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2 Stephen Street
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W1T 1AN
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Mr Irfan Ali
Work Department
Immigration
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Irfan is a senior associate solicitor in the immigration team at Carter Thomas Solicitors and he leads the firm’s business client work.
Irfan has been practising personal and business immigration law for over seven years. His clients include businesses and charities from a range of sectors and individuals seeking leave to enter or remain in the UK for work and business purposes.
He also advises on global talent, family life, long residence and numerous other applications and has dealt with complex matters including deprivation of citizenship.
Irfan is experienced in advising and challenging negative Home Office decisions including representation in appeals before the Immigration Tribunals and in Administrative Review and Judicial Review applications.
Irfan graduated with a First Class Honours degree in law from the University of Sunderland and completed his Legal Practice Course at Northumbria University. Irfan’s work has been recognised in The Legal 500.
Qualified 2019, David Gray LLP 2014 – 2021, Carter Thomas Solicitors 2021 to date.
Memberships
The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Immigration
Carter Thomas Solicitors is noted for both its sector strength in education, working across businesses, independent schools, and universities, and its offering in relation to sponsor licences, utilising a sponsor licence platform to consistently ‘provide up-to-date information for clients‘. Operating out of Sheffield, the firm also possesses capabilities to advise private clients, assisting a mix of tech, fashion, and creative entrepreneurs. Nichola Carter
heads the practice, and is both ‘one of the foremost experts on sponsor licensing law’, and highly experienced in handling immigration mandates for education clients. The team has been bolstered with the promotion of Nick Gore to partner in April 2023, bringing his expertise in working on behalf of fashion designers and musicians. Associate Irfan Ali leads on business immigration services, including the sponsor licence platform.