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Sally McEwen

Sally McEwen

OTB Legal, East Midlands

Work Department

Corporate Immigration

Position

Sally McEwen is a director and cofounder of OTB Legal

Sally completed her law degree at the University of Essex. She has been practising immigration law for 19 years. Prior to becoming a Director at OTB Legal, Sally has worked in private practice for both niche immigration law firms, and in immigration departments for larger firms, being head of the immigration team at a London firm. Sally also spent time working for a large not for profit organisation.

Sally is an experienced advocate in both the First Tier, and Upper Tier Tribunals.

Areas of Expertise

Sally specialises in all aspects of the Points Based System (Tier 1 (Investor) and Entrepreneur), Tier 2 sponsor licences, and Tier 2 employment and Tier 4 student and sponsor licences)

Level 2 Accredited Advisor and Supervisor under the Solicitors Regulation Authority Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme

Country Guidance cases of AA (Non-Arab Darfuris – relocation) Sudan CG [2009] UKAIT 00056 and MN and others (Ahmadis – country conditions – risk) Pakistan CG [2012] UKUT 00389 (IAC)

Level 2 Accredited Advisor and Supervisor under the Law Society Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme.

Sally was instructed as the immigration advisor on the documentary programme ‘Exposure Undercover Colleges’ .

Career

Sally is head of the OTB Legal Corporate Team and specialises in business immigration and has extensive knowledge in all aspects of corporate and business immigration. Sally acts for a wide range of businesses, both national and multinational with a particular focus in tech start-up companies, as well as business individuals.

Sally has significant experienced in dealing with appeals before the First Tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal.

Sally deals with complex immigration matters related to company sponsor licences and assists clients with successfully completing Home Office audit processes.

Mentions

Employment • East Midlands

Immigration

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