Immigration Advice Service | Immigration lawyers Belfast - Belfast

Katie G.

We were fortunate enough to have Liam as our lawyer for a very complicated case with my fiance who is Cuban. He was efficient, skilled, extremely knowledgeable, always responded promptly to my many emails (very helpful as I'm heavily pregnant and stressed) and in my opinion went above and beyond to support us through this torturous process. I never thought I would say that a lawyer was totally worth the money, but in Liam's case it was more than true - he genuinely cared. We have even been talking about naming the baby after him - although we might be going for a more cuban name - sorry Liam! Highly recommended and we will be planning to work with him in the future for our next phase of applications. Thank you!

Naresh A. (.

The IAS is nothing more than a sprat to bait larger fish. The initial advice charge (mine of £150) is made quite clear on their online communication and email, but they deliberately fail to make clear that a further amount (£700 in my case) will be required to convert their advice into practical assistance in applying for a visa or permit. If only they made this crystal clear in their advertising, particularly as prospective clients may well be in a state of panic due to their insecure immigration status. (I was cut- off by one of their team when I highlighted the case of those who may be). I have requested a refund from them as I paid by credit card. Please be aware of this company - particularly if you are emotionally and/or financially vulnerable.

Kelly V.

We have just completed my husbands spousal visa extension and had the pleasure of having Liam Gallagher as our case worker. He was absolutely fantastic. Throughout what is a very stressful process he made us feel at ease, was really responsive to any questions that we had and when we needed a letter proving we were going through the visa renewal process he had it sent over to us less than 30 minutes later.
We will definitely be using Immigration Advice Service for the Indefinite leave to remain application!

David P.

Do not use this service! A complete waste of £200. I was seeking advice on travelling to Australia but I have a pre existing health condition so I was advised to get an immigration lawyer. I contacted IAS and had a conversation fully explaining what I was looking for and was reassured that this was something they could help me with. I received an email detailing the services that would be available and booked an appointment. A consultant called Ojo emailed me about organising an appointment time and then took a further 16 days of back and forward emailing to organise an appointment even though I have a wide variety of times I was available. I explained everything to him and he responded very positively saying that he seen no reason why this couldn’t be resolved. I continued to ask questions repeating the fact of a reciprocal health care agreement between Aus. and the uk that a treatment I need may be covered under. After getting dull responses he eventually snapped at me asking why I kept going on about getting free health care and how that didn’t make sense to him at all. The call came to an end and as stated in the service email previously received I was meant to get a “confirmed in writing” response stating in detail everything that was talked about. I received an email with 3 insurance company links, one of which is for students which he knew I was not, one does not deal with people with pre existing health conditions at all and the other doesn’t deal with pre existing conditions for the first 12 months unless my treatment comes under the reciprocal health agreement, which he had snapped at me and said that something like that makes no sense.
Bar the fact that it would cost me more money I would seek legal advice regarding the service I got. Appalling.

ellen G.

Fantastic service! Liam helped my family obtain UK ancestry visas. We had many questions and UKVI created some frustrating delays. However, Liam navigated us through all of this very reassuringly. He was extremely knowledgeable, responsive, considerate and friendly - a consummate professional. Overall the service was above and beyond expectation, and highly valuable. I fully recommend Liam and IAS.

Stephen G.

I'll keep this short-

For the most part my calls, emails and thus questions/concerns were not answered. It took a long time for a lawyer to be assigned to our case. We had minimal interaction and never heard back from them again.

This all added to the stress, uncertainty and expense of making a visa application.

I would not recommend.

DrAl

In this office, there are definitely some of the best immigration solicitors, they are very expert, super friendly and are not bound by money, during my switch of my Visa from tier 5 to Tier 2, Liam did my application, then he kept chasing and tracking the progress at a time I was waiting at my home country, he has been answering my queries and provided reassurance. Now, I have got the visa after I followed his advises, and so many thanks to him. I have also tried with a previous Solicitor 'Samiah'. She was superb and was able to make the home office agree granting me my Cos after their initial refusal and insistence that i must apply for my Cos after leaving the UK. The solicitors in this office wont just answer your specific query, but they would exhibit a good flexibility to expand around relevant topics, with high enthusiasm to provide advises that you would otherwise won't find on the gov.uk website. Their knowledge was much higher than the home office advisers who do not more than reading what is already written on the website.

marjorie B.

They lost my husband's passport and other important information! They said they are going to compensate us but they never did. The Manager didn't even bother to send a response to my complaints and then the Head of the Department said she never received any correspondence about my complaints. Shame on this company!