Our Business Immigration team emphasizes the efficient and flexible handling of immigration matters, whilst working cooperatively with our clients' human resources and corporate legal staff. For example, take our fast track window with the Home Office for visa extension and other in country applications. This means that our clients can have visa applications processed by the Home Office on a priority same day basis.

Our team advises on the wide range of immigration options relevant to businesses including work permits and work permit extensions, entrepreneur visas, training and work experience permits, working holidaymaker visas, European 'free movement' issues, highly skilled migrant programme visas as well as on family-related issues.

Business immigration is an area where success is measured by results. Our team has had remarkable success in handling complex and unusual cases as well as routine matters for clients ranging from multinational corporations, high net worth individuals and inward investors, to entertainers and sports people. We have an impressive success rate for work permit applications, including extremely complex cases where we have to act fast to meet clients' last minute logistical demands and avoid the adverse impact on their business plans that can result from legal constraints.

• providing advice to an advertising agency in relation to an actor's appearance in a media campaign
• advising an Asian software company with limited UK presence on immigration clearance for specialist staff
• advising an award-winning photographer on his immigration status and entry clearance for the UK

Anne-Marie Boyle
t +44 (0)117 917 3562
anne-marie.boyle@osborneclarke.com