Consultation Fees

We are happy to have a free initial 10-minute consultation with you to discuss your immigration options.

Our standard fee for a 1-hour consultation is £400 (+ VAT if applicable), and can be held face-to-face in our office, or remotely via Zoom or Teams.

The fixed fee includes:

  • Considering documents received from client/third parties before the meeting
  • Meeting with the client, taking their instructions and providing preliminary advice
  • Advising the client on timelines and their application

The fixed fee does not include:

  • Value Added Tax – VAT (when applicable)
  • Home Office/government fees (e.g. application fees, Immigration Health Surcharge, Immigration Skills Charge etc.)
  • Counsel’s fees, if Counsel’s advice/representation is required, Court or Tribunal fees
  • External Translation fees
  • Costs of Experts or Agents instructed on your behalf, if required
  • Non- routine postage charges and courier charges
  • Travel and meeting expenses
  • Any appeals/administrative reviews or similar

Our Hourly Rates

Please note that we work on an hourly rate basis.

The rate that we charge, or bill, per hour is dependent on the seniority and expertise of the person undertaking the work.

It may be cost effective to have a range of people on differing rates working on your matter, having more junior people doing the basic, routine work and a more qualified person making the strategic decisions and overseeing the work of the juniors.

Below is a guide to the hourly rates we charge for people of differing seniority and expertise:

Partners£310 - £450
Solicitors£175 – £275
Immigration Paralegals£150 – £185
Trainee Solicitors£150 – £170

At the start of each instruction, we will provide an estimate of how many hours we expect to spend working on your matter and we will give you an estimation of the cost.

It is always difficult to accurately gauge the costs of a case where we charge by the hour, as this can vary depending on new information for example, underlying issues, complexity and urgency of the matter.

In these cases, we will try to provide you with estimates for each stage. Where we provide an indicative fee range or estimate, it operates as a guide and not a cap.

Estimates will be based on a number of assumptions, and if we encounter unforeseen work or complexity, this may cause our fees to increase above any fee range or estimate provided.

You must not consider them to be maximum or fixed-fee quotations.

We will give you the best information we can about the likely overall cost of the matter at the outset and at other appropriate times. We will always inform you of who will be working on your case and their hourly rate. Please note, we record and charge for our time in 6-minute increments.

Details of the experience and qualifications of people carrying out the work on your matter can be found on the pages of this website dedicated to our team.

Client Care Letter

Our Client Care Letter will set out what fees are due, and when you will have to pay the Home Office fees.

It is important to note that our Client Care Letter clearly sets out the scope of the work we have agreed to do for you and the price quoted is for our services up to the point that a decision is made on your application.

If your application is refused, or if there are further steps you would like us to take, we will provide you with a further quotation for those services.

The Client Care Letter will also set out all the other terms of our arrangement with you and wherever possible, we will also provide you with an estimate of how long it will take to prepare your application and how long the Home Office can take to make a final decision on your application.

Fees Estimates For Various Types Of Visa Applications

Please note that the guide below sets out the fee estimates for different types of immigration applications, but individual circumstances may call for a combination of applications or for some intervention in advance of the application. We will advise you about this and the anticipated cost.

As your matter progresses, should it become clear that further costs may be necessary, we will provide an update at the earliest opportunity.

The fee estimates quoted below are for standard applications, except where specified. More complex matters will attract higher fees, but we will always advise you of this.

We have set out the below guide as simply as possible, explaining the applications with as little legal jargon as possible, but still retaining the descriptions of the applications used by the Home Office for ease of reference. Please note that you must always seek legal advice to determine whether or not you are eligible to make an application in any of the categories set out below.

