Immigration
Immigration Civil Penalty
Our immigration legal team in Manchester and London have years of experience dealing with Immigration Civil Penalty
An Immigration Civil Penalty can be imposed by the Home Office if they discover you have been employing illegal workers. Our immigration solicitors are experts in immigration law and can help advise and assist if you have a civil penalty.
If you are found to be employing illegal workers, you can be fined up to £20,000 per illegal worker. However, this can be avoided if you had completed the correct right to work checks before the illegal worker began employment with you.
In addition, the way you act can impact the amount of Civil Penalty imposed.
- If you have reported the employee(s) to the Home Office regarding suspicions about their right to work, any fine will be reduced by £5,000.
- If you co-operate with the Home Office throughout their investigation, this can result in another reduction of £5,000.
- If you can prove you have effective document checking practices, you reported your suspicions and co-operated throughout, this will reduce the Civil Penalty to a Warning Notice, meaning no fine will be imposed.
If you become subject to an investigation, it is vital you seek legal advice as soon as possible. This could be the difference between a Civil Penalty of £20,000 per illegal worker or a Warning Notice.
If you have been issued with a Civil Penalty, you have the right to appeal within 28 days. There are only certain grounds you can appeal on and Monarch Solicitors can help you prepare them and help you with obtaining any additional evidence.
Price & Service Transparency for our Immigration Civil Penalty Service
At Monarch Solicitors we provide highly competitive legal fees for clients wishing to appeal the Immigration Civil Penalty. We will provide you with a breakdown of the routine legal costs for a simple Civil Penalty appeal from the outset so that you can budget the costs and fees for a civil penalty appeal.
Contact our Specialist Immigration Solicitors
We would like to discuss your immigration civil penalty directly to find out how we can help.
Please contact our specialist immigration solicitors by sending an email to us at [email protected] and one of our solicitors shall call you back.
Alternatively, please call our immigration team on 0330 127 8888 for a free no obligation discussion.
Monarch Solicitors is a leading UK law firm with specialist immigration solicitors ready to offer their expertise. Our award-winning Manchester solicitors, London solicitors and Birmingham solicitors offer their legal expertise nationally and internationally.
We are also able to leverage an international network spanning across Hong Kong, Turkey and Dubai to provide seamless assistance with cross-border matters relating to Immigration Civil Penalty.
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FAQ
Once an investigation has been completed, you can receive:
- A Civil Penalty Notice;
- A Warning Notice;
- A No Action Notice.
The amount of penalty due will depend on a number of factors, such as whether the employer has been found to be employing workers illegally in the past and whether the employer generally complies with their duties to prevent illegal working.
The Home Office apply a sliding scale that takes into account the employer’s compliance record as well as any mitigating factors.
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