Nath Gbikpi, Solicitor

Nath is a dual French and Italian national, with Burundian and Togolese origins. She has worked with Wesley Gryk Solicitors since June 2014.

Before joining Wesley Gryk Solicitors, Nath worked as a paralegal in a legal aid immigration law firm.

Her practice covers a wide range of immigration and nationality law, with particular emphasis on applications based on partnership, family and private life; European free movement law; and asylum on the basis of sexual identity.

She writes regularly for Free Movement, which offers updates, commentary and advice on immigration and asylum law.

Recent work and notable cases

• Secured indefinite leave to remain for spouses of British citizens who were victims of domestic violence.
• Assisted in securing a spouse visa for couple who had been separated for 13 years.
• Obtained permanent residence document for an European national who had stopped work due to permanent incapacity.
• Assisted victims of transnational spouse abandonment to return to the UK and acquire indefinite leave on the basis of domestic violence.
• Secured asylum on the basis of sexual identity for more than a dozen refugees, including by winning an appeal at the Upper Tribunal.
• Secured discretionary registration as a British citizen for a 17 year old boy.
• Got condition of no recourse to public funds lifted for the parent of a British child diagnosed with autism.
• Won appeal against the refusal of family reunion for the child of a refugee who was over 18 at the time of the application.
• Secured spouse visas for applicants with poor past immigration histories or who cannot meet the immigration requirements but can be granted visas because of ‘exceptional circumstances’.