Assistance with Corporate Immigration Visa Categories

  • Sole Representative of an Overseas Business Visa (extension): £4,000 – £6,000
  • Sole Representative of an Overseas Business Visa (indefinite leave to remain): £5,000 – £6,000
  • Sole Representative of an Overseas Business Visa (dependant): £2,000 – £2,500 for first dependant and £1,000 – £2,000 for each additional dependant
  • Skilled Woker Visa company sponsor licence (initial): £3,000 – £6,000
  • Skilled Worker Visa company sponsor licence (extension): £2,500 – £3,500
  • Immigration and employment compliance audit for holders of Skilled Worker Visa company sponsor licence: £5,000
  • Innovator Founder Visa: £4,000 – £5,500
  • Scale-up Worker Visa: £2,000 – £3,000
  • Skilled Worker Visa (does not include COS certificate): £2,500 – £4,000
  • Certificate of Sponsorship (drafting and assistance with application): £500 – £1,000
  • Minister of Religion Visa: £3,000 – £4,000
  • International Sportsperson Visa: £3,000 – £4,000
  • Health and Care Worker Visa: £2,500 – £3,500
  • Youth Mobility Scheme Visa: £2,000 – £3,000
  • Temporary Worker – Creative Visa: £2,000 – £3,000
  • Temporary Worker – Seasonal Visa: £2,000 – £3,000
  • Temporary Worker – Charity Visa: £2,000 – £3,000
  • Temporary Worker – Religious Visa: £2,000 – £3,000
  • Temporary Worker – Government Authorised Exchange Visa: £2,000 – £3,000
  • Temporary Worker – International Agreement Visa: £2,000 – £3,000
  • Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker: £2,500 – £3,500
  • Global Business Mobility – Graduate Trainee: £2,000 – £3,00
  • Global Business Mobility – UK Expansion Worker: £2,500 – £3,500
  • Global Business Mobility – Service Supplier: £2,500 – £3,500
  • Global Business Mobility – Secondment Worker: £2,500 – £3,500
  • Skilled Worker, Temporary Worker, Global Business Mobility Visas, and other work-based categories (dependant):
    • £1,800 – £2,200 for first dependant and
    • £800 – £1,200 for each additional dependant
  • Company sponsor licence under other work-related visa category (initial): £2,500 – £4,500
  • Company sponsor licence under other work-related visa category (extension): £2,500 – £4,500

Assistance with Private Immigration Visa Categories

General visa categories

  • Standard Visit Visas: £1,200 – £3,500
  • Global Talent Visa: £4,500 – £6,000
  • Student and Child Student Visa: £1,500 – £2,500
  • Graduate Visa: £1,000 – £1,500
  • Parent of a Child Student Visa: £1,500 – £2,500
  • Overseas Domestic Worker Visa: £1,500 – £2,500
  • Indefinite Leave to Remain on the basis of long residence: £3,500 – £6,500
  • Leave to Remain under the 20-year residence: £3,500 – £6,500
  • Naturalisation application: £3,500 – £5,000
  • Registration as a British citizen: £2,000 – £4,000
  • High Potential Individual Visa: £1,500 – £2,500
  • India Young Professionals Visa Scheme: £1,500 – £2,000

Family-related visa categories

  • Spouse/Unmarried Partner Visa (initial, extension): £2,000 – £3,500
  • Indefinite Leave to Remain on the basis of Spouse/Unmarried Partner Visa: £1,500 – £3,500
  • Fiancé Visa: £2,500 – £3,500
  • Ancestry Visa: £2,000 – £5,000
  • Adult Dependant Relative Visa: £2,500 – £4,500
  • Parent of a British Child Visa: £1,800 – £3,000
  • Private Life and Article 8 Visa: £2,500 – £4,500

Visa Applications for EU/EEA Nationals and their Family Members

  • Settled status application under the EU Settlement Scheme: £4,000 – £5,000
  • Frontier Worker Permit: £1,500 – £2,500

Other immigration categories

  • Assistance with appealing a Deportation Order: £tbc
  • Direct Airside Transit Visa: £1,200 – £,1,500
  • Visitor in Transit Visa: £1,200 – £,1,500