Younes Ech-Chadli
Principal Associate
- Phone:
- +44 (0)20 7227 6638
- Email:
- younes.ech-chadli@weightmans.com
- Office:
- London
Younes is a Principal Associate advising on all aspects of private and business UK immigration, citizenship and immigration related public law matters.
He has been practicing immigration law since 2012 and qualified as a solicitor in 2015.
Younes advises corporate and individual clients on all aspects of private and business UK immigration, citizenship and immigration related public law matters including:
For businesses
Work Visas including Skilled Worker and Health and Care visas
Right to work
Training and webinars
For individuals
Family settlement applications including fiancé, spouse/civil partner and child visas
Appeals
Judicial Reviews
British Citizenship
Business immigration
Younes is entrusted to advise a wide range of corporate clients, from various sectors such as:
Hospitality
Private Healthcare
Financial institutions
Embassies
Multi Academy Trusts
Charities
Churches
Care homes
Energy
Travel
He represents clients with their Sponsor Licences and regularly advises on all aspects of compliance, risk management and strategy. His work incorporates advice and representation with work visas such as Skilled Worker, Health and Care and Global Business Mobility visas as well as on right to work and general HR queries. He provides training and runs webinars for the benefit of employers and HR professionals.
Notable cases
Navigating right to work issues for EU nationals working for a high profile Brexiter
Obtaining a Skilled Worker visa and renewing an existing Skilled Worker visa for a Tech company with Sponsor Licence issues
Obtaining a Sponsor Licence and a Skilled Worker visa within one month on an urgent basis
Advising a prestigious private hospital on their Sponsor Licence and hiring individuals on Skilled Workers and Health and Care visas
Obtaining Sponsor Licences for a number of medium and large Multi Academy Trusts
Acting for a large hospitality client in a significant number of Skilled Worker visas and ongoing right to work matters
Switching an individual from a Skilled Worker visa to a Minister of Religion visa on behalf of a Church
Hundreds of successful fiancée, spouse and civil partner visas for clients from all over the world with varying financial circumstances
Entry clearance and then immediate settlement for an Australian international sportsperson who had a gap in their immigration history due to the Covid-19 pandemic and poor legal advice from a previous advisor
Instructed by a local authority to represent an individual whose partner was killed to obtain a visa on the basis of having British children
Successfully obtaining a Visitor Visa for a Yemeni national despite being a homemaker, having no income of their own and having been refused Visitor Visas in the past
A Visitor Visa for a Nigerian businessman whose initial application was refused as they did not believe the source of his funds
British citizenship for a US head of an international organisation who previously held a Skilled Worker visa despite having significant absences over the statutory maximum.
Successful Judicial review for a dependant Indian spouse and child of a Skilled Worker (previously Tier 2) where they were accused of deception
Successful Judicial review for a Chinese businesswoman whose business Visitor Visa was initially refused as they and their business were accused of deception.
Private immigration
Younes trained as a human rights lawyer and is retained by a number of clients and organisations to advise on visas for individuals. Organisations such as local authorities and corporate clients have trusted Younes to advise on visas matters for individuals, including some high-profile matters. He has represented a wide range of clients in visa applications, including Partner Visas, visas for children and human rights applications. His attention to detail and methodological approach has led to successful outcomes for individuals with complex cases.
