Uma Devi Rajasundram

Background

About Uma Devi Rajasundram

Specialist Solicitor in Immigration matters (including Asylum based on LGBT claims). • Manage own caseload of corporate and private clients. • Actively manage and develop client relationships including day-to-day contact with key clients and preparing a variety of business and personal immigration applications. • Provide advice on complex UK immigration, appeals and litigation issues. • Work with clients on appeals to the Immigration Tribunal against decisions involving matters such as the UK Border Agency refusing to grant a visa extension, permanent residency (indefinite leave to remain), or refusing to issue entry clearance to enter the UK or deporting an individual from the UK. • Liaise directly with the UKBA; interviewing clients, Completion of forms, letters and applications and instruction to counsels. • Experienced as an Office Practice Manager and can run a legal practice. • Handled practice Account books with a turnover of a year. • Promoting the firm by executing directed campaigns in newspapers, brochures, web-site, and other marketing activities. • Strong written and oral communication abilities. ACHIEVEMENTS • Successfully obtained refugee status for the first time for 6 Gay Malaysians in the UK – reported in Free Malaysia Today, Kwong Wah Yit Poh Chinese paper. • Raised important point of law to be decided at the Court of Appeal, UK on gay issues – HJ (Malaysia) v SSHD. • Successfully challenged UK Border Agency’s decision to refuse granting Tier 2 restricted Certificate of Sponsorship – Berjaya Vacation Club v SSHD. • Developed and wrote comprehensive standard operational procedures and training manuals.