Immigration Caseworker / Immigration Solicitor
Location: Manchester City Centre
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £28,000 – £45,000 per year depending on experience
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Work Location: Office-based / hybrid after probation, subject to performance
Department: Immigration Law
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Immigration Solicitor / Immigration Caseworker to join our growing immigration department.
This is a fee-earning role suitable for someone who can manage a varied immigration caseload, provide clear client advice, progress matters efficiently, and maintain high standards of file management and compliance.
The successful candidate must be confident dealing with clients, preparing applications, drafting legal representations, reviewing evidence, managing deadlines, and working within the standards expected of an SRA-regulated law firm.
This role would suit a qualified solicitor, experienced immigration caseworker, legal executive, or senior paralegal with strong practical immigration experience.
Main Duties
Your responsibilities will include:
- Managing a caseload of immigration matters from instruction to completion
- Taking client instructions and advising clients under appropriate supervision where required
- Preparing and submitting immigration applications
- Drafting legal representations, cover letters, witness statements, and client correspondence
- Reviewing supporting documents and identifying evidential gaps
- Preparing appeal bundles and supporting immigration appeal work where required
- Managing Home Office, Tribunal, and client deadlines
- Keeping clients updated professionally and regularly
- Recording accurate attendance notes, advice notes, and file updates
- Maintaining compliant and well-organised client files
- Working with admin and support staff to progress matters efficiently
- Meeting billing, time recording, and matter progression targets
- Following firm policies, SRA requirements, AML procedures, and confidentiality obligations
- Escalating complex legal, compliance, client-care, or risk issues to supervisors
Types of Work
The role may include:
- Spouse and partner visa applications
- Fiancé visa applications
- Parent and child applications
- Family and private life applications
- Human rights applications
- Visit visas
- Skilled Worker visas
- Sponsor licence applications
- Student and Graduate visa matters
- ILR applications
- British citizenship and naturalisation
- Administrative reviews
- Immigration appeals and tribunal support
- Fee waiver applications
- Complex refusal and re-application matters
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for someone who is:
- Experienced in UK immigration law
- Able to manage files independently with appropriate supervision
- Confident drafting immigration representations and client advice
- Strong with evidence review and document analysis
- Commercially aware and able to progress files efficiently
- Organised, reliable, and deadline-focused
- Professional and confident with clients
- Good at written and spoken communication
- Able to work as part of a busy legal team
- Comfortable working to billing and performance targets
- Committed to compliance, confidentiality, and high client-care standards
Experience Required
Applicants should ideally have:
- Previous UK immigration casework experience
- Experience managing client files in a law firm, OISC firm, or legal services environment
- Strong knowledge of Home Office applications and procedures
- Good drafting skills
- Experience using legal case management systems
- Ability to handle a busy caseload
Qualified solicitors, legal executives, experienced immigration caseworkers, and senior immigration paralegals are welcome to apply.
Desirable Experience
Experience in any of the following would be an advantage:
- Immigration appeals
- Sponsor licence work
- Business immigration
- Complex family and private life applications
- Judicial review pre-action work
- Supervision of junior staff
- Legal aid or privately funded immigration work
- Using systems such as Clio, LEAP, Proclaim, or similar platforms
Key Requirements
- Strong UK immigration experience
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to manage deadlines
- Strong drafting ability
- Good client-care skills
- Commercial approach to file progression
- Ability to meet monthly billing targets
- Understanding of confidentiality, AML, and compliance duties
- Right to work in the UK
What We Offer
- Competitive salary depending on experience
- Full-time permanent role
- Busy and growing immigration department
- Quality private immigration caseload
- Support from admin and legal support staff
- Career progression opportunities
- Training and development
- Supportive working environment
- Opportunity to handle varied and interesting immigration matters
- Hybrid working may be considered after probation, subject to performance
Performance Expectations
The successful candidate will be expected to:
- Progress files efficiently and commercially
- Maintain strong client communication
- Keep files compliant and up to date
- Work towards agreed monthly billing targets
- Contribute positively to the immigration department
- Follow firm procedures and supervisor instructions
Working Hours
Monday to Friday
Full-time position
Exact working hours will be confirmed at interview.
How to Apply
Please apply with your CV and a short covering message outlining your immigration experience to [email protected]
Applicants with experience as an Immigration Solicitor, Immigration Caseworker, Immigration Fee Earner, Senior Immigration Paralegal, Legal Executive, or Immigration Advisor are encouraged to apply.
Pay: £28,000.00-£45,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
