Our Individual Immigration Services

We provide expert assistance with a wide range of individual visa and immigration applications, including:

Visitor & Family Visas

• Visit Visa

• Spouse Applications

• Fiancé(e) Applications

• Dependant Applications

Study & Graduate Visas

• Student Applications

• Graduate Visa

• Youth Mobility Scheme

• India Young Professionals Scheme

Specialist & Talent Visas

• Global Talent Visa

• High Potential Individual Visa

• Innovator Founder Visa

Work Visas

• Skilled Worker Applications

• Scale-Up Worker Visa

• Frontier Worker Visa

• Representative of an Overseas Business (extensions only)

• Sole Representative Visa (extensions only)

• Overseas Domestic Worker Visa

• All Temporary Worker Categories

• All Global Mobility Categories

Settlement & Citizenship

• Extension Applications

• Indefinite Leave to Remain Applications

• Naturalisation / Citizenship Applications

Other

• Tier 1 – Entrepreneur & Investor Visa (extensions only)

• Ancestry Visa

Our Corporate Immigration Services

We provide comprehensive support for businesses and employers, including:

• Work Permits – Assistance with obtaining work permits for employees.

• Sponsor Licences – Guidance on applying for and managing UK sponsorship licences.

• Innovator Founder Visa – Support for setting up and running innovative businesses in the UK.

• Skilled Worker Visas – Full support with all skilled worker visa applications.

• Right to Work Checks – Ensuring your workforce complies with Home Office regulations.

• Application Checking Services – Review of applications and documentation before submission.

• Training Services – Bespoke training sessions tailored to your business needs.

Consultations & Application Checking

• Free Initial Consultation – Speak with one of our qualified solicitors to discuss your circumstances and receive tailored advice.

• Application Checking Service – For a fixed fee, our team can review your application and supporting documents, providing guidance and recommendations before submission. This service is available for all visa and immigration categories.

Visit the UK with Confidence

Tourist, Family & Business Visas (6 Months – 5 Years)

Planning a trip to the UK? Whether it’s for tourism, visiting family, attending a business meeting, or a conference, our experienced immigration solicitors will guide you every step of the way.

✅ Clear, practical advice tailored to your situation
✅ Expert document preparation and application support
✅ Assistance with visas from 6 months up to 5 years

Spouse & Partner Visas

A Spouse Visa is for non-UK nationals married to, or in a long-term relationship with, a UK citizen or someone with settled status in the UK.

Our experienced solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through every step to ensure a smooth, compliant process

Fiancé(e) Visas

A Fiancé(e) Visa is for non-UK nationals engaged to a UK citizen or someone with settled status, who wish to come to the UK to get married.

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Prepare a comprehensive, end-to-end action plan

• Guide you through the process, including the transition to a Spouse Visa after marriage

Family Settlement & Dependent Visas

This visa category is for non-UK nationals, including children, elderly parents, and siblings, who wish to join family members who are UK citizens or have settled status.

Our experienced solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide tailored advice based on your circumstances

• Guide you through the entire application process from start to finish

Student Visas

Our solicitors assist students in obtaining their UK Student Visa once their academic institution has issued a CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies) number.

We will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored plan of action for your application

• Guide you through the entire visa process to ensure a smooth and compliant application

Graduate Visas

The Graduate Visa is for recent graduates who have previously held a UK Student Visa, allowing them a 2-year period to live and work in the UK.

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored plan of action for your application

• Guide you through the entire visa process, ensuring a smooth and compliant application

Youth Mobility Scheme Visa

The Youth Mobility Scheme Visa allows individuals aged 18 to 35 from eligible countries — including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Korea — to live and work in the UK for up to 2 years.

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Support you through the entire visa process, ensuring a smooth and compliant application

India Young Professionals Scheme Visa

The India Young Professionals Scheme Visa allows Indian citizens aged 18 to 30 to live and work in the UK for up to 2 years.

Applicants must first be selected in the India Young Professionals Scheme ballot before applying, confirming their eligibility for the visa.

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire visa process, ensuring a smooth and compliant application

Global Talent Visa

The Global Talent Visa is for individuals recognized as a leader or potential leader in one of the following fields:

• Academia or research

• Arts and culture

• Digital technology

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire visa process, ensuring a smooth and compliant application

UK Ancestry Visa

The UK Ancestry Visa is for individuals who can prove that one of their grandparents was born in the UK, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man, and who are:

• Commonwealth citizens

• British overseas citizens

• British overseas territories citizens

• British nationals (overseas)

• Citizens of Zimbabwe

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire visa process, ensuring a smooth and compliant application

High Potential Individual (HPI) Visa

The High Potential Individual (HPI) Visa is for individuals who have been awarded a qualification by an eligible university and wish to live and work in the UK.

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire visa process, ensuring a smooth and compliant application

Innovator Founder Visa

The Innovator Founder Visa (formerly known as the Innovator Visa) is for individuals who:

• Wish to set up and run an innovative business in the UK — something unique and different from anything else on the market

• Have a business or business idea endorsed by an approved endorsing body

• Meet the other eligibility requirements

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire visa process, ensuring a smooth and compliant application

Skilled Worker Visa

The Skilled Worker Visa allows individuals to live and work in the UK in an eligible role with an approved employer.

