WH Solicitors

WH Solicitors, a UK immigration law practice in Woking

WH Solicitors presents itself as a specialist UK visas and immigration law firm. Its lead solicitor, Waleed Hassan, is the public face of the practice and the person named throughout the site as the professional handling immigration and family work. The firm states that it is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

The practice is based at Second Floor, Export House, 5 Henry Plaza, Victoria Way, Woking GU21 6QX, and the site lists a contact line described as available 24 hours. It also offers a paid initial consultation, described on the site as a "£99 Visa Strategy Appointment", and channels for booking an appointment or submitting an enquiry.

Business immigration and sponsor licence work

A substantial part of the firm's offering is aimed at employers and sponsors. The service list covers sponsor licence applications, sponsor licence compliance and training, suspension and revocation of a sponsor licence, civil penalty notices, landlord right to rent checks, right to work checks, civil penalties for illegal immigration, and dismissal of employees affected by visa problems.

Under global mobility, the site details the UK Expansion Worker visa scheme and a long catalogue of work routes, including the Skilled Worker visa, Health and Care Worker visas, Minister of Religion (Tier 2), Innovator Founder, Scale-up Worker, Global Talent, International Sportsperson, and the Representative of an Overseas Newspaper, News Agency or Broadcasting Organisation route.

Personal, family and settlement routes

On the personal side, the firm lists family visas such as partner, parent, child, bereavement, domestic violence, adult dependant relative and overseas adoption, together with the EU Settlement Scheme family visas. Settlement work includes long residence, private life, applications outside the rules, family reunion, returning resident, asylum fresh claims, statelessness and safe and legal routes.

The catalogue also covers short-term work visas, study visas, visit visas and a set of miscellaneous routes. Among the short-term work options named are the Senior or Specialist Worker, Graduate Trainee, Service Supplier and Secondment Worker visas under Global Business Mobility, plus the High Potential Individual, Religious Worker, Creative Worker, Government Authorised Exchange, International Agreement, Seasonal Worker, Overseas Domestic Worker and Youth Mobility Scheme visas. Study routes include the six-month standard visit visa for study, the Short-Term Study Visa, Student visa, Child Student visa, Parent of Child Student visa and Graduate visa. Visit categories include family and friends, marriage visit and medical treatment.

Citizenship, refusals and litigation

Beyond applications, the firm handles naturalisation, registration and other nationality applications. It also advertises work on refusals and detention, appeals, administrative review, pre-action protocol, judicial review, detention and removals, and airport refusals. A separate document-checking service for UK partners is listed as well.

The site keeps a section of closed routes, noting that the Tier 1 Entrepreneur route ended on 29 March 2019, and also references the Tier 1 Investor, Turkish Worker, Turkish Businessperson and Start-up visas.

The solicitor behind the practice

Waleed Hassan is described as an immigration solicitor with more than a decade of qualified experience. The firm links his personal history to its specialisation: his mother took seven years to bring his father to the UK from Pakistan because she did not meet the requirements to sponsor him, and he states that this background is why he works in immigration and family law.

The practice attributes a 98.5% success rate to its immigration cases and refers to more than 300 five-star reviews and a figure above 98% in its own presentation. These are the firm's stated claims rather than independently verified results.

Client feedback shown on the site

The testimonials reproduced on the site describe applications for stay after overstaying a visa, British nationality, and a spouse visa. One reviewer notes that the firm advised that paid representation was not needed because the case was straightforward. Such accounts are individual experiences and do not establish outcomes for other matters.