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About
Samir advises corporate and individual clients on UK immigration, with a focus on pragmatic, business‑aligned solutions and clear pathways to compliant and timely outcomes.
He advises corporate clients across many sectors including financial services, IT, legal and design/media on sponsor licences, sponsorship compliance, visa strategy and right to work processes. Working closely with HR teams and the C‑suite, he helps design and run scalable immigration programmes that support recruitment and mobility, and delivers targeted client training to embed best practice.
He also advises individuals on applications for citizenship and settlement, and prepares applications under the Global Talent, Student, Ancestry and family routes.
Clients value his personable, solutions‑focused and commercial approach, with an emphasis on practical risk management, and securing efficient and positive outcomes.
Experience
- Supporting a company facing sponsor licence suspension for non‑compliance, liaising with senior Home Office contacts and implementing a robust compliance framework to secure reinstatement.
- Advising an employer and new hire to resolve inadvertent sponsored‑worker breaches at onboarding, including securing Home Office discretion and approval of the subsequent visa application.
- Leading the immigration workstream on a significant proposed business acquisition, identifying material immigration requirements and costs that informed the client’s decision not to proceed.
- Advising co‑founders expanding to the UK, overturned an inconsistent Skilled Worker refusal by escalating to the Home Office and providing targeted business representations.
- Preparing and presenting evidence to demonstrate minimum salary compliance, which was subsequently accepted by the Home Office within one day.