This visa has replaced the Tier 2 (General) work visa and also permits individuals to work in UK waters.

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Advise on SOC code assessment and salary requirements, including the Immigration Skills Charge and the official immigration salary list

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire visa process, ensuring a smooth and compliant application

Visa Extensions, Switching Categories & ILR Assessment

We assist individuals currently residing in the UK on a visa with:

• Extending their existing visa

• Switching to a different visa category

• Assessing eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your extension, switch, or ILR application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with all UK immigration rules and settlement requirements

Indefinite Leave to Remain & British Citizenship

We assist individuals seeking Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK, ensuring they meet all eligibility criteriaand are fully prepared for the application process.

Once ILR has been granted, our solicitors can also assist with planning and preparing your British Citizenship application, providing a seamless transition from settlement to citizenship.

Our services include:

• Full eligibility assessment for ILR and Citizenship

• Tailored action plans to guide you through each stage

• Expert guidance to ensure compliance with all UK immigration requirements

A full eligibility assessment shall be conducted and our team shall be able to assist with the process.

British Citizenship

An individual can apply for British Citizenship if they have:

• Lived in the UK for at least 5 years, and

• Held one of the following for at least 12 months:

  • Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK

  • Settled Status under the EU Settlement Scheme

  • Indefinite Leave to Enter, allowing permanent residence from abroad

Once naturalized and granted British Citizenship, individuals can apply for a British passport.

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your citizenship application

• Guide you through the entire naturalization process

A full eligibility assessment shall be conducted and our team shall be able to assist with the process.

Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Visa – Updates

• can prove you’ve been self-employed, a member of a partnership or working as a director of a business 3 months before you apply
• created at least 2 full time jobs that have existed for at least 12 months
• can continue to support yourself

A full eligibility assessment shall be conducted and our team shall be able to assist with the process.

Sole Representative Visa

An individual can apply as a representative of an overseas business if they are employed by an overseas newspaper, news agency, or broadcasting organization and are posted on a long-term assignment in the UK.

If you already hold a Sole Representative visa, our solicitors can assist with extending your visa.

Our services include:

• Conducting a full eligibility assessment

• Providing a tailored action plan for your application or extension

• Guiding you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration requirements

Scale-up Worker Visa

The Scale-up Worker Visa allows individuals to live and work in the UK in an eligible role for a fast-growing UK business (also known as a “scale-up business”).

To qualify, your UK employer must meet specific eligibility criteria to sponsor scale-up workers.

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with all UK immigration requirements

Frontier Worker Permit

A Frontier Worker Permit is required for individuals who want to work in the UK but live in another country.

You may be eligible if all of the following apply:

• You are from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, or Liechtenstein

• You live outside the UK

• You began working in the UK by 31 December 2020

• You have usually worked in the UK at least once every 12 months since starting work (exceptions may apply for periods of unemployment or inability to work)

Note: Irish citizens do not need to apply for a Frontier Worker Permit but may choose to do so.

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration requirements

Overseas Domestic Worker Visa

Individuals can apply for an Overseas Domestic Worker Visa to visit the UK with their employer if they:

• Live outside the UK

• Work as a domestic worker in a private household

• Have worked for their employer for at least one year

• Meet all other eligibility requirements

Domestic workers include:

• Cleaners

• Chauffeurs

• Cooks

• Those providing personal care for the employer and their family

• Nannies

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration rules

British National (Overseas) (BNO) Visa – Hong Kong

The BNO visa is available to individuals connected with Hong Kong as follows:

• British nationals (overseas) are those who were British Overseas Territories citizens by connection with Hong Kong and registered as BNO before 1 July 1997.

• Those who did not register as BNO and had no other nationality or citizenship on 30 June 1997 became British Overseas Citizens.

• Children of BNOs, aged 18 or older and born on or after 1 July 1997, can apply separately from their parents. Family members may also apply with the main applicant.

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration rules

nternational Sportsperson Visa

An individual can apply for an International Sportsperson Visa if they meet the eligibility requirements and their sport’s governing body endorses the application.

To qualify, the applicant must demonstrate that they:

• Are an elite sportsperson or qualified coach

• Are internationally established

• Will develop their sport in the UK at the highest level

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration rules

UK Expansion Worker Visa

The UK Expansion Worker Visa allows individuals to come to the UK to establish a branch of an overseas businessthat has not yet started trading in the UK.

To qualify, the applicant must:

• Already be employed by the overseas business

• Hold a position as a senior manager or specialist employee

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration rules

Senior or Specialist Worker Visa

The Senior or Specialist Worker Visa allows individuals to come to or remain in the UK to undertake an eligible role at their employer’s UK branch.

Note: This visa has replaced the Intra-company Transfer visa, previously known as the Tier 2 (Intra-company Transfer) Long-term Staff visa.

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration rules

Graduate Trainee Visa

The Graduate Trainee Visa allows individuals to come to or remain in the UK to work for their employer’s UK branch.

To qualify, the role must:

• Be an eligible position

• Be part of a graduate training programme for a managerial or specialist role

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration rules

This visa has replaced the Intra-company Graduate Trainee visa, previously Tier 2 (Intra-company Transfer) Graduate Trainee visa.

A full eligibility assessment shall be conducted and our team shall be able to assist with the process.

Service Supplier Visa

An individual can apply for a Service Supplier Visa if they have a contract to provide services for a UK company as either:

• An employee of an overseas company

• A self-employed professional based overseas

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration rules

High-Value Expedited Intra-Company Transfer (HVE ICT) Visa

An individual can apply for this visa if their overseas employer is transferring them to the UK to undertake an eligible role with a different organisation.

Eligibility requirements include:

• The overseas employer must hold a high-value contract with the UK organisation

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration rules

Seasonal Worker Visa

An individual can apply for a Seasonal Worker Visa to come to the UK and work in:

• Horticulture – for up to 6 months (e.g., picking fruit, vegetables, or flowers)

• Poultry – from 2 October to 31 December in the same year

Eligibility requirements include:

• Having a sponsor

• Poultry Seasonal Worker visas must be applied for by 15 November each year

• Horticulture Seasonal Worker visas can be applied for anytime throughout the year

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration rules

Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange Visa

An individual can apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange Visa if they:

• Wish to come to the UK for a short period for work experience, training, an Overseas Government Language Programme, research, or a fellowship through an approved government-authorised exchange scheme

• Have a sponsor

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration rules

Temporary Work – Creative Worker Visa

An individual must apply for a Temporary Work – Creative Worker Visa if they:

• Have been offered work in the UK as a creative worker

Creative workers include those employed in the creative industries, such as:

• Actors

• Dancers

• Musicians

• Film crew members

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration rules

Temporary Work – Religious Worker Visa

An individual can apply for a Temporary Work – Religious Worker Visa if they:

• Wish to undertake religious work in a non-pastoral role or within a religious order

• Have a sponsor

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration rules

Temporary Work – Charity Worker Visa

An individual can apply for a Temporary Work – Charity Worker Visa if they:

• Wish to undertake unpaid voluntary work for a charity

• Have a sponsor

• The sponsor must cover the sponsorship maintenance on the certificate of sponsorship

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration rules

Temporary Work – International Agreement Visa

An individual can apply for a Temporary Work – International Agreement Visa if they will be contracted to undertake work covered by international law or treaty while in the UK. This includes:

• Working for an overseas government or a recognised international organisation

• Working as a private servant in a diplomatic household

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration rules

Health and Care Worker Visa

A Health and Care Worker Visa allows medical and care professionals to come to or remain in the UK to work in an eligible role with the NHS, an NHS supplier, or in adult social care.

To qualify, the individual must:

• Be a qualified doctor, nurse, health professional, or adult social care professional

• Work in an eligible health or social care role

• Be employed by a UK employer approved by the Home Office

• Have a Certificate of Sponsorship from the employer detailing the role offered

• Be paid a minimum salary, which varies depending on the type of work

Our solicitors will:

• Conduct a full eligibility assessment

• Provide a tailored action plan for your application

• Guide you through the entire process, ensuring compliance with UK immigration rules

Right to Work Checks for Employers

Our team assists employers in ensuring that their employees’ right to work checks are completed in full compliance with Home Office policy.

We have a dedicated system and process in place to support businesses with this service, providing:

• Verification that checks are conducted correctly

• Guidance on maintaining compliance with UK immigration regulations

• Ongoing support for any employee or sponsor-related queries

Application Checking Service

Our team of qualified solicitors can provide a comprehensive checking service for your immigration applications.

If you feel confident in preparing your application and gathering the supporting documents, but would like a final professional review before submission, our team can:

• Review your application and supporting documents

• Identify any errors or missing information

• Recommend required changes to improve your application’s accuracy and compliance

Training & Conferences for Businesses

At AIA Immigration, our team of experienced professionals delivers bespoke training sessions and conferences, both virtually and in-person, tailored to meet your business’s specific immigration needs.

Our training sessions are designed to equip your team with practical knowledge and tools to ensure compliance and streamline immigration processes. Here are some of our most popular sessions:

• Home Office Audit – Prepare your business for a Home Office audit with a complete, step-by-step manual.

• License Management – Learn to manage your sponsor licence, including allocation of restricted and unrestricted Certificates of Sponsorship (COS), with guidance on SLAs tailored to your business.

• Setting Up a Licence – Understand the requirements and processes for successfully attaining a sponsor licence.

• Authorising Officer Duties – Comprehensive training for Authorising Officers, covering their responsibilities under Home Office regulations, with a complete guide and manual.

• Licence Compliance – Gain full insight into Home Office compliance requirements, including manuals, SLAs, and templates to maintain best practices.

• Academic Institution Licence – Training on Home Office audits and managing CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies) allocation.

Each session includes step-by-step guidance, practical templates, and actionable recommendations to help your business stay fully compliant and confident in its immigration processes.