cases
- Complex cases and applications outside the rules
- Legacy Cases
- Asylum applications/Fresh Asylum claims
- Applications for settlement/permanent residence
- Long Residence including 10 year lawful residence and 20 years unlawful residence
- British citizenship & Nationality applications
- Detention Advice / Bail Applications/Deportations /Removals
- Preparation of challenges to decisions taken by the Home Office, entry clearance officers and immigration judges;
If you are about to make an immigration application or you have been refused leave to remain or a visa then please do not hesitate to contact us or send us the completed query form for an informal discussion about your matter. If you require a more detailed discussion, we are able to offer a consultation for a competitive fixed fee.