Immigration Law Solicitor in Swords

What People Ask Before They Commit to an Immigration Case

Most first conversations start with a simple question: is this something we can help with, and what will it involve. That depends on the type of case. A straightforward registration renewal is a different piece of work to a family reunification application or a judicial review of a refused decision, and the honest answer is that we need to see the papers before we can say much more than that.

People also want to know whether they have to travel to meet us in person, or whether everything can be managed by phone, email and post. For most immigration matters, it can. We ask for copies of the relevant documents early on so we can tell you where the case actually stands, rather than guessing from a description over the phone.

Planning the Sequence of Work Before We Open a File

Before any application goes in, we work out what order things need to happen in. That might mean confirming a current permission status, checking whether a previous decision affects a new application, or establishing which family members need to be included and what evidence supports their relationship. Getting this sequence right at the start usually saves time later.

Once we have a clear picture, we tell you what we need from you and roughly how the case is likely to proceed from there. Timelines in immigration matters depend on the Irish authorities handling the file, not on us, so we are careful not to promise a date. What we can do is keep you updated as the application moves through the process.

Serving Swords, Malahide and the Wider Fingal Area

Swords falls within the Fingal local authority area, and we take on immigration matters for people here as readily as we do for clients in Malahide, about 4 km away, or Donabate, a little further north. Darndale, to the south, also falls within the area we cover for this type of work.

None of this requires a client to come to a particular office before we can look at a case. Documents can be sent through the website’s contact page, and from there we can tell you what the next step looks like for your specific situation.