Find a regulated immigration adviser in United Kingdom

Check who is allowed to give immigration advice, what it costs and what to ask before you pay, then book a immigration adviser directly. Every listing links to the official IAA / SRA register.

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• How to check a UK immigration adviser is registered — In the UK only a "qualified person" may give immigration advice: an IAA-registered adviser, a solicitor, barrister or chartered legal executive, or someone working under their supervision. Ask for the regulator and registration number, then check it yourself on the IAA Adviser Register or the SRA Solicitors Register.
• IAA adviser levels 1, 2 and 3: what each can do — The IAA registers immigration advisers at three levels. Level 1 covers straightforward applications, Level 2 adds casework such as complex applications and administrative review, and Level 3 adds representation at immigration tribunal appeals. Advisers must not work above their authorised level.
• Immigration solicitor or IAA adviser: the difference — Both are allowed to give UK immigration advice. Solicitors are regulated by the SRA and must publish prices for immigration applications; IAA advisers are registered at Level 1, 2 or 3 and limited to that level. The differences are in scope, where they can practise, how they handle money and where you complain.
• How much does an immigration solicitor cost in the UK? — On the price pages of four SRA-regulated firms read on 9 October 2026, legal fees for a spouse or partner visa application started between £2,000 and £8,000 plus VAT, and hourly rates ran from £175 to £800 plus VAT. Home Office fees and the healthcare surcharge are paid on top.
• Free immigration advice in the UK: who offers it — Advice at no charge comes mainly from two places: legal aid, for the immigration matters the law lists (asylum, detention, trafficking, domestic abuse and a few others) if you pass the means test; and IAA organisations registered as non-fee-charging. Paid advice at law firms typically starts with a consultation costing a few hundred pounds.
• Legal aid for immigration: what is covered — In England and Wales, legal aid covers only the immigration matters listed in LASPO 2012 Schedule 1: mainly asylum and protection, detention, trafficking and modern slavery, domestic abuse settlement, and some judicial reviews. Most other matters need exceptional case funding. You usually also have to pass a means test.
• Sponsor licence cost for employers in 2026 — A UK sponsor licence for the Worker routes costs £611 for a small or charitable sponsor and £1,682 for a medium or large one. Each Skilled Worker certificate of sponsorship then costs £525, plus the Immigration Skills Charge, which the employer must pay and may not recover from the worker.
• Applying for a sponsor licence: steps and documents — An employer applies online, then must email a signed submission sheet and the required documents within 5 working days. The Home Office checks the business is genuine, trading and able to meet its duties. There is no right of appeal against a refusal, and a six-month cooling-off period usually follows.
• Sponsor licence duties: what UKVI checks — A licensed sponsor must report worker changes within 10 working days and organisation changes within 20, keep records, and comply with wider UK law. The Home Office can visit unannounced, downgrade to a B-rating with a £1,579 action plan, suspend or revoke the licence, with no right of appeal.
• Nurses moving to the UK: visa, NMC and costs — An overseas nurse needs a sponsored job, a visa (£324 for up to 3 years, no healthcare surcharge) and registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. NMC fees for the route total £1,226 if the Test of Competence is needed, and a sponsor may employ a nurse before registration for up to 8 months.
• Doctors moving to the UK: visa and GMC steps — Doctors in codes 2211 and 2212 can use the Health and Care Worker visa, which costs £324 for up to 3 years and has no healthcare surcharge. A sponsored doctor must hold the registration the job needs (GMC registration for a doctor), and the sponsor must report if it is withdrawn.
• Skilled Worker visa from India: costs and TB test — Applying from India, the Skilled Worker fee is £819 for up to 3 years or £1,618 for longer, plus the healthcare surcharge, usually £1,035 a year. India is on the GOV.UK TB test country list, so a chest x-ray certificate from an approved clinic is needed for stays of 6 months or more.