Housing law advice in Barking

A typical Visit application can take between 3 to 8 hours to complete, depending on the circumstances of your case. Following initial advice and preparation of documents, the application will need to be submitted. Following submission, further enquiries might be needed, and further representations might be necessary.

Work visas would normally take about 4 to 8 hours to complete. If you clearly meet the rules and requirements for your application and can provide enough supporting documentation early in your case, the fee is likely to be at the lower end of this range.

Key stages of these applications will include attending on the client, consideration of the documents, taking instructions, preparing and submitting the application, making further representations, advising on timelines and advising on the outcome of the application.

Key stages in a student application will include the initial advice, perusal, and preparation of relevant documents in support of application, lodging of the application, submission of the documents in support, making representations on the applicant’s behalf and any further representations as may be required. A student matter can take about 3 – 6 hours to complete.

A typical family application can take 4 to 10 hours to complete. Meeting the requirements of the rules and provide enough supporting evidence as early as possible would mean that our fee is likely to be at the lower end of this range.

Relevant stages in the application process include, taking initial instructions, considering documents, preparation and submission of the application, uploading of relevant documents, advising on outcome of application including appeals or administrative reviews and making further representations.

For these applications, key stages will include considering the documents, attending on the client, taking instructions, and providing advice, preparing and submitting the application, making further representations, advising on timelines and the outcome of the application. The application would normally take about 3 to 6 hours to complete.

Stages in a typical citizenship application will be the consideration of documents, attending to the client and taking instructions, providing advice, lodging the application, and responding to any further enquiries from the home office. Providing enough supporting evidence at an early stage would mean that our fee is likely to be at the lower end of the range. A citizenship matter can take about 3 to 6 hours to complete.

Fees for paper appeals are normally lower than fees for oral hearings. The complexity of the matter, the number of witnesses, the number of documents, adjournments would have a bearing on the cost of the appeal.

Please note that the costs quoted for all the home office applications do not include any home office fees for making the application. You will pay this directly to the home office as part of the application process. The costs quoted also do not include advice and assistance in relation to any appeals, following the refusal of an application.

These are costs incurred during the matter that are payable to third-party providers. An example would be home office fees, appeal fees, fees for medical report, a report from a social worker, barrister’s fees. These costs are set by the third-party providers and so may change at short notice. We can handle the payment of the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process. Fees for interpreters can range from £30 to £60 per hour. Fees for translation of documents can range from 10p to 20p per word. Fees for a DNA test is typically from £350 to £500. Feel free to contact our office for a full list of possible disbursements.

Home Office application fees do vary, and some applications may not have a fee at all. 

Mr Patrick Okafor is the head of our immigration team and has more than 25 years’ experience in immigration work. Mr Okafor qualified as a Barrister and solicitor in Nigeria in 1990 and was enrolled as a solicitor In England and Wales in the year 2001.

Patrick has also completed several professional development courses in Immigration, Asylum and Human Rights.