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Our family migration team has extensive experience advising on all aspects of personal migration to the UK.

We can help you understand which visa categories may suit your circumstances and assist with applications submitted in-country or from overseas, making your immigration journey as stress free as possible.

Our head of family migration, Amna Ashraf, has practiced in this area for over 12 years. She is well known for her expertise in all aspects of family migration, bringing ease to the process whilst maintaining her high success rate for clients based all over the world.

We support clients with initial applications, extensions, switching visa categories, settlement, naturalisation, and everything in between. We can also advise on potential visa options following the breakdown of a relationship where one party has been reliant on the partnership for their status.

When it comes to children, our family migration team can assist with international adoption, securing visas for the UK for adopted children, dependant child visas and student visas for children. 

Where migrants are faced with a refusal, we are here to assist with the possible remedies of Administrative Review, appeals to the First-tier and Upper Tribunals and Judicial Reviews at the Court of Session. 

Please get in touch to discuss your circumstances with our expert team who are readily available to help you. 



Our team has extensive experience in:

  • Partner, spouse, fiancé(e) visas
  • Indefinite leave to remain in the UK
  • British citizenship for adults
  • Registration for British nationality for children
  • Dependent child visas under family and other routes
  • Child student visas
  • International adoption and visas for adopted child
  • UK ancestry visas 
  • Visit visas
  • Administrative Review of refusals
  • Appeals to First Tier and Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
  • Judicial Review of Home Office decisions

 

Key Contacts

Grace Mcgill V2

Grace McGill

Partner

Immigration & Visas

grace.mcgill@burnesspaull.com +44 (0)131 357 4464

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Amna Ashraf

Amna Ashraf

Director

Immigration & Visas

amna.ashraf@burnesspaull.com +44 (0)141 273 6932

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