Lisa Parsons

Lisa is Head of the Immigration Team and a Senior Associate in the firm.

Main areas of practice

Lisa has extensive experience in all types of immigration applications, both for businesses and individuals, including Tiers 1, 2 and 4 of the Points Based System and Appendix FM family applications, as well as applications outside the Immigration Rules. She advises on EEA and Turkish ECAA applications as well as applications for settlement, UK Ancestry and British nationality.

Significant experience

She has a significant business immigration practice and regularly advises clients on sponsor licences for UK businesses, compliance and right to work issues, as well as the substantive immigration applications for sponsored migrants and their dependents. She has also provided strategic advice to corporate clients in respect of global mobility policies.

She provides training sessions for corporate clients on maintaining their sponsor licence, the duties and responsibilities of Authorising Officers and using the Home Office sponsorship management system, as well as undertaking compliance audits for clients.

Clients

Lisa advises UK businesses, high net worth individuals and innovators who want to set up businesses in the UK, as well as other private clients. She also advises Higher Education Institutions who sponsor international students.

Expertise

• Immigration