Leading Immigration and Family Solicitors
Our Fees & Important Links
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Fiancé Visa £900
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Spouse Entry Clearance £900
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Further Leave to Remain (FLR-M) £850
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Further Leave to Remain (FLR-FP) £900
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Asylum £1200
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Nationality Child £600
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Nationality Adult £650
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Visit Visa £750
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Business Visa £1200
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Indefinite Leave to Remain (5 years) £1000
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Indefinite Leave to Remain (10 years) £1000
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Pre Action Protocol £750
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Appeal First-tier Tribunal £550
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Representation Appeal First-tier Tribunal £900
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Child 7-year route £1200
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EEA Application £950
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Subject Access Request £200
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Attendance at The Home Office £500
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Fee Waiver Application £1200
*Kindly contact our office for more information.
Family Fees Structure
Fee Structure : We offer Agreed Fixed Fee Arrangements as an alternative to the standard hourly rate used by family law solicitors. This means that we offer a fixed price for each stage of legal work. The agreed fixed fee is not dictated by the time spent on the case and allows clients to determine how much they will be spending on legal costs without receiving a bill that they were not expecting at the end.
Our agreed fixed fee for family law cases covers all the work until the conclusion of the stage up to which you have instructed us. Please be advised that our agreed fixed fee does not cover any disbursements incurred on your matter i.e. third-party charges e.g. court fees or counsel fees. We charge affordable fixed fees with an option to pay in instalments.
Divorce : Divorce Fees – £840 if uncontested
, Contested Divorce, up to first stage when an answer is filed at Court – £480
,Until the conclusion of the First Hearing – £600
, Our legal fees for any subsequent hearing will be an agreed fee determined on the complexity and volume of work required on the matter.
Financial Relief : Mediation – Referral to mediation, follow-up advice and any follow-up work i.e. drafting Agreements/Consent Orders – £600
If no agreements are made, issuing financial proceedings until the conclusion of the First appointment Hearing – £1,440
Our legal fees for any subsequent hearing will be an agreed fee determined on the complexity and volume of work required on the matter.
Child Arrangements : Mediation – Referral to mediation, follow-up advice and any follow-up work i.e. drafting Agreements – £600
Preparing an application for a Child Arrangements Order and attending an initial court hearing i.e. First Hearing Dispute Resolution Appointment – £1,200
Our legal fees for any subsequent hearing will be an agreed fee determined on the complexity and volume of work required on the matter.
Non-Molestation Order And/Or Occupation Order : In junction Without Notice – preparing and filing an emergency application without notice to the Respondent and representing the client at Court for an emergency injunction – £720
Interim hearing – £600
Our legal fees for any subsequent hearing will be an agreed fee determined on the complexity and volume of work required on the matter.
Contesting A Non-Molestation Order/Application : All work until the conclusion of the first hearing – £720.
Interim hearing – £600
Our legal fees for any subsequent hearing will be an agreed fee determined on the complexity and volume of work required on the matter.
Separation Agreement & Prenuptial Agreements : Prenuptial Agreement – From £600
Separation/Financial Settlement Agreement – From £600
Our Hourly Rate for Family Matters : All clients have the option of instructing us on an hourly rate basis. Our hourly rate for all family matters is from £120 to £210 per hour.
Instalment paying option : We offer clients instalment plan options to facilitate their financial needs.
Other Services
COMPLAINTS HANDLING PROCEDURE
SH Solicitors Ltd is committed to high quality legal advice and care. If you are unhappy about any aspect of the service you have received or about the bill, please contact Mr Shahbon Hussain (Director) or by email on info@shsolicitorfirm.info. We have a procedure in place which details how we handle complaints, which is available upon request. We have eight weeks to consider your complaint. If we have not resolved it within this time you may complain to the Legal Ombudsman. Telephone: 0300 555 0333 Overseas: +44 12 245 3050, Email: enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk. In writing: PO Box 606, Wolverhampton, WV1 9WJ, www.legalombudsman.org.uk .
Normally, you will need to bring a complaint to the Legal Ombudsman within six months of receiving a final written response from us about your complaint or within a year of the act or omission about which you are complaining occurring (or you becoming aware of it).
Status of EU citizens in the UK: what you need to know
Information for European Union citizens living in the UK.
Home Office, UK Visas and Immigration, and Department for Exiting the European Union
Contents
- Agreement on rights for EU citizens and their families
- Assessment of settled status applications
- Applying for settled status
- Permanent residence status under EU law
- Indefinite leave to remain
- UK employers and EU citizen employees
This page will be updated with the latest information about the status of European Union (EU) citizens (see note 1) and their families in the UK.
The UK government has reached an agreement with the European Union on citizens’ rights in negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. This will provide certainty about the future to millions of EU citizens and their families in the UK. Most importantly, it will allow you to stay here after we leave the EU on 29 March 2019, and to continue to access public funds and services.
