Visa Inn

Visa Inn: UK immigration advice from Berkhamsted, delivered nationwide by video call

Visa Inn is a family-run immigration practice based in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, that advises and represents clients on UK immigration law. The firm states that it is regulated by the Immigration Advice Authority at IAA Level 3, the highest advice accreditation, under registration number F201100307. Its work is not limited to its home area: consultations are conducted by video call, and the practice describes itself as serving clients nationwide and, according to its own presentation, worldwide.

Allan Van As LLB (Hons) is named as Managing Director. The practice presents itself as drawing on more than 30 years of experience and reports a rating of 4.9 out of 5 from 279 Google reviews, a figure that reflects the information available when this profile was written.

Family, partner and visitor routes

A large part of the caseload described on the site concerns family life in the UK. The practice handles partner and family applications made both from overseas and from within the country, including fiancé(e), spouse, civil partner, child and unmarried partner applications. It also advises on applications under the exceptional circumstances provisions of Appendix FM, specifically EX.1a and EX.1b. On the visitor side, it covers standard visitor visas and family visits.

Work, business and ancestry visas

For employment routes, Visa Inn assists with Skilled Worker visa applications, including entry clearance, in-country switching, extensions and dependant applications. Its business visa work covers the Innovator Founder route, sole representative cases and other business routes for people setting up or expanding operations in the UK. It also handles UK Ancestry applications for Commonwealth citizens with a British-born grandparent.

Settlement, citizenship and human rights

The practice prepares Indefinite Leave to Remain applications on the five-year and ten-year routes, as well as cases for children born in the UK who have lived there until the age of seven. It manages naturalisation and registration as a British Citizen under the British Nationality Act 1981. It also takes on applications to remain on human rights grounds under Article 8 for adults and children, and specifies that this is a different legal basis from asylum, on which the firm does not advise.

Appeals, refusals and complex cases

Visa Inn represents clients in First-tier Tribunal appeals and handles administrative review and reconsideration of refused or delayed decisions. Its service list also includes a dedicated area for refusals and complex cases, alongside the standard application work described above.

How the practice works

The firm states that it does not accept a case unless it believes it can genuinely help, and that the first consultation is used to give a clear assessment of the client's circumstances and straightforward advice on the most suitable immigration route. Cases are handled directly by Allan Van As or Crystal Van As rather than being passed through a larger team. Applications are prepared and evidenced against the Immigration Rules, and the practice states that fees are fixed and communicated before work begins. Its stated accreditation at Level 3 includes authorisation to advise and represent at the highest level, appeals included.

Client feedback

The reviews reproduced on the site describe work on partnership visas, children's citizenship registrations, settled status and dependant applications. Several reviewers mention never having met the advisers in person and dealing with them by email, video call or Zoom instead. Individual accounts of this kind reflect the experience of the people who wrote them rather than a verified assessment of the firm's results.