Immigration Law - more information

Our immigration team offer a Premium Same Day Service and can submit your application to the Home Office by hand and get an instant decision on your application. This means you will not have to wait for the decision on your application. You will not even need to attend the Home Office with our Immigration Solicitor. Please refer to our Home Office Premium Same Day Service – Terms and Conditions1 for more information on this service.

Viva-Law Solicitors is able to offer an immigration service which is fast, friendly and reliable. Appointments at the Home Office are on a weekly basis i.e. every Monday for the following week. The ideal time to know whether or not an appointment is available for an application to be submitted through the same day service, is every Monday around 15.00.

Our Specialist Services includes:

PBS Applications

Tier 1 – Post Study Work
Tier 1 – General
Tier 2 – General
Tier 2 – Minister of Religion
Tier 2 – Sportsperson
Tier 1 – Entrepreneur
Tier 1 – Investor
Tier 4 – Student
Tier 5 – Visa

ILR Applications

ILR – HSMP / Tier 1
ILF – Work Permit / Tier 2
ILR – Marriage
ILR – Domestic Violence
ILR – 10 Years Residence
ILR – 14 Years Residence
ILR – UK Ancestry
ILR – Domestic Worker
ILR – Tier 1 (Investor)
ILR – Tier 1 (Entrepreneur)
ILR as a Bereaved Spouse
ILR as a Refugee

EU Law Applications

Retaining Right of Residence
Non-EEA Residence Card
Family Permit
FMRS Application
Primary Carer of EEA Child
ILR – EEA Family Member
WRS Card / Certificate
ILR – EEA National
Bulgarians and Romanians
British Citizenship
Registration as a UK Citizen
Naturalisation as a UK Citizen
Turkish Citizens
Entry as a businessperson
Switch into a Businessperson
ILR as Businessperson
Dependent – Businessperson
Turkish ECAA Workers
Dependent of Worker
Other Applications
Finance Visa
Proposed Civil Partner
COA (Marriage) Application
Marriage Visa
Civil Partner Visa
Unmarried Partner Visa
UK Ancestry Visa
Dependent Child Visa
Access to a child
Discretionary Leave
Sole Representative Visa
Domestic Worker Visa
Visit Visa to UK
Legacy Cases
Asylum Application
Bail Application
NTL Endorsement TOC Application
Appeals & Judicial Reviews
Entry Clearance Appeal
Non-Asylum Appeal
Asylum Appeals
Deportation Appeal
Permission to 1st Tribunal
Application to Upper Tribunal
Permission to Upper Tribunal
Application to the COA
Appeal to Court of Appeal
Judicial Reviews

And all other applications to the Home Office or Entry Clearance Office

FEES

The quoted fixed fees cover the cost of preparing and making the initial application only. If there is an appeal or challenge necessary, subsequent to the submission of your application or if a separate application is later required, we will agree separate fees with you.

Our service includes postal applications and premium/same day service. Our fees for both categories are as follows and do not include Home Office Fees or VAT

Application Type	Postal Applications (Ex. VAT)	Premium Service (Ex. VAT)
Tier 1 (Highly skilled worker)	£550.00	£650.00
Tier 1 ( PSW)	£300.00	£450.00
ILR work permit holder	£250.00	£350.00
ILR HSMP	£300.00	£400.00
ILR Dependant (over 18yrs)	£250.00	£350.00
ILR Spouse/Partner alone (if applied separately)	£350.00	£450.00
ILR Domestic worker	£250.00	£300.00
ILR Long Residence	£400.00	£600.00
Tier 2 (General)	£450.00	£550.00
Tier 4 Students	£275.00	£375.00
British citizenship/ Naturalisation	£300.00	N/A
Advise on obtaining Sponsorship Licence	£600.00	N/A
DYI Package [consultation and verification]	£175.00 [1 hour]	N/A

Please note that the UKBA will decide the application on the same day only if the application is straightforward and not complex. The Home Office decides majority of the applications (more than 98% of the applications submitted) on the same day and only very few applications are retained by the Home Office for further enquiries.

Home Office Premium Same Day Service - Terms and Conditions

The UKBA will not be able to make a decision on the same day service through us, if the applicant has not complied with any of the immigration rules or of anything complicated in nature., They will keep aside the application to make further enquiries in such complicated cases and will only make a decision as in the case of a postal application. In such occasions, we cannot give any time stipulation when the UKBA will make a decision on your application even if it is submitted through the same day service. We will advice the clients of such a possibility, in such complicated cases or if there are any technical problems,

In some cases of hidden defects or non-compliance of immigration rules of which you may not aware, we will not be able to identify these defects or problems from the documents and information that you have provided with us. In such an occasion if we submit the application through the same day service, the application may be accepted by the UKBA officer in the initial screening with a paid fee to the Home Office. The non- compliance, technical problem or defect, may be found by the UKBA immigration officer when they consider the application in detail and they will either refuse the application or may ask for further information. In such cases also it will be considered as in the case of a postal application and we cannot give any indication as to when a decision will be made by the UKBA.

If the UKBA due to any reason refuse your application after taking the Home Office fees from us, then the UKBA will not refund their fees. If this happens and we will not be liable for any damages which may result from the Home Office refusal of your application, we will not reimburse you the Home Office fee or our fees. It is the Home Office who consider your application with a paid fee and there is no guarantee that your application will be successful. The success of your application will depend upon the compliance with immigration rules and any other relevant law of the UK.

The UK Border Agency allocates us slots for the legal representatives Same Day Service subject to their terms and conditions. We will not be able to submit your case on the allocated day. If they cancel our slot or if they cannot allocate us the slots, we will then try to obtain another slot on a subsequent date. We will have to book the slot again with the UKBA but it’s not guaranteed when will be the allocated date

The allocation of slots is on a first come first served basis each week with UKBA to legal representative according to the availability. The email booking request is normally one week in advance. The slots are allocated only if the request for email booking reaches them before the allocation of slots in that particular week. If we are unable to obtain the slot for the week you require, then we will try to obtain another slot in one of the following weeks.

If we are not able to obtain a slot to submit your application using the same day service facility at the Home Office PEO, we will not be responsible for any loss or damage you may suffer. With the same day service facility, if we are unable to obtain the slot to submit your application, you should make alternative arrangements.

In case if we are not able to obtain a slot for you and you wish not to proceed through us, then we will refund you our fees after deducting our administration cost of £30 for booking the slot and for returning any documents by special delivery post.

The service of Same Day Service provided by us may be cancelled at any time without notice. Even after you have instructed us to submit your application through the same day service facility, we will have the right to cancel this service. We will refund you our fees after deducting the cost for returning the documents by special delivery, If we cancel or stop our same day service facility without notice.