Background

Maxwell Alves' expertise on immigration was developed from its success in conducting immirgation appeals.  A judgment in 2005 provides testimony of our high standard of work and professionalism. On that occasion, 40 applicants were refused by the Entry Clearance Officer for their visa applications into the United Kingdom.  The appeal was conducted by Dr Alan Ma. In his judgment, the immigration judge commented

"........ Each of the appellants was represented by the same solicitor and it was their choice that their cases should be linked and looked at together.  In my view, these were extremely well-prepared cases, well argued and well-presented on behalf of these appellants....." 

"........ As I have indicated before, I was highly impressed by the manner in which this case was put together and presented...."

The above comments are highlighted in the judgment.

Since then, Dr Ma's professionalism has been followed by his team. The high quality of work generates high success rate in all kind of appeals.  The lessons learnt from these appeals are then transferred to all immigration related applications resulting high success rate on all fronts. 

Visa application

We have assisted many clients in obtaining the most appropriate visa for them to enter the United Kingdom, stay in the country and obtain British nationality.   Based on individual needs, we develop bespoke route to achieve our clients' objective.

Visitors, students, spouses, unmarried partners, same-sex partners, fiancé(e)s, children, dependent relatives, business people, European rights of free movement, asylum seekers


• Stay and work in the UK

Visa extension, business visa, investment scheme, detention and removal.

• Indefinite leave to remain and British Nationality

Please see attached fact sheets for Tier 1 Entrepreneur and £1m investment visa application.

Immigration rules and comprehensive guidance on how the rules are applied can be found in UK Border Agency web site on www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/.  On many occasions, we make applications outside the immigration rules achieving our clients' objectives. 

Immigration appeals

We conduct many appeals against decisions of authorities in First Tier Tribunals, Upper Tier Tribunals and Court of Appeal. Over the years, we have conducted more than 200 applications and appeals.  A selection of the judges' decisions on these appeals can be found on the section : Immigration Judgments. 

Our team regularly conduct advocacy at these tribunals. It is our policy to use in-house resources to attend tribunal hearings achieving high quality of services and avoiding the paying of additional legal fees for external barristers. We take pride of our success rate in these appeals.  The experience accumulated from conducting these appeals gives us extensive knowledge in developing and designing the optimum solutions to meet our clients' needs.