Educational Providers | Immigration Compliance & Management
Educational Providers which includes Universities and Colleges need to continue acting responsibly after their licence is issued or risk losing your licence. The UK Border Agency has the power to revoke your licence at any time if they feel you are not complying with their requirements. Call us today on 0207 237 3388 or e-mail us at info@icslegal.com.
The UK Border Agency must be satisfied that the 5 key areas are being managed and followed at all times. We would normally audit your system in place once a month, analyse your system, suggest improvements and work with you to ensure we set up or make amendments to policies in line with the UK Border Agency.
Furthermore, when issuing Confirmation of Acceptance Studies (CAS) numbers to students, we normally advise and look at the process of this, raising any issues that we believe that would result in non-compliance. We would access your Sponsorship Management System (SMS) on a monthly basis to ensure there is full compliance and we address any concerns with your Key Contact.
Application Management
Application Management is a key element to our “Managed Service” and its benefit to key stakeholders such as you as an organisation, your students and your business operation. By focussing our energy to build a robust system is fundamental to an application being successful and creating an application with care can eliminate a number of issues. We get involved from the very start by supporting your colleagues to prepare good applications, ensure that CAS numbers are assigned correctly and they are following the Immigration Rules HC395. Whether it is an entry clearance or leave to remain including switching to other categories, we would carefully advise your colleagues the best course of action.
The UKBA has a provision for education providers to send batches of applications; therefore we would get involved in ensuring all the details of the form have been completed correctly. Importantly, as there are no appeal rights for invalid applications, it is imperative that we complete the form correctly. We would also ensure that the documents supplied are correct and flag any issues. All of this is done through sending us electronic versions of the application form and all supporting documents. We will also support in writing a good policy document outlining how the applicant has met the requirements of the Immigration Rules HC395.
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Our speciality lies in the field of Immigration, Nationality and EU Law, so it means we always are dealing with this side of the law. We are able to support you in making a correct decision, avoid delays on your case, save money and time, not forgetting the stress of any doubts with your application.
There are many routes available to come to the UK, extend or switch, some of them do not allow extension or even switching. Knowing what is right can be a difficult task and this is why we are here. Simple task of not using the prescribed forms can mean your application is invalid, which means if you have no valid stay, you would have to return back and there is no appeal rights.
Our initial consultations are a chargeable service. We initially discuss the requirements of the application to ensure you meet the requirements and have the documentation required at hand for the submission. It gives you an opportunity to meet us and ask questions.
Each case will be checked thoroughly, everything will be cross referenced so guidelines are met and we will also add our legal document which would outline the Immigration Rules and how the client has satisfied the rules. We use documents that are used by Home Office case workers, so we know exactly what they would look for in your case.
The most important fact is that law constantly changes, policy guidelines and requirements are always changing, so it is best that you always use specialised services to support you. We never compromise our services, our fees remain very competitive but our expertise is at the very highest standard.
We place our clients first, so when you sign the customer care letter and we go through your case file, and we believe that the case would not be successful, we will terminate the agreement and return your documents. We will also provide alternative solutions with no added costs. We also have a cancellation period should you feel you want to withdraw your file.
Please note that all cases cannot be guaranteed as circumstances depends and whether you met guidelines, however the Home Office caseworker can still refuse cases on the balance of probabilities and other factors. Our job would be to prepare your case in the best possible way.
1) You contact us through e-mail or phone.
2) We take some basic information, we ask some relevant questions to understand the type of query and what type of support is required.
3) Your case then gets passed to a case worker.
4) Case Worker would contact you to set up an initial meeting.
5) You attend a consultation, an action plan is drawn up and we find out whether ICS Legal can support your case. A report would be sent where there is a requirement to outline what was discussed and what to do next.
6) You authorise us to be your legal representative by signing our customer care letter.
7) We will then start to request documents and information about your case this will build up your case pack.
8) We will then write our legal report and use Home Office caseworker’s documents to ensure everything has been checked and all requirement have been met.
9) Where possible we will go through every aspect of your case before case submission.
10) We will continue to update you throughout the case life cycle .