Business Services
We’ll help you navigate any and all corporate immigration procedures, from carrying out eligibility assessments to applying for visas and sponsorship licences.
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Citizenship and Nationality
Citizenship and Nationality
We can check the immigration status of any employee and advise you on the implications this may have for your business.
Where we help
- British Citizenship applications
- Naturalisation, Registration and Acquisition)
- UK Ancestry visas
- Request for Reconsideration
- Loss of British Citizenship
- Appeals
- Judicial Review
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Establishing a UK Branch Office or Subsidiary
Establishing a UK Branch Office or Subsidiary
Speak to our solicitors before setting up a new UK branch or subsidiary to discuss legal requirements that you will need to comply with.
Where we help
- Business plans
- Applications and Extension
- Settlement
- Refusals
- Appeals
- Judicial Review
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Human Rights and Asylum
Human Rights and Asylum
We will consider claims carefully and compassionately before advising on the options available to those who are seeking safety in the UK.
Where we help
- Asylum applications and settlement
- Humanitarian Protection applications
- Refusals
- Appeals
- Judicial Reviews
- Preventing deportation
- Immigration Bail applications
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Immigration Advice for Entrepreneurs
Immigration Advice for Entrepreneurs
Expand your business with confidence knowing that your immigration affairs are being handled by a team of trusted solicitors.
Where we help
- Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) compliance, extensions and refusals
- Start-up visas
- Innovator visas
- Business visas
- Considering business plans
- Application for endorsement from UK ‘endorsing bodies’
- Refusals
- Appeals
- Judicial Review
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Immigration Advice for Investors
Immigration Advice for Investors
We’ll guide you through the important decisions to ensure a prosperous future for your business in the UK.
Where we help
- Tier 1 (Investor) application, compliance, extensions and refusals
- Visa conditions and investment audits
- Administrative Reviews
- Appeals
- Judicial Reviews
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Long Residence in the UK
Long Residence in the UK
We’ll assess eligibility for UK residency and discuss immigration options for employees who are non-UK nationals.
Where we help
- Indefinite Leave to Remain
- Permanent Residence
- Further Leave to Remain (Extension)
- Next day Super Priority Service
- Refusals
- Appeals
- Judicial Review
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Refusals and Appeals
Refusals and Appeals
We’ll investigate your claim and the final application decision, advise you on your legal position, and where there is scope assist you in formulating a compelling case for appeal.
Where we help
- Request for Reconsideration
- Appeals
- Judicial Review
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Rights of EU Nationals
Rights of EU Nationals
Clarify the rights of EU employees and get up to date advice as Britain prepares to leave the European Union.
Where we help
- Rights to stay
- Permanent Residence
- Family members and spouses
- Extended family members (unmarried partners)
- Settlement for divorced or separated couples
- Settlement for victims of domestic violence
- EEA Residence card
- EEA Family permit
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Seeking Permanent Residency
Seeking Permanent Residency
Find out if your non-native employees or stakeholders have a right to live and work permanently in the UK.
Where we help
- British Citizenship applications
- Naturalisation, Registration and Acquisition
- Indefinitely Leave to Remain
- Permanent Residency applications (EEA and non-EEA citizens)
- Family members and Partner
- Returning residents
- Refusals
- Request for Reconsideration
- Loss of British Citizenship
- Appeals
- Judicial Review
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Sponsorship Licences
Sponsorship Licences
Trust our specialist corporate immigration team to manage your sponsorship licence applications from start to finish.
Where we help
- Compliance audits
- Renewals
- Refusals
- Revocation
- Suspension
- Requests for reconsideration
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Sponsoring & Hiring Foreign Nationals
Sponsoring & Hiring Foreign Nationals
You’ve found the right people – now let Valens help you secure your ideal employees in accordance with immigration laws.
Where we help
- Screening CVs of potential applicants
- Advising on Resident Labour Market Test
- Certificate of Sponsorship (application and refusals)
- Immigration audits (for companies and employees)