There is no need for EU citizens living in the UK to do anything now. There will be no change to the status of EU citizens living in the UK while the UK remains in the EU.
Agreement on rights for EU citizens and their families
- People who, by 29 March 2019, have been continuously and lawfully living here for 5 years will be able to apply to stay indefinitely by getting ‘settled status’. That means they will be free to live here, have access to public funds and services and go on to apply for British citizenship.
- People who arrive by 29 March 2019, but won’t have been living here lawfully for 5 years when we leave the EU, will be able to apply to stay until they have reached the 5-year threshold. They can then also apply for settled status.
- Family members who are living with, or join, EU citizens in the UK by 29 March 2019 will also be able to apply for settled status, usually after 5 years in the UK.
- Close family members (spouses, civil and unmarried partners, dependent children and grandchildren, and dependent parents and grandparents) will be able to join EU citizens after exit, where the relationship existed on 29 March 2019.
EU citizens with settled status or temporary permission to stay will have the same access as they currently do to healthcare, pensions and other benefits in the UK.
You’ll be able to apply for settled status if you’re a citizen, or the family member of a citizen, of an EU country. We’ve agreed with the EU that the conditions for EU citizens and their family members to get settled status in the UK will be the same as, or more generous than, those set out in the existing Free Movement Directive. In most cases this means you will need 5 years of continuous and lawful residence in the UK. The criteria will be set out in the withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU.
If you meet the criteria and submit a valid application you will be granted status, unless:
- you weren’t resident in the UK by 29 March 2019 (see note 2)
- you’re refused on the grounds of your serious criminal convictions or for security reasons
The withdrawal agreement will become a part of UK law and so the Home Office will not be able to refuse an application for any reason not covered by the agreement.
Applying for settled status
EU citizens and their family members in the UK will need to apply to get their status document. Getting this status will prove (for example, to employers or public service providers) that they have permission to continue living and working here in future.
The application fee will be no more than the cost charged to British citizens for a UK passport. If you already have a valid permanent residence document, it will be free.
We’re making the application process as streamlined, quick and user-friendly as possible. We’ll use existing government data to reduce the amount of evidence you will need to provide. For example, HMRC’s employment records will show us your UK work history.
As an EU citizen applying to the scheme, you will need to:
- provide an identity document and a recent photograph to confirm your identity and nationality
- declare any criminal convictions
You won’t have to:
- account for every trip you’ve taken out of the UK
- show evidence that you held comprehensive sickness insurance (see note 3 below)
- give your fingerprints
We expect the online application form to go live in late 2018.
The Home Office will provide support to ensure your application isn’t turned down because of simple errors or omissions. We will contact you where it appears a simple omission has taken place and help you fix it. We will also let you know if you need to provide more evidence, before a decision is made.
So people have enough time to apply, the scheme will remain open for applications for a considerable period, at least 2 years, after the UK leaves the EU. During this period your rights in the UK will be protected. If you apply under the scheme, but don’t receive a decision before the end of this period, you can continue living here until the decision is made.
Note 3: In some circumstances, comprehensive sickness insurance is still required for the purposes of accessing the healthcare system in the UK, but will no longer be considered as a requirement for acquiring settled status.
Permanent residence status under EU law
While the UK remains in the EU you don’t need to apply for a document to prove you can live in the UK unless:
- you’re an extended family member of someone from the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland
- you want to apply for British citizenship
- you want to sponsor your partner’s visa application under the Immigration Rules
A permanent residence document confirms that you have rights under European law. In the future, EU law will no longer apply and the migration and status of EU nationals will be subject to UK law.
There will be a simple process for you to exchange this for a settled status document free of charge and we won’t repeat any assessment of residence.
You will need to:
- provide an identity document and a recent photograph to confirm your identity and nationality
- confirm you still live in the UK
- declare any criminal convictions
Sign up for email updates for more details of when you’ll be able to apply to stay in the UK under the new settled status scheme and what steps you’ll need to take.
Indefinite leave to remain
Indefinite leave to remain status will not be affected by the UK leaving the EU.
Once the application scheme for settled status opens there will be a simple process for you to exchange your old indefinite leave to remain document for a settled status document free of charge, should you wish to prove you benefit from the withdrawal agreement. We won’t repeat any assessment of residence.
You will need to:
- provide an identity document and a recent photograph to confirm your identity
- confirm you still live in the UK
- declare any criminal convictions
You can apply for a biometric residence permit if you want an updated document confirming you have indefinite leave to remain now.
UK employers and EU citizen employees
EU citizens working in the UK and UK businesses employing EU citizens don’t need to do anything now.
We are working closely with businesses and others to look at how they will be affected by the changes.
In July 2017, the government commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to gather evidence on patterns of EU migration and the role of migration in the wider economy, ahead of our exit from the EU.
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