Nicolette Bostock
Nicolette is a Partner at Withers LLP. Nicolette is an expert in both business immigration and private client immigration and is highly regarded for her outstanding work in both of these areas, having practised immigration and nationality law since 2007.
Nicolette's personal immigration clients include wealthy individuals, family offices, creatives, tech companies and founders and investors in new economy businesses. For these clients, Nicolette formulates short and long-term immigration solutions taking into account their personal needs and objectives for residence or settlement in the UK, coordinating with other wealth, tax and private client advisors.
Nicolette has also amassed experience advising multinational organisations and household brands across a spectrum of sectors and is adept in advising on simple matters such as business visitor support, through to representing organisations in their UK immigration matters in multi-jurisdiction or listed organisation transactions involving non-UK workers. She seeks to provide balanced, timely advice and solutions, adapted to her clients' needs, in collaboration with other professional advisors where required.
Relevant to both of these practices, Nicolette advises clients on personal immigration routes, including Appendix FM partners and children, long residence (Private Life), new and late European Settlement Scheme (EUSS) applications and related routes for EEA nationals and their family members. She has successfully secured settlement and British citizenship for a large number of individuals, including those with excess absences or other complexities which require discretionary consideration by the Home Office.
Nicolette is an experienced presenter and has delivered training on Brexit, sponsorship and compliance to a number of corporate clients and at UK legal workshops organised by The Law Society. She is also an active member and speaker for the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA).
She is recognised by Chambers and Partners (Business Immigration and High Net Worth guides), Legal 500, Spear's 500, Best Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal for UK immigration. Nicolette speaks French, Italian and basic Russian.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2013
Experience
- Laura Devine Immigration (2007 - 2022)
Membership
- Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (ILPA)
- British Italian Lawyers' Association (BILA)
Qualifications
- BA French (2006)
- Graduate Diploma in Law (2009)
- Legal Practice Course (2011)
Education
- King's College London (2004-6)
- BPP (2008-9), (2010-11)
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PRACTICE NOTES
EU Settlement Scheme (Appendix EU) applications, UK: validity, ID Document Check app/UKVCAS, residence and family evidence, criminality, processing, eVisas, and family/travel permits
This Practice Note
This Practice Note reviews the process and requirements for lodging applications for settled and pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (the Scheme). It addresses:
the need to make and submit a ‘valid’ application
detailed procedural steps for seeking immigration permission via the Scheme (for European Economic Area (EEA) citizens and non-EEA citizens, from inside and outside the UK)
the Home Office’s ‘EU Exit: ID Document Check’ app
the evidential standards and proofs (covering proof of identity and nationality, residence, and extra documents required for family members)
formal authority for a legal representative to liaise with the Home Office in relation to the application
the ongoing obligation to keep the Home Office updated regarding specified details following the grant of leave
The Practice Note also outlines the application route for family permit applications made from outside the UK. For the purposes of this Practice Note, EEA citizens are those who are nationals of the remaining 27 EU Member States (excluding the UK), together with Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland. Although Switzerland is not part of the EEA, it is, for Scheme terminology, treated as though it were...
Immigration
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