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Ben Maitland

Ben Maitland

UK 2026

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Provided by Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law

Practice Areas

Business Immigration:

Ben advises on Sponsor Licences and compliance. He provides expert advice and training on work visas such as the Skilled Worker visa, Global Talent visa, Innovator Founder visa, Scale-up visa, International Sportsperson visa, Health and Care Worker visa, Religious Worker visa and Graduate visa.

Ben also advises on Global Business Mobility visa routes such as Senior or specialist worker; Graduate trainee; Secondment worker to UK firms; Service suppliers to the UK in line with UK trade agreements and UK expansion worker visas.

Ben has also advised on temporary work visas such as the Creative Worker visa, Government Authorised Exchange visa, Charity Worker visa and International Agreement visa as well as legacy visas.

Personal Immigration:

Ben advises on family visas (partners, children, adult dependants); EEA nationals and family (including late EUSS applications); settlement; visitor visas; BN(O) visas; Ancestry; Long Residence; Human Rights.

Career

Ben Maitland has managed departments in both personal and business immigration in highly rated city law firms as well as writing on immigration for Lexis Nexis.

Clients include multinationals, law firms, public bodies, charities as well as individuals and their families. Ben provides High Net Worth individuals tactical advice on settlement, especially in complex cases.

Professional Memberships

Immigration Legal Practitioners Association

Partners Immigration

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Immigration: Business - UK-wide

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Individual Editorial

Ben Maitland is a senior associate who regularly advises clients on the full spectrum of business immigration matters, including Global Talent visas and sponsor licence applications.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Ben is great; he understands our business and comes up with commercial solutions.

    Immigration: BusinessChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • I lean on him for advice and insight; he is very good and a real tactician.

    Immigration: BusinessChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • I had a great experience working with Ben.

    Immigration: BusinessChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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