Immigration Legal Advice - OISC

Advice on asylum support and move-on. OISC Immigration & Asylum Level 1; ESOL ( Zoom & Face to face) , non accredited. Wellbeing / Social activities / Women Group.

"We are a small independent advice centre. We provide advice on a wide range of subjects including: Welfare Benefits Money & Debt Housing/Homelessness Consumer and employment problems Getting into work Access to adult learning, training and volunteering Immigration/Nationality issues (we are registered with OISC to provide Level 1 advice) Access to Education, Health and other statutory services Information about other local services and opportunities Help and advice for British National (Overseas) families coming to the UK on the Hong Kong BN(O) route In providing residents with clear and comprehensive advice and support, we empower them to make their own choices and decisions about their lives, to bring about lasting change and improvements in their standard of living and general health and wellbeing."

"Support to Refugees and Asylum Seekers: We currently provide support to refugees through the Vulnerable Person’s Resettlement Scheme. We are also able to provide some support for asylum seekers through Migrant Help UK. We are OISC registered and so can give basic advice/information on immigration and asylum and protection issues. We also sit on strategic partnerships to identify key issues affecting our area. Immigration Advice: We understand just how difficult the immigration system can be to navigate; let one of our qualified advisers help guide you through the process. Free service – we don’t charge for any of our advice or support Qualified – all of our advisors are fully qualified to L1 and the organisation is registered to deliver advice to Level 2 ESOL: We offer less formal community learning ESOL classes from three centres – Chester at the Unity Centre, Ellesmere Port at Trinity Church and Northwich Work Zone. All the classes are taught by ESOL specialist tutors and are structured as a lesson, but you can just drop in. Anyone can attend these classes and they are FREE. We have beginners and advanced classes at our Chester base. We offer ESOL qualifications – Entry 1- 3 through Ascentis, a highly respected qualification body. If you want to attend, you will need to undertake a brief assessment first. Our community learning classes are FREE to all. Our accredited qualifications are FREE to those on benefits or low income; you’ll need to provide proof of earnings or benefits."

Legal Advice

Legal Advice

Legal Advice including compensation claims

The clinic is part of the University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice. Under the supervision of an in-house legal team of qualified lawyers, final year Law students have direct, practical experience of advising or representing clients. The Law Clinic specialiases in advising clients who are stateless or at risk of statelessness to make applications to the Home Office for leave to remain in the UK.

What we do

We have national expertise in Statelessness based applications – with full representation for applications for permission to stay and to register as British citizens on the grounds of statelessness.

We advise and assist people with children who want to register as British, and can help with fee waiver applications.

We can advise and assist refugees who want to naturalise as British Citizens.

We can help with renewal of leave to remain on a discretionary or human rights basis.

We can assist with SET(P) applications for refugees seeking Indefinite Leave to Remain.

We can support individuals with Refugee status or Humanitarian Protection to obtain travel documents.

Service providing Information on the asylum process, asylum support applications, referrals to solicitors, and help with access to healthcare, volunteering, ESOL classes and social activities

"Our Immigration Advice Service offers help with: Home office reference number Lost BRP card Naturalisation UKVCAS appointments Change address with home office Leave in Line applications British passport applications Indefinite leave to remain applications Our Travel Document service can support with: Applying for a travel document or Certificate of travel Changing your delivery address for your travel document."

We support with asylum applications, evisa, travel documents, citizenship, indefinate leave, DV and other .We also provide employment, welfare and benefits support, digital training and all assisted digital support, ESOL classes, arts and crafts and many other classes and course, pre employment accredtied courses, Cohesion events- work from 12 venues across north Manchester

"OISC accredited Immigration advice drop-in on Tuesdays covering fee waivers for destitute/failed asylum seekers, family reunion-new arrivals support, discretional routes, Settlement Protection FLR FP- for our most vulnerable clients -these normally require fee waivers as financial circumstances mean they cant pay; Further leave to remain for dependents of refugees allowed in outside the immigration rules- fee waivers also required; Replacement biometric permit applications, change of name, transfer of conditions and no time limit for refugees and their dependents; Travel document applications; Citizenship applications for eligible children of applicants that we are helping with FLR -FP applications to reduce future burden of payments for extension applications. Other areas of advice: By appointments only. Women’s group arts and craft - every Monday except school or bank holidays (On referral basis) Allotment project Destitution support: food parcels and other essentials"

Drop-in service for asylum seekers and refugees covering move-on advice for newly recognised refugees, asylum support, No recourse to public funds, homelessness. Run non-accredited ESOL classes. Present at hub and register to access. Employability/IT support Volunteering programme. Social club (football, cycling, snooker, table tennis) Destitution support: food parcels and other essentials

"Accept referrals for ARE clients who may have a potential fresh claim for asylum. A service user must have made a previous asylum claim and must now be appeal rights exhausted. The referrer much complete a subject access request for the service user, and provide us with as many documents as possible at the initial referral stage. Not able to take on cases where: the claim is on behalf of a family group; the service user has recently (within the last 6 months) submitted a fresh claim or had judicial review proceedings; the service user does not have the capacity to give instructions; the case involves criminality; the service user is currently detained; there is an urgent deadline "

"a range of services to support disadvantaged and Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in Wirral. We offer information, advice and guidance on matters such as: Debt Housing Welfare Benefits Safeguarding Matters Legal Advice & Guidance OISC Level 1 Immigration Support: BRP & IRL Replacement Support with Passport Support with Citizenship Support with Family Route Spouse Visa Extension Travel Document support We have a range of classes for all abilities. Our helpful team will help your learn at your pace and grow in your confidence. English classes: If you would like to attend ESOL classes, please contact our team on 0151 649 8177 Also provide support with interpreting, well-being and employment"