Simons Muirhead & Burton has a dedicated team specialising in immigration appeals. Provided there is a right of appeal arising from the relevant decision, an individual can appeal against a negative decision of the UK Border Agency (commonly referred to as "the Home Office") to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal. Our immigration lawyers routinely assist clients with appeals to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal against:
- decisions of the UK Border Agency refusing to grant a visa extension;
- decisions of the UK Border Agency refusing to grant permanent residency (indefinite leave to remain);
- decisions of the British Embassy refusing to issue entry clearance to enter the UK;
- decisions of the UK Border Agency to issue "removal directions" ordering the forcible removal an individual from the UK;
- decisions of the UK Border Agency to deport an individual from the UK;
- decisions of the UK Border Agency refusing to provide discretionary or humanitarian visas pursuant to the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention or the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
Simons Muirhead & Burton’s immigration team has extensive knowledge of the immigration appeal process and members have gained invaluable experience from representing individuals not only before the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, but also in the Administrative Court, House of Lords, European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice.