We can advocate at court as solicitors or ask counsel to attend court to advocate for you.
If we attend court for you as solicitors, we will charge you fees as solicitors acting on your case and preparing it for court and we will also charge you fees for attending court to advocate for you.
- FEES TO ACT AS SOLICITORS
If we act as solicitors and instruct counsel to attend court for you, we will charge you £1500 plus VAT (where applicable) to consult with you, dialogue with Experts, the court, prepare Grounds of appeal and the skeleton argument. We will also produce a paper bundle and electronic bundle for the court. We will guide you on what documents/evidence we need in order to prepare the bundle. In the bundle we will prepare relevant documents like a Witness statement for you and your witnesses.
- FEES TO ATTEND COURT WILL BE SEPARATE.
For our fees or those of Counsel to attend court/Tribunal to advocate for you please note that Counsel or us can charge between £1500 to £3000 plus VAT where applicable. Some Barristers charge less to advocate in Immigration cases, sometimes it is because they charge Legal Aid’s rates. We will always give you the option to use the services of Counsel. You always have the rights to ask us to instruct Counsel, we in turn also reserve the rights to ask you to use the services of Counsel.
To find out the rules that Barristers have to follow when they charge their fees please click here
Our fees as Solicitors
For commercial/business immigration matters we charge a fixed fee in some cases but it is usual that we charge an hourly fee of up to £300 plus VAT. We will give you an estimate of how many hours is needed for us to deal with your matter.
If you are a business, and your sponsor licence application was revoked we can act for you by bring a Judicial review. We also give advice to help you comply with the requirements under the sole representative route.
For our fees or those of Counsel to attend court/Tribunal to advocate for you please note that we or Counsel can charge between £2000 to £3000 plus VAT. We will always give you the option to use the services of Counsel. You always have the rights to ask us to instruct Counsel, we in turn also reserve the rights to ask you to use the services of Counsel.
To find out the rules that Barristers have to follow when they charge their fees please click here https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/for-the-public/finding-and-using-a-barrister/barristers-fees.html
You must pay all third-party fees also known as disbursements. Your likely disbursements will be the Home Office fees, interpreters fees, Social workers fees, Land Registry fees, transcribers fees, court fees etc. We will always advise you on which disbursements relate to you and how much they are. In some cases, other Experts are needed like psychologists, DNA testing experts, Counsels fees. We do not always know how much third parties would charge for their fees. We will usually get a quote for their fees and send same to you before we instruct the third party.
The Home office has fees for applications that you wish to make. We are not able to list all the fees on this page. They change from time to time, as at May 2023, these are the prevailing fees: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-regulations-revised-table/home-office-immigration-and-nationality-fees-6-april-2022
If the Home Office refuses your application, you will have to pay an appeal fee to the Immigration Tribunal. The fee at present is £80 for your appeal to be decided on paper and £140 for you to attend court to give evidence before an Immigration Judge. In some cases, you might qualify for an exception to pay the court fees. We will let you know if you need to pay the fees or not.
We charge a reduced fee of £200 for one off 1 hour consultations. All fees attract VAT at 20%. Some times in Immigration cases we will not charge VAT. This is especially so when you are an overstayer in the UK. Please be ready to pay VAT except we tell you that you do not qualify to pay VAT. In general, you will not pay VAT if you are making the application or appeal from outside the UK.
IMMIGRATION APPLICATION | 20% is charge as VAT on all applications except we tell you otherwise. |
a. Applying to become British b. Naturalisation | £1000-£1500 |
EEA National Applications | £1000- £2,500 |
Applications for Permanent Residence | |
Visiting Visas | £1000 - £2,500 |
Student Visas | £1600- £2,500 |
Spouse and Partner Applications |
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£1600-£2500 | |
Tier 1 Investor Visa | Up to £14,000 |
Tier 1 Investor Visa | Complex Cases: up to £15,000 |
Tier 1 investor visa extension and Indefinite Leave to Remain: | £2,500 - £15,000 |
Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa | Simple Cases: £1500 - £14,000 |
Complex Cases: £1,800 - £15,000 | |
Extension and Indefinite Leave to Remain: £1,800 - £5,000 | |
Skilled Worker Visa | Entry Clearance: £1000 - £3,500 |
Switching categories : £1200 - £3,500 | |
Points Based System (Tier 1 and Tier 2) Dependants | Simple Case: £800 - £1,800 |
Sole Representative of an Overseas Business | Simple Case: £2,000 - £10,000 |
Long Residence Applications | £1500 - £10,000 |
Naturalisation and applications for British Citizenship | £600 - £1,500 |
Visiting Visas and student visas | £1000 - £2,500 |
Spouse and Partner Applications | Where cash savings are used to meet financial requirement: £1000 - £3,000 and £550 per additional dependant. |
Income from employment/self-employment: £1000 - £4,000 | |
| £15,000 - £30,000 if the case is complex Indefinite Leave to remain and extensions £3,000 - £12,000 |
Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa | £800 - £15,000 - £25,000 depending on whether the case is simple or very complex |
Tier 2 Work Visa | Entry Clearance Officer case: £1000 - £3,500 |
Switching: £800 - £3,000 | |
Indefinite Leave to Remain: £1200 -£4,000 | |
Long Residence Applications | £1500 - £10,000 depending on the complexity of your case where for example you cannot show continuous residence. |
Subject access applications | £450 to apply for it and advice you on it |
Replacement biometrics cards | £350 |
Most appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) have a fee that you have to pay to bring an appeal. These fees known as Disbursements (third party fees). The likely disbursements that you will pay for the court fees for your appeal after your visa is refused are:
- £80 without a hearing – a judge decides your appeal on paper based on the information and evidence you send to the tribunal
- £140 if your appeal is heard at a hearing where you give evidence to the court
In some cases, you can get help with fees.
For more information on the fees for the Tribunal, please click
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-help-to-pay-or-reduce-your-visa-or-immigration-appeal-fee
Call 01322611857 or email us at info@delphinephilipsolicitors.com
We listen, we help
For more information on the fees for the Tribunal, please click
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-help-to-pay-or-reduce-your-visa-or-immigration-appeal-fee
Call 01322611857 or email us at info@delphinephilipsolicitors.com
We listen, we help.
