Burlowspencer

im another clinit who have been conned by B/S. Blanked all my email/not rpleying 2 reg lettersand cant get hold of them on there fone numb,i would like 2 know the result of the court case,they have conned a lot of people out of there money and dont give a dame about peoples feelings thats all they wants is 2 feather there own nest,i hope who ever is reponsable for all the miserey they have coused to the people they have leaft heart broken gets 2 b locked up like the sewer rats they are like,

Instructed for Spouse visa application which was refused.
Instructed for appeal – Solicitor (Shahista) left the firm – Replacement solicitor (Nadeem) stop responding when requested to clarify some open points
After a week, made a complain – Refused to help and after that no response.
Have raised matter with relevant authorities.
Poor advise/Poor customer service – Don't believe their success rate
Wonder why they are under investigation from a public body

Vary Bad Service.They promised, another case worker JAMES SHORT, (you will see many good reviews about him here, but I have every reason to doubt that) will contact me, and no apology was given to me or explanation as to what has happened. until now for over 6 month no James Short or any one ever contacted me! despite my repeated chase up.

Excellent services!. Professional lawyers and case workers. Recommending this company to everyone.

I first dealt with this company in may 2018. I paid them an upfront fee of 拢2000.00 in order to work on a visa for the us. The lawyer I was assigned was very unhappy with the price. The she went on holiday and forgot who I was and then sent me an email explaining that she has left the company and is no longer associated with them. I had a hard time trying to get in touch with them and was jerked around for a few months until they stopped taking my calls. I have taken this matter to legal ombudsman after requesting a refund from them and finally to the Immigration authorities who have both said they cannot do much to help. They are currently being investigated by these authorites on 13 different cases and I consider what they have done to me an act of fraud and have reported them to action fraud. It is now 6 months later and no work has started on my case and I am still 拢2000.00 down. avoid at all costs. Their reply below is a lie. they have not assigned me any lawyer and are asking me to get in touch in order to save face. This company is all lies and scams.

Burlow and spencer have been fantastic to deal with and have helped me get my visa in the uk when others couldnt.

I would highly reccommend Burlow and Spencer to anyone looking to get a visa in the uk.

Previous to using Burlow and Spencer i had 2 failed attempts at obtaining a visa in the uk.

Thanks Burlow and Spencer.

I have achieved success but partly because of my own input added to BS knowhow, which helped me achieve my aim. This was the most stressful period of my life and I am intensely relieved it is over…..for two years nine months anyway. I have to be grateful to BS. They helped me obtain a visit visa followed by a spouse visa, not easy !

Paid for a job, but not completed.
Very poor.

bad company to deal with paid extra done less never checked the paper work properly so never got wife鈥檚 visa blocked me out of her visa application so I did not do bad report on them like black mail now I have to go back to Thailand due to incompetence and lack of caring only about money will never use them again be careful

I cannot say how grateful I am of the help and support receieved from Barlow & Spencer. My caseworker explained the whole process in detail and guided me throughout. He arranged the appointment, checked my documents and explained everything to my wife so she knew exactly what to expect on the day of her appointment in Islamabad. My wife's application was accepted within 3 months and she finally arrives into the UK today. I couldn't have done this process without the help of Burlow & Spencer. I strongly recommend their services and will definitely be using them to support my second application I'm the future. Thank you so much.

yes i agree burlow and Spencer are rip off we should report them and take them to court this is all true and we have lots of proof for the court and relevant authorities and uk immigration department also we have contacted rip off Britain

Do not use Burlow and Spencer, avoid them at all costs.

This is a very long review, but please read it and hopefully save yourself the pain they have caused me

Honestly the worst customer service I had ever experienced.

First of all trying to get in contact with anyone is an absolute mission. My so called case worker was never available when I rang, and I would always get told that he would ring me back later that day. Which was never the case.
E-mails would always go unanswered, they have an appointment booking service, but I might as well have written down my appointment request and made it into a paper airplane for all the good it did.

Despite all that we did finally manage to get my wifes settlement visa submitted, however after waiting about 11 weeks for a response, we get a notice telling us that it was rejected.

The reason being that part of the application required my wife to take a T.B medical test. Which she did at one of the largest hospitals in Shanghai, and got the test results translated into English at the Notary office. All this at the advisement of our case worker.

Our application was rejected solely on this piece of documentation because first of all, it was the wrong test (application requires an x-ray test as opposed to a blood test) and because it needed to be done at one of 3 specific hospitals in Shanghai.

