Immigration
Our specialist immigration lawyers guide businesses and individuals through every stage of the UK immigration process, helping employers secure and retain international talent and removing complexity.
Working closely with our Employment team and drawing on the expertise of our sector specialists, our immigration lawyers work hard to provide an efficient service for businesses hiring and retaining international talent. We give straight-forward, practical and commercially aware advice to clients across multiple industries to reach your objectives.
Who you are, what you do, and why it matters.
Hiring or working with international talent can be complex. Our dedicated Immigration team manages the process from start to finish. Whether you’re a business bringing in overseas talent or an individual seeking to settle in the UK, we deliver clear guidance and efficient results.
Expert legal support navigating UK immigration law
While the team does much work for businesses and individuals in the creative world, the practice is far wider and undertakes work for clients across multiple additional sectors including, hospitality, finance, energy & sustainability.
Our services include:
- Advising businesses on applying for and maintaining a sponsor licence to enable them to employ foreign employees
- Advising on compliance visits and conducting audits of employee files
- Advising on applications under the creative worker category for the entertainment industry
- Advising businesses on skilled worker and global business mobility applications for employees and their family members
- Advising on all types of indefinite leave to remain applications
- Advising individuals on naturalising as British.
Our team also provides:
- Advice and training on carrying out the right to work checks
- Advice on permissible activities as a business visitor
- Support with personal immigration matters including Global Talent, UK ancestry and family visas
- Assistance as our clients follow the necessary steps to ensure they are not fined for illegally employing foreign workers
Pricing
We have outlined below our typical fees for a range of immigration and nationality applications, in accordance with the SRA Transparency Rules.
Immigration Fees (excluding VAT):
- Standard or Business Visitor: £1,500
- Global Talent: £7,000 -10,000
- Sponsor Licence (small to large organisations): £5,000 – £7,000
- Skilled Worker entry clearance or leave to remain: £2,800 – £4,000
- Creative Worker (Temporary Work) entry clearance or leave to remain: £1,500 – £2,500
- Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker: £2,400 – £4,000
- Scale-up: £2,400 – £4,000 – as above
- Appendix FM: £3,000 – £7,000
- High Potential Individual: £2,000
- Youth Mobility Scheme: £1,500
- UK Ancestry: £3,000 – £5,000
- EU Settlement Scheme: £4,000 +
- Settlement/Indefinite Leave to Remain: £4,000 – £6,000
- Naturalisation: £4,000 – £6,000
Please note, all the fees listed above are our legal fees only (excluding VAT) which will be payable if you are resident in the UK.
For the typical government fees associated with the various immigration and nationality applications, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-regulations-revised-table/home-office-immigration-and-nationality-fees-21-october-2025 and these can be paid directly or we can pay these on your behalf.
Our typical fees are outlined on the understanding that:
- The application meets the visa requirements, it is not subject to complexities or involves a request for Home Office discretion, including (but not limited to) previous application refusals, breaches of immigration rules or criminal convictions
- There are no family members applying at the same time – we charge an additional fee for each family member
- We are provided with the supporting documents in a timely manner in advance of the application submission deadline
- You do not require the application to be considered on an urgent basis
Should any of the above circumstances apply we may need to charge an increased fee which can be discussed at the point of engagement. Should any circumstances change during the course of an instruction we will discuss the impact of the change on the overall cost, if any, before incurring any additional fees.
SPECIALIST AREAS
British citizenship and naturalisation
Compliance audits and Home Office visits
Creative Worker visas for the entertainment industry
Indefinite leave to remain applications
Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility visas (including dependants)
Sponsor licence applications and ongoing compliance
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