Case studies

• Successful application for indefinite leave to remain on the grounds of long residence, despite excessive absences
  Our client first entered the UK as student in 2000, he was ten years old at the time. For 13 years he continued to legally stay in the UK as a student, first to attend boarding school and then to pursue his undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
• Error on entry clearance endorsement
  We have experienced occasions where an entry clearance has not been issued correctly or with an error.
• Approval of complex EEA permanent residence application
  Our client initially approached us at the end of 2009 in order to apply for permanent residence as the spouse of an EEA national. However, it soon became apparent that our client's spouse would not co-operate with the application for permanent residence.
• Successful application for leave to enter
  We were instructed by a US national married to a British citizen for over eight years who wished to apply to settle in the UK. During the course of their marriage, the couple had split their time together between their homes in three different countries including the UK.
• First tier 1 (entrepreneur) entrepreneurial team
  We were initially contacted at the beginning of 2011 by two individuals wishing to switch in the UK to tier 1 (entrepreneur) in order to set up a business together.
• Tier 2 (general) leave to remain refusal overturned
  The application by our client's employee for leave to remain under tier 2 (general) was refused on the basis of the qualification that he claimed points for the application.
• Ten year ban to enter the UK overturned
  In September 2010 Penningtons' immigration team achieved a successful result on behalf of a client who had been refused entry to the UK as a visitor four times; the last decision had resulted in a ten year ban.
• Appeal win following refusal of spouse visa
  Penningtons' immigration team won an appeal for a Nigerian client whose highly complex immigration history over a period of 13 years led to the refusal of his application for a spouse visa by an Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) in Lagos.
• A rare grant of discretionary leave
  Penningtons' immigration team recently secured discretionary leave for a client whose circumstances meant that she did not qualify for long term leave to remain under any of the Immigration Rules.
• Overturning of entry clearance refusal
  Our client, an Indian doctor, had had his entry clearance application as a work permit holder refused. The entry clearance officer also imposed a 10 year re-entry ban.
• Human rights claim in asylum case
  A musician's asylum and human rights claim was dismissed and he faced being returned to his native Kenya, where he and his family had feared persecution.
• Appeal win in domestic violence case
  We acted for an Iranian lady who suffered domestic violence and psychological abuse from her British husband leading to her fleeing the house in the middle of the night.
• Decision reversed in Guatemalan adoption
  An Italian citizen living in the UK adopted a baby under Guatemalan law. Guatemalan adoptions are not recognised in the UK, so the baby needed a visa to come here for re-adoption through the UK courts.
• Work permit reinstated by immigration judge
  A Russian working as an assistant manager at a hotel had his work permit revoked by the Home Office.

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