So just to re-iterate, we got this test done at the advisement of our case worker, we also sent our documents to Burlow and Spencer for review prior to submitting the application and this second level of validation, they still confirmed that it was all fine.

Thanks to this complete lack of knowledge, we've had to resubmit our application at a second cost of 拢1500 and a colossal waste of time.

Thanks to their incompetence, my wife and I have had to spend an extended period of time apart, aside from the times I've been able to travel to China to visit her.

It doesn't end there, although I blame myself for what came next, upon notifying them of the rejection, they stated they can submit a new application, quickly as they have all my details and documents already, all my wife has to do is get the T.B test done at one of the accredited hospitals, and they offered to assist with my sons passport (he was born in China but is entitled to a British passport through me)

I kick myself now for not telling them to forget it and going with another firm, but at the time I was desperate to get my wifes visa sorted, and honestly thought there's no way they could make a mess of it. Once again the communication issues started at one point it took me over a month to get my case worker on the phone.

We've finally submitted the new application, but now they are telling me there's no note for them to do my sons passport (who was born a little over a month ago now), despite using that as a selling point to get me to allow them to do our second application (with a fee of course!)

I've ended up doing his passport application myself, but am now in the situation where both my wife and son(who was meant to be born in the UK, but wasn't because of the first visa mess up) are in China, and I'm in the UK and I'm missing out on precious time with my familiy.

Do not use these cowboys, even if another firm costs you double the fee, they are definitely worth it.

Unfortunately did not have a pleasant experience with Burlowspencer, and that may be due to the immigration lawyer that I was assigned. At most times, I had to chase the lawyer and ask them to update me on the application. Did not respond to a large amount of my emails and found his conduct quite unprofessional. Would not recommend.

After initial concern due to the fact the process begins online, please feel re-assured that the service is first class. We attended their office and warmly welcomed. Every step of the form filling was explained in full and for us the outcome was a success. We felt we did the right thing by seeking out professional assistance. Nadeem Akhtar dealt with our legal process and we must say, we cannot fault the service as well as his understanding manner. Excellent service all round!

Warning. Do not in any way shape or form deal with this company. We engaged with their services early December, had a survey monkey emailed to us and a one hour conversation with one of their case workers. Paid 拢1800 upfront fee (Regrettably) and 3 months on, all they delivered was missed appointments, excuses for not retuning our repeated telephone calls and the audacity to question our refund requests stating they have actually delivered on their contract. we engaged another firm who delivered our application within 2 weeks.

Excellent experience

I could not be happier with the services I received from Harris Qadir. He is extremely efficient and professional. He was responsive to my phone calls and emails and always available to answer questions. Keep up the good work..

Very professional, always available and willing to help. Especially my case consultant.Many thanks.
I would recommend this company to anyone without hesitation.

Just successfully received my Permanent card. It went fast with Jim efficient support. He the most helpful and trustful lawyer I have met on my long history of dealing with working visa.

Jim, the lawyer, is most responsive and always cordial in response. Good and small, modest people whose very professional throughout the process. They really saved my issues and concerns each time I raised. The legal fee is set humble compared to other large law firms, and I feel it's more than worth after my good experience.

I worked with them,over the email/Fedex/phone calls with just one time in-person meeting. I knew Jim with the referenceof my Friend case in the past,that鈥檚 why I already confident and happy with the experience and decided to follow him, as I knew it's extremely hard to find the good immigration lawyer. I went through many bad experiences with others in the past 鈥?as many of you are familiar. I was right: even with the distance, I could trust them throughout.

It's not the first time to make recommendation, as I've been mentioning about them to my friend in circle as well.

Hope this helps for other deserved candidates!.

Burlow & Spencer helped us greatly for us to retain our 鈥楢鈥?rating Tier 2 sponsor licence. They made all easy for us and we passed our audit with the Home office with flying colours.

Being an IT company with Tier 2 Sponsor licence, we were blown away by the complex processes and policies to be implemented to be 100% compliant with the latest Home office鈥檚 requirement of Tier 2 sponsorship. It is hard to figure out as to what was enough and correct. It was very stressful to monitor Tier 2 migrants & specially the arrangement of the sponsored workers working at client site on 鈥榗lient contract鈥?

A word of warning to other likewise companies, please do not take it easy. There is a lot for the Tier 2 compliance which you do not know that you really 鈥渄o not know鈥? So in this case you need a specialist to make you understand first what you 鈥渄o not know鈥?then help you to fix that.

If you are a company with a Tier 2 sponsor licence and want complete peace of mind maintaining your Tier 2 licence and retaining your NON-EU skilled staff then Burlow is the company to go to. They simply do not work as a consultant for me but they literally owned my problem. I cannot ask more than this. Thank you so much and my best wishes to Burlow & Spencer.

We highly recommend Burlow working with the team has been fantastic experience.

Overall this was one of the worst experience i have had by a company.

i feel they prey on people who are in time sensitive and vulnerable situations and pressure you into paying money by misleading statements.

I was enquiring about help with a US visa. I was bullied into paying money to speak with their attorney. They misspelt important information on correspondence before i had even spoken with the attorney. They failed to send me information i needed and had requested before my consultation was due. Therefore i didnt have it.

They fail to call back when requested. The charged me 拢800 for their 'service' despite not providing any service. Both myself and my father were spoken to incredibly rudely and unprofessionally by several members of the team as well as both being hung up on in separate phone calls by one Individual named Adam. Adam is a sales man, who i believe falls more into the bracket of aggressive , pushy, misleading salesman. He constantly changed his story, was misleading with information and when questioned about the discrepancies he failed to provide valid answers.

Overall i felt taking advantage of, bullied and feel this company does not care whether the case they take on is a success only that they get money. They tell you what ythey think you want to hear before you pay and after you pay they fall very very short of any commitments they have made.

Mr Abbas

Willing to take on a case that other immigration case worker were not capable of handling. Honest, straightforward and knows the law. In addition, an extremely kind individual that you can consider a friend and not just your immigration case worker.鈥?

Thanks Shahista – 10 stars

Me and my Husband needs help for our status case and was confused and upset because of our visa case as we don鈥檛 know anyone who is passionate about helping others, honest, and knowledgeable and genuinely cares about me and my husband case.

After a long research on internet we decided to go with Burlow Spencer because we very impressed with the reviews of people about this firm .We cantact them and booked an appointment.

There we met shahista and very impressed with her way of dealing and knowledge.She is very friendly,calm and patient.

She was very helpful with our whole visa process. She provided us with all the guidelines and consultations throughout the process. She organized all our documents and made sure we weren't missing any documentation as it could delay the case. She double checked and made sure all the information is filled out and correct before she mailed out our application.

She is very approachable, knowledgeable, honest, and genuinely wanted our case to get approved. All her staff members were very kind, polite and professional. Shahista replied to all our emails and phone calls quickly. We had a lot of questions and she provided us with great advise and information that helped us with the whole process. She helped me and my husband for everything during the whole process and her presence made the whole experience less stressful.

Sorry shahista for my English.
Update
Our case was approved and we are extremely happy of how smoothly everything went. We owe it all to shahista who was great and helpful throughout this whole process. It was a pleasure working with her and we will definitely be doing our Permanent Residency through her.

I highly recommend her to anyone who needs help with any immigration paperwork.

I knew I had a hard case and I came to Mrs. Shahista Akhbar with little hope. She was positive but also communicated to me what we should expect in court. She was clearly very experienced with the court and was calm during my hearings, which helped me stay calm even though the government's lawyer was very aggressive. She did a great job of using the articles and my documents to show the judge why I should be allowed to stay.

I was delighted with meeting Mr. Ibrahim and his wonderful staff and how they handled my legal work. Everything that Mr. Ibrahim said that he and his staff would do…well, he did. It appears to me that Mr. Ibrahim is a very competent and efficient attorney who has a genuine interest in his clients. He alleviated all my concerns regarding my case. I highly endorse Burlow's legal specialties for anyone who needs legal representation.

My student visa application was refused with no right of appeal and they give me 14days to go back and I was totally lost what to do than one of my colleague told me about Burlow and Spencer and I contacted them for my this urgent case .

I met Muhammad and told him all the details.After all the discussion he was hopeful about my case . My case was urgent and Muhammad made himself available during inconvenient times. From the very start we felt very confident with Muhammad handling the case. We got a sense of trust from him right away. Muhammad is more than well qualified.He gets straight to the point, explains the case, the options, and how to proceed without any hurdles. He is also very understanding and goes above & beyond to get a positive outcome for you and your loved ones. He uses all his resources and does not give up. You always want an attorney that feels for your situation and understands what you are going through.
He worked on all areas of my case and reapply with all necessary requirements and with the reference of my old case aswell to avoid any complexity and write a letter to UKBA regarding submission of new case
Words cannot express how grateful and happy I am for all help and positive outcome . For anyone considering seeking legal assistance for an immigration case, you can trust Muhammad and all his legal team. Thank you