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Vanessa Delgado

Immigration consultant solicitor Vanessa has over 13 years of experience in immigration and asylum law. She is highly experienced in dealing with all aspects of immigration, nationality, asylum, and human rights law. She conducts advocacy in both the First-tier and Upper Tribunal of the Immigration Asylum Chamber and is regularly instructed in Court of Appeal matters. Vanessa has had successful conduct of complex cases involving; asylum matters, EEA regulations, victims of trafficking and cases under the Points Based System. She frequently identifies arguments in cases that have been deemed to be without merit by other legal representatives, going on to achieve successful outcomes for clients. Furthermore, she has succeeded in seeking permission to appeal First-tier Tribunal decisions to the Upper Tribunal and represents clients at error of law hearings. She had key involvement in a reported case on the risks on return for Iranian asylum seekers who had been critical of the regime through social media activities, as well as in a trafficking case which led to a change in policy regarding the amount of leave given to those who were granted residence permits. · Duncan Lewis Solicitors

WalesImmigration, AsylumPortuguese, Spanish, French

About

Vanessa Delgado is an Immigration consultant solicitor at Duncan Lewis Solicitors in Wales with over 13 years' experience in immigration, nationality, asylum and human rights law. She conducts advocacy in the First-tier and Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and is regularly instructed in Court of Appeal matters, with notable work on asylum, EEA/free movement, trafficking and Points Based System cases, including reported litigation concerning risks to Iranian social-media critics and a trafficking case that led to a policy change on leave granted to residence permit holders.

Practice areas

ImmigrationAsylumHuman RightsNationalityHuman TraffickingEU/EEA Free MovementImmigration Appeals

Office

Expertise

Tribunal advocacy (First-tier & Upper Tribunal)Court of Appeal litigationAsylum claims involving political expression/social mediaVictims of trafficking and related leave/residence-permit policyPoints Based System casesEEA regulations / Free Movement

Education

  • BA in Law and Sociology, Warwick University
  • LPC, Cardiff University

Admissions

  • Accredited Supervisory and Level 2 Caseworker, Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme (IAAS)
  • Appointed to the Legal Aid Agency’s Review Panel (2019)

Languages

PortugueseSpanishFrench