Forbes Solicitors Offers Pro-Bono Support for Ukrainian Visa Schemes

Forbes Solicitors is offering free-of-charge consultations to help people and organisations apply for the UK’s Ukraine visa schemes.

The support is being provided to help people overcome difficulties making applications to the Homes for Ukraine Scheme, the Ukraine Family Scheme visa, as well as offering guidance to UK organisations looking to sponsor Ukrainians to enable them to enter the UK.

Forbes Solicitors is hoping to help people and organisations make sense of the fast-changing visa schemes to improve the success of their applications.

Amy Stokes, head of business immigration at Forbes Solicitors, explains: “The evidence that applicants require for the UK’s Ukrainian visa schemes is not clear cut. The process is also made more confusing and complex because applicants, understandably, don’t always have documents such as passports, birth certificates and marriage certificates. These are easily forgotten when fleeing the war and it’s thought many Ukrainians don’t have current passports.

“The consultations are a small gesture in the wider scheme of things, but hopefully we can use our experience of immigration law to answer the many questions applicants have about visa eligibility requirements. We’re keen to help applicants to address concerns and enhance, wherever we can, the speed and success of applications.”

As part of the free-of-charge consultations, Forbes Solicitors will be offering guidance sheets and, where appropriate, templates for written correspondence such as emails and letters.

Amy Stokes concludes: “We’re continuing to look at how visa schemes are changing and how we can help simplify the process for applicants. The consultations are intended to make advice readily accessible and to remove some of the stress and anxiety of meeting eligibility requirements.”

People and organisations interested in accessing the consultations can email: [email protected]