Home office: Manchester
Team: Immigration
Joel Reiss
Senior Associate
I am a senior associate in our immigration team, based in Manchester, advising UK resident and international clients on all aspects of UK-inbound immigration and nationality matters.
I joined Clarke Willmott in November 2026, following the acquisition of Latitude Law.
I have particular expertise in Human Rights and asylum based applications, helping those in need of safety remain in the UK to rebuild their lives.
On the other side of the same coin, I help clients resist deportation and removal on the basis of their own human rights or, more often, those of their partner and children.
I also advise on nationality matters, with expertise in rectifying historic discrimination (since amended) in both the British Nationality Act 1948 and the British Nationality Act 1981.
How I can help you
I regularly advise clients on:
- Partner, parent and other family applications
- EU Settlement Scheme
- Refugee, asylum and family reunion matters
- Nationality and citizenship matters
- Resisting removal and deportation
- Surrogacy, including the immigration and nationality aspects of international surrogacy
With the growth in international surrogacy, I’ve made this a particular focus and have presented at the Manchester International Committee alongside family law experts, discussing the challenges of international surrogacy and where immigration and family law intersect.
I appear before the First-tier and Upper Tribunals to represent clients in their appeals and have public law expertise in bringing successful judicial review challenges where necessary.
Who I work with
My clients include:
- Partners and family members of British citizens and people with settled status
- EEA nationals and their family members
- Refugees and asylum seekers, including those making religious, sexuality-based, political and other claims
Professional affiliations and recognition
Memberships and accreditations
Solicitors Regulatory Authority
Legal directory recognition
Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2025 – Associate to Watch
Recent examples of my work
- Overturning a visit visa decision through judicial review.
- Securing British citizenship for a client who had previously entered the UK illegally.
- Representing an LGBTQ+ client in an asylum claim.
- Securing leave to remain for a client who had overstayed their visa.
- Securing indefinite leave to remain for a Turkish businessperson and their 12 dependants.
- Securing recognition of a client’s right of abode in the UK, despite the client having no documents to evidence it.
How to find our Manchester office
Visit us: 55 Spring Gardens, Manchester, M2