UK Family and Immigration Solicitors
At OTS Solicitors we are known as London-based experts in immigration law, including Spouse Visa, Unmarried Partner Visa and Fiance Visa applications. What you may not know is that we also specialise in family law, with many of our family clients forming part of a dual nationality family or having international family law issues to resolve.
In this blog, our Family Law Solicitors explain how they help those in the UK who are subject to immigration controls or in the UK on a Family Visa, Work Visa or Business Visa or the sponsors of Family Visa holders and the partners of non-UK nationals.
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For family law or immigration law legal advice call the expert London family lawyers at OTS Solicitors on 0203 959 9123 or complete our online enquiry form.
Family and immigration law expertise
You may not think that family and immigration law are linked but in many dual nationality family situations they are closely associated. It was that interplay between family law and immigration law that led OTS Solicitors to set up a specialist family law department so we could provide the joined-up family and immigration law advice needed by many modern families.
Here are some of the areas where our Family Law and Immigration Solicitors work closely together or where there are international family law issues to consider:
Separation, divorce proceedings and immigration legal advice
- Separation, separation agreements and advice on notifying the Home Office if you or your partner or spouse is in the UK on a Family Visa and the relationship or marriage breaks down
- Staying in the UK after a separation or divorce if you entered the UK on a Family Visa, including best alternative visa options and use of the domestic violence concession to secure indefinite leave to remain
- No-fault divorce proceedings and advice on whether you can apply for a divorce in England and Wales because you meet one of the jurisdiction criteria even though you or your spouse are not British citizens
- Applying for protective injunction orders after a separation or during or after divorce proceedings
Children law and immigration legal advice
- Advice on rules relating to Dependant Visas and children
- Help in answering the question of whether a child can stay in the UK if one parent is living in the UK on a Family Visa and the parents have separated
- Applying for a child arrangement order or prohibited steps order so a child can stay in the UK
- Advice on taking children overseas on holiday or to live after a separation or divorce
- Orders to prevent the removal of children from the UK
- Negotiating overseas holiday contact if parents and child are not all living together in the UK after a separation or divorce
- Dealing with allegations of parental child abduction
- Obtaining mirror children law orders in the UK after overseas children law orders
- Advising on international surrogacy arrangements and related immigration and visa issues
- Help with international adoption and bringing the child back to the UK
Financial settlements and international families
- Relevance of UK or overseas prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements or cohabitation agreements
- Overseas-based property in divorce financial settlements
- Tracing assets held overseas as part of financial disclosure in divorce financial settlements
- Asking the English court to make a financial court order after an overseas divorce
- Implementation of a financial court order made overseas
How can OTS Solicitors help
Our friendly and approachable Family Law Solicitors and Immigration Lawyers will work together so you get the expert legal advice and solutions you need for your family. Whether you are hoping to reunite with a spouse through making a Spouse Visa application and want advice on a postnuptial agreement or if you are worried about how separation may affect your ability to stay in the UK then our Family Lawyers and Immigration Solicitors can help.
Online and London Family Law Solicitors
For family law or immigration law legal advice call the expert London family lawyers at OTS Solicitors on 0203 959 9123 or complete our online enquiry form.
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