Services
SMT Law Associates provides legal advice and representation in all immigration applications to the UK Border Agency, including:
● Entry clearance and leave to enter applications (visa applications);
● Further leave to remain (extension applications);
● Indefinite leave to remain (settlement applications);
● Notifying UKBA of change of address
● Extension of temporary admission
● Applications for permission to work (Asylum Cases )
● Travel documents applications for someone granted Humanitarian Protection / Exceptional Leave to Remain.
● All Applications under Points Based System
More specifically we can assist with applications in the following categories:
● Students.
● Dependant relatives.
● Certificate of approval for marriages in the UK.
● Applications relating to married, unmarried, civil and engaged partners.
● Indefinite leave to remain on the grounds of marriage to or civil partnership with a British Citizen;
● Indefinite leave to remain on the grounds of employment (eg work permit holders and HSMP participants);
● Indefinite leave to remain on the grounds of 10 years lawful residence in the UK or 14 years unlwful residence in the UK.
● Indefinite leave to remain on behalf of persons exempt from immigration control (eg members of the Armed Forces and diplomats).
● Registration certificates for EEA family members of EEA nationals.
● Residence cards for non-EEA family members of EEA nationals.
● Residence stamps for non-EEA family member of Accession State nationals.
● Applications for registration certificate under the Workers Registration Scheme for nationals of Accession States.
● Applications relating to inter-country adoptions.
● Postgraduate doctors and dentists.
● Student nurses.
● Applications based on clinical attachments, dental observer posts and PLAB tests.
● Au pairs.
● Applications for leave to enter or remain in order to exercise rights of access to a UK resident child.
Our immigration advisers provide legal advice and representation in all business immigration applications to the UK Border Agency, in particular:
● Applications for a sponsor licence under the Points-Based System.
● Tier 2 of the Points-Based System applicaitons (replacing the Work Permit scheme), including:
● inter-company transfers;
● senior board-level posts;
● Sportspersons.
● Tier 1 (General) - replacing the "Highly Skilled Migrant Programme".
● Tier 1 (Investor) - replacing the "Investor" category.
● Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) - replacing the "Entrepreneur" and "Innovator" category.
● Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) - replacing the "International Graduates Scheme".
● Applications under EC Association Agreements.
● Business visitors.