Immigration advice you can check.
McFierce Legal is authorised by the IAA to give immigration advice and assistance at Level 1. You can check our registration yourself on the IAA register.
The immigration work we can help with.
We are authorised to advise at Level 1, which covers straightforward applications. If your case needs a higher level of authorisation, we tell you and refer you to an authorised adviser or firm.
Business owners and employers
Visa applications for founders, owners and the people you employ.
- Innovator Founder visa applications
- Skilled Worker visa applications for your sponsored staff
- Other permitted work visas, including Global Talent and Scale-up
- ECAA applications for Turkish business people
- Sponsor licence support for your organisation
Sponsor licence support and Innovator Founder business plans are business services for your organisation and are not immigration advice.
Individuals and families
Straightforward applications under the Immigration Rules.
- Visitor visas
- Partner, spouse and fiancé(e) applications (five-year route)
- Dependent relative applications
- Work and study visas, including Skilled Worker and Student
- Extensions and settlement on these routes, in straightforward cases
- Long residence applications
- British citizenship: naturalisation, registering a child and confirming nationality
- Changing visa conditions, such as removing a no recourse to public funds condition
- Administrative review of a decision, in most cases
EU citizens and their families
The EU Settlement Scheme and what comes after it.
- Settled status applications
- Pre-settled status applications
- Some late applications to the EU Settlement Scheme
- Administrative review of a refused application, in most cases
- British citizenship once you are eligible
Refugees and people seeking protection
We can help with limited matters at Level 1.
- Telling the Home Office about a change of address
- Changing the conditions of your leave
- Leave or refugee status in line for a child born in the UK to a refugee or a person with humanitarian protection
We cannot make or appeal an asylum claim at Level 1. If you need that, we refer you to an authorised adviser or firm who can.
What is regulated, and what is not.
Immigration advice and assistance
Advice to an individual about their immigration position, within our Level 1 authorisation. You receive a written client care letter and our fee scale before any work begins.
If your matter needs a higher level of authorisation, we say so and refer you to an authorised adviser or firm.
Business and consultancy services
- Company set-up and incorporation paperwork
- Business plans, including Innovator Founder business services
- Document review and drafting
- Business consultancy
These services are not regulated by the IAA and are not immigration advice.
What regulation means for you.
Client care in writing
A client care letter sets out what we will do, who will do it and what it costs.
Clear fees
Our fee scale and billing policy are available to read before you instruct us.
A way to complain
Tell us first and we follow our complaints procedure. If we cannot resolve it, you can complain to the IAA.
Your data protected
We handle your personal information under UK GDPR. Read our privacy policy for details.
Before you instruct any immigration adviser, check.
Ask for the registration number
A regulated adviser gives you theirs. Ours is at the bottom of this page.
Look it up on the IAA register
Confirm the name, the number and the level of authorisation match.
Ask for the terms in writing
Scope, fees and how to complain should be clear before you pay.