Legal Support

Asylum and Immigration Legal representatives

Search the OISC website for registered OISC agencies or for legal aid solicitor providing advice.

Immigration and Asylum law is a minefield, one person can promise you the right to remain, while another will say you must go back to your country.

Always get a client care letter, (and confirm costs if private work) before instructing anyone. Generally you need a 50% chance of success to get legal aid to pay for your solicitor, so if you cannot get this, and a private solicitor is charging you its likely you will lose your money, although the insanity of immigration decision making mean there’s always a chance you can get papers, or not.

Legal aid pays for very little time, so you need to pay attention to your case, and help your solicitor understand your need for protection.

The Right to Remain Toolkit is good place to start to understand your own case.

LOCAL FREE OISC Advice

RMC give free legal advice to all refugee and migrant people, and are OISC registered. RMC is regulated by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) and is accredited to provide free immigration advice up to Level 3 of OISC which includes also representation before the First-tier and Upper Tribunal. We currently have a team of 40 immigration advisors.

There is a branch in Walsall, Wolverhampton & Birmingham online details here:
Birmingham Branch – The Refugee and Migrant Centre, Second Floor, Chamberlain Building, 36 Frederick Street, Birmingham, B1 3HN
[email protected] 0121 374 0140

If you need help, you can attend one of RMC’s three offices where our open drop-in service runs on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings between 9am-1pm.   Regular appointments are booked on a first-come, first-served basis but emergencies are prioritised. Alternatively, service users can contact our new Regional Telephone Service (NOT AN ADVICE LINE) number on 0800 0663 444 for an update on existing enquiries. 

Brushstrokes is regulated by the Office of the Immigration Commissioner (OISC) and our registered Advisor, Salman Mirza,  can provide immigration advice and services up to level 3.

https://www.brushstrokessandwell.org.uk/advice.

Contact [email protected] to make an appointment, please summarise your issue in the email. Advice can be given on a wider range of immigration issues.

Address: 253 High Street, Smethwick, B66 3NJ Phone 0121 565 2234,  https://www.brushstrokessandwell.org.uk/contact-us
 

Legal Training Videos for Women

Legal training is important for women who are going through the asylum process. So they understand the process and the legal steps that take place. Sue Conlin from TACTIC has delivered these training sessions and we have published them on our You Tube channel. 

Educating women on the process and preparing them for questions which may seem daunting is very important. Providing these legal training guides and PDFs will empower and educate more women on the steps they have to take.

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