Immigration Solicitor / Senior Immigration Caseworker
Location: Manchester City Centre
Salary: £28,000–£45,000 per year, depending on experience
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Working Arrangement: Office-based, with hybrid working potentially available after successful completion of probation and subject to performance
About MSD Solicitors
MSD Solicitors is an established and growing law firm based in Manchester City Centre, specialising in Immigration Law and Family Law.
We are seeking an experienced Immigration Solicitor or Senior Immigration Caseworker to join our expanding immigration department.
This is a fee-earning position offering a varied privately funded immigration caseload, support from administrative and legal support staff, and opportunities for continued career progression.
The role is suitable for a qualified solicitor, legal executive, experienced immigration caseworker, immigration fee earner, or senior immigration paralegal with strong practical knowledge of UK immigration law.
The Role
You will manage a varied immigration caseload from initial instruction through to completion.
You will be responsible for advising clients, preparing immigration applications, drafting detailed legal representations, reviewing evidence, managing deadlines, and ensuring that matters are progressed efficiently and in accordance with the firm’s professional and regulatory standards.
The successful candidate must be confident communicating with clients, identifying legal and evidential issues, maintaining compliant files, and working towards agreed billing and performance targets.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a varied immigration caseload from instruction to completion
- Take detailed client instructions and provide clear, accurate, and practical advice
- Prepare and submit immigration and nationality applications
- Draft legal representations, covering letters, witness statements, advice letters, and client correspondence
- Review supporting evidence and identify missing documents, inconsistencies, and evidential weaknesses
- Advise clients on the evidence required to support their applications
- Prepare appeal bundles, statements, chronologies, and supporting documents
- Assist with immigration appeals, administrative reviews, and refusal matters
- Manage Home Office, Tribunal, court, and client deadlines
- Maintain regular and professional communication with clients
- Produce accurate attendance notes, advice notes, and matter updates
- Maintain well-organised, compliant, and up-to-date client files
- Work closely with solicitors, caseworkers, paralegals, administrative staff, and supervisors
- Record time accurately and work towards agreed monthly billing targets
- Progress matters efficiently and commercially
- Follow the firm’s policies on confidentiality, data protection, AML, client care, and file management
- Escalate complex legal, compliance, client-care, or risk issues appropriately
- Contribute positively to the growth and development of the immigration department
Types of Immigration Work
The successful candidate may handle matters including:
- Spouse and partner visa applications
- Fiancé and proposed civil partner applications
- Parent and child applications
- Family and private life applications
- Human rights applications
- Visit visa applications
- Skilled Worker visa applications
- Sponsor licence applications
- Business immigration matters
- Student and Graduate visa applications
- Indefinite Leave to Remain applications
- British citizenship and naturalisation applications
- Administrative reviews
- Immigration appeals and Tribunal matters
- Fee waiver applications
- Complex refusals and re-applications
- Article 8 and exceptional circumstances applications
- Applications involving complex immigration histories
- Pre-action protocol correspondence where appropriate
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for someone who:
- Has strong practical experience in UK immigration law
- Can manage a busy caseload independently, with appropriate supervision where required
- Is confident preparing immigration applications and detailed legal representations
- Has strong legal drafting and written communication skills
- Can analyse documents and identify legal and evidential weaknesses
- Is organised, reliable, and able to manage multiple deadlines
- Communicates professionally and confidently with clients
- Has a commercial approach to case progression and fee earning
- Can maintain high standards of file management and compliance
- Is comfortable working towards monthly billing and performance targets
- Works well as part of a busy and collaborative legal team
- Demonstrates sound judgement and knows when to escalate complex or high-risk matters
- Is committed to delivering a high standard of client care
Experience Required
Applicants should ideally have:
- Previous experience handling UK immigration matters
- Experience managing immigration files within a law firm, regulated immigration practice, or legal services environment
- Good knowledge of Home Office procedures, forms, and evidential requirements
- Strong drafting and document-review skills
- Experience using a legal case management system
- The ability to manage a varied and busy caseload
- Experience working directly with clients
- An understanding of professional confidentiality, AML, and regulatory obligations
Applications are welcomed from:
- Immigration Solicitors
- Immigration Caseworkers
- Immigration Fee Earners
- Chartered Legal Executives
- Senior Immigration Paralegals
- Immigration Advisers with relevant regulated experience
Desirable Experience
Experience in any of the following would be advantageous:
- Immigration appeals and Tribunal work
- Sponsor licence applications
- Skilled Worker and business immigration matters
- Complex family and private life applications
- Human rights applications
- Judicial review pre-action protocol work
- Administrative reviews
- Supervision or mentoring of junior staff
- High-volume privately funded immigration work
- Legal aid immigration work
- Using systems such as Clio, LEAP, Proclaim, or similar case management platforms
Key Requirements
- Strong knowledge of UK immigration law and procedure
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong drafting and evidence-review skills
- Ability to manage deadlines effectively
- Excellent client-care and communication skills
- Commercial and organised approach to file progression
- Ability to meet agreed billing and performance targets
- Understanding of confidentiality, data protection, AML, and compliance obligations
- Right to work in the United Kingdom
What We Offer
- Competitive salary of £28,000–£45,000, depending on experience
- Full-time permanent employment
- A varied and quality privately funded immigration caseload
- A busy and growing immigration department
- Support from administrative and legal support staff
- Training and professional development
- Career progression opportunities
- The opportunity to handle complex and interesting immigration matters
- A professional and supportive working environment
- Modern offices in Manchester City Centre
- Hybrid working potentially available after successful completion of probation, subject to performance and business requirements
Performance Expectations
The successful candidate will be expected to:
- Progress matters efficiently and commercially
- Maintain regular and professional client communication
- Keep all files compliant, organised, and up to date
- Complete work accurately and within agreed timescales
- Record time and work towards agreed monthly billing targets
- Follow firm procedures and reasonable supervisor instructions
- Contribute positively to the performance and development of the immigration department
Working Hours
- Monday to Friday
- Full-time position
- Exact working hours will be confirmed during the recruitment process
How to Apply
Please send your CV and a short covering message outlining your immigration experience to:
[email protected]
Applicants are encouraged to provide details of:
- The types of immigration matters they currently handle
- Their level of independent case-management experience
- Their drafting and advocacy experience
- Their current notice period
- Their salary expectations
All applications will be treated in confidence.
Pay: £28,000.00-£45,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
