Abingdon immigration lawyers expands team as UK skills shortage drives demand

By Nicky Godding

6 December 2022

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Abington-based immigration law firm, Migrate UK has expanded its team as the UK skills shortage accelerates business demand.

Many sectors including IT, engineering and financial services sectors are trying to meet acute skills shortages with overseas recruits - boosting demand for the team’s specialist immigration services to help navigate the complexities of the new UK immigration system, and making the Milton Park-based business busier than ever.

The new appointments include Lenny Phiri and Nick Albin as Immigration Consultants, who join from Truemans and Oxford Brookes University respectively. Lenny and Nick will provide immigration advice and case-working services to Migrate UK’s growing number of personal and business clients.

Migrate UK has also made a number of promotions. Karendeep Kaur has been promoted to Legal Director, from Manager and Angelique Parmentier is now Operations Director from Practice Manager. Judit Adorjan has been promoted to Senior Immigration Consultant from Immigration Consultant, while Hermanpreet Kaur becomes Immigration Consultant from her previous role as a Paralegal.

Jonathan Beech, Managing Director, Migrate UK, said: “We’ve had a whirlwind of a year as our clients continue to deal with persistent UK skills shortages in many sectors and the many changes to immigration rules. From sponsor licences to visas and new immigration routes, our clients are increasingly seeking our support as compliance becomes ever complex.

“Along with Lenny and Nick, our great new joiners to enable us to help meet rising demand, I wanted to recognise the growing responsibilities and growth of our fantastic long-standing employees as we look forward to another busy year in 2023. Cases can often be complex and intense for both organisations and individuals, but together with my team we try to make the process as smooth as possible and with the strictest compliance.

Legal Director Karendeep Kaur added: “From first joining Migrate UK as Immigration Analyst in 2017 I’ve enjoyed growing and developing my career with the business as we continue to expand. In this time I’ve seen so many changes, from the end of free movement to the ever-constant changes to the immigration rules. In my new role I’ll be ensuring we continue to offer the best possible legal advice and services to all our clients.”

By Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe.

After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts.

She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.