Where a breach of the Immigration Act is established, you will be summoned for a violation review. What follows may end with a fine, or may lead to deportation and an entry ban.
What you prepare before the review decides the outcome.
When we
can help CASES
- You have received a summons to a violation review for activity outside your status or an unnotified change of workplace
- You have overstayed and face voluntary disclosure or a review
- An investigation is under way over false documents or an alleged sham marriage
- You have received a deportation order or a departure order
- An entry ban from an earlier deportation is blocking your return
Possible outcomes OUTCOMES
Notification dispositionConcluded by payment of a fine. In many cases the stay can be maintained
Departure orderVoluntary departure within a set period. More favourable for re-entry than deportation
DeportationForced removal, accompanied by registration of an entry ban
Lifting an entry banWe argue changed circumstances and humanitarian grounds to shorten or lift the ban
How it proceeds PROCESS
- 01Establishing the factsHow the breach arose, whether it was deliberate, and what mitigates it, set out in concrete terms.
- 02Supporting evidenceFamily ties, life established in Korea, tax and employment history and other favourable material are assembled.
- 03The review itselfWe prepare the points to be stated and attend the review with you.
- 04Objection and remediesWhere a deportation order is issued, we consider an objection and an administrative appeal.
- 05Lifting the banWhere a ban has been registered, we apply to have it lifted or shortened.
Take advice before you make a statement. What you say at the review affects every stage that follows. If you have been summoned, contact us before you attend.
CONTACT
Have you been summoned?
Send us the summons and the details of the alleged breach, and we will tell you the likely outcome and how to respond.