Immigration Law Solicitors in Wanstead

Wanstead's settled, family-oriented community includes a significant number of households with connections abroad, and the immigration work that comes out of the area reflects that: spouse and partner visa applications, family reunion cases, and applications for indefinite leave to remain and British citizenship once someone has built up the necessary years of residence.

Family visa applications are assessed against specific requirements around income, accommodation and the genuineness of the relationship, and a refusal on any one of those grounds can usually be appealed or reapplied for once the underlying issue is addressed, though starting again from scratch costs both time and money that careful preparation the first time round can save. Naturalisation applications require a Life in the UK test and a specified level of English, along with meeting residence requirements that trip people up more often than the test itself.

Local firms also advise on the immigration status of family members visiting from abroad, and on the sometimes complex position of children born in the UK to non-British parents.