The immigration team at Sydney Mitchell LLP represents clients in significant matters throughout the immigration space. With an established practice in private fee-paying immigration matters, often handling personal and human rights-based cases, the practice has developed a strong corporate offering, dealing with several sponsorship licence applications and skilled worker applications. The team is led by André Minnaar, who brings vast experience in immigration and asylum work, often resolving complicated UK immigration, asylum, and nationality problems. Further support is offered by Melissa Southall, who provides extensive personal immigration advice to clients ranging from spouse visas and applications for children to European applications for citizenship.
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- ‘The team was very good to deal with, and the team made the work process easy.'
- ‘André Minnaar has always given a very personal and professional service. He is an expert in his field.’
Work highlights
Applied successfully for entry clearance in accordance with the de facto adopted child rules, although the child in question was not yet adopted by the single mother parent, as a result of Indonesian Law not allowing a single parent over 40 to adopt.
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Practice head
André Minnaar
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Melissa Southall