Ross Kennedy
Ross has over a decade of advising corporates and individuals and has built a reputation for himself as a safe pair of hands across the wide range of challenges of personal and business immigration.
After leaving the Civil Service, Ross was previously Practice Manager and a senior at two city law firms of global repute before joining Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law in 2021.
Ross has a wealth of experience working with corporate clients of all sizes, from start-ups, SMEs and charitable or religious organisations to large multinational companies. He regularly advises on applications for licences to sponsor skilled workers (including on UKVI compliance requirements, mergers, restructuring and TUPE, as well as training HR teams) and assists with visa applications for skilled workers, temporary workers, sole representatives, as well as creative and sports personalities.
He also advises private clients on personal applications, from high net worth and highly skilled clients to family, UK ancestry and British citizenship.
Ross is a regular participant of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA) Economic Migration Working Group.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Experience
- Bates Wells (2019 - 2020)
- ASG Immigration (2010 - 2018)
- Ministry of Defence (2006 - 2008)
Qualifications
- BA (Hons) Classics (2003)
- MA Law (2024)
Education
- UCL (2003)
- University of Law (2024)
1 Contributions by Ross Kennedy
PRACTICE NOTES
Part Suitability (UK Immigration Rules): refusal grounds, re-entry bans, overstaying, and cancellation or revocation of permission (including ILR), with guidance, concessions and human rights considerations
STOP PRESS:
This Practice Note is in the process of being revised to reflect Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 1691, notably the widening, to entry clearance applications, of the discretionary basis to refuse permission to enter and remain applications in paragraph SUI 11.3. It is likewise being revised to account for the alteration in the roll-out of HC 1333 as it concerns Appendix FM applications, which was implemented by HC 1491. For commentary on both, see News Analysis: HC 1691—additional analysis. This Practice Note examines the ‘grounds for refusal’ for applications contained in the Immigration Rules, Part Suitability, together with the circumstances for cancelling extant entry clearance or permission. It does not address grounds tied to an individual’s earlier personal conduct (including whether criminal offences have been committed or other conduct viewed as not conducive to the public good), nor those relating to false representations, etc, and deception. For refusal grounds covering those areas, consult Practice Notes: Suitability and previous conduct, and False representations etc, deception and challenging suitability grounds for refusal. Accordingly, it focuses on suitability criteria and cancellation powers...
Immigration
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