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Vicash Ramkissoon

Work Department

Private and Business Immigration

Position

Vicash Ramkissoon is a director in the business and private immigration department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. His practice encompasses a wide area including advising high net worth individuals under the Tier 1 category to conducting complex appeals in the Administrative Court on British Nationality matters.

Vicash has a strong practice advising international businesses and high net worth individuals in complex Tier 1, 2 and 4 applications under the Points Based System (PBS). He regularly advises high net worth individuals from Asia, the Middle East and Russia in relation to obtaining visas under the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) & Tier 1 (Investor) categories. He also specialises in Tier 2 sponsorship licence matters and advising businesses on their immigration strategy and compliance issues. He conducts immigration business claimant judicial review matters; in particular, challenges on behalf of Points Based System applicants.

He also has extensive experience in advising businesses on Tier 2 and 5 sponsorship, immigration strategy and conducting compliance audits. He is often requested to assist companies facing criminal or civil penalties in relation to working illegally.

Career

Vicash qualified as a solicitor in 2001 and was made a partner-level director at Duncan Lewis Solicitors in 2013. Prior to working at Duncan Lewis Solicitors Vicash worked with one of the ‘Big Four’ accountancy firms.

Memberships

Vicash is a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA) and is accredited as a Level 2 Caseworker with the OISC.

Education

Vicash received his LPB and LLB (Hons) from Southbank University.

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