DESCRIPTION:
The Central Africa's Rights & AIDS (CARA) Society provides specialist advice and services in a range of immigration law issues. We are able to advise anyone living in UK. CARA Society has already applied for the OISC Level 3 exemption and we are still waiting to be allowed to complete the assessment. This would allow us to acquire the Legal Services Commission's 'Quality Mark' at the Specialist Help level for immigration law. We offer a free telephone advice session on immigration law on Tuesday and Thursday mornings between 10.00 a.m. and 12.00 noon. The telephone number is (020) 7254 64 15. This telephone service is staffed by one of our four specialist immigration advisors. We are happy to give advice over the telephone or to take on cases that need our specialist advocacy and representation skills. But please note that we will only advise you if you live in the UK.
If you think that you will need an appointment or representation then it is best to call the advice line first. This will ensure that you get an appointment at the right time and that the relevant information is obtained at the start. Often we are able to provide all the information that you need over the telephone and will back this up with relevant leaflets and letters so that you understand the advice that you have been given. We are not able to offer assistance in completing basic visitor, visa, nationality or settlement forms, other than providing advice on these over the telephone. CARA wishes to be exempted at OISC Level 3 and our advisers will be particular experts in representation and advocacy before the Immigration Adjudicator and at Immigration Appeal Tribunals. CARA Society has also written a range leaflets on immigration issues. These can be downloaded from this web site or collected from CARA Society.
In particular we offer advice and representation across the whole range of immigration, nationality and asylum matters. This includes visitors, students, family applications and settlement. In asylum matters we shall cover the whole range of law applicable to this. We shall advise and assist with applications, interviews, detention, tribunals and appeals.
Some of our staff can speak local community languages such as Lingala, Swahili and Kikongo. We can obtain interpreters when necessary.
The team consists of four people and it is supervised by Mr Jean-Paul LAWRENCE TAMPU-EYA, BA LL.B. LL.M. PhD (Law Res.).
Other immigration team members include:
1. Mr Jean-Luis NGAMUNA-TAMPA who is very well experienced in nationality law and immigration, which he plans to build up by attending trainings and registering/attending the assessments in order to qualify as an OISC Level 2 or Level 3 Adviser.
2. Ms Kiwisa Felicia MULWEMI - Adviser. Ms Kiwisa joined CARA Society in 2003. She brought with her significant experience gained mainly in asylum law, but also in other immigration and nationality issues. Ms Kiwisa aims to gain substantial experience in representation at immigration appeals once she passes the OISC Level 3 assessments . Ms Kiwisa also speaks Lingala, Kongo, Mbala, Yanzi, French and English.
3. Mr Abdilahi Dahir Nur, DipSW BA LL.M. – Community Legal Adviser. Mr Abdilahi has particular experience in immigration and nationality law, which he built up through his legal trainings and education at the University of East London where he succesfully completed a BA (Hon's) in Law with Third World Studies (2:2) and OISC trainings and assessments. Mr Abdi is now ready to take an assessment with the OISC in order to be able to start making representation at immigration appeals. He speaks Somali and Arabic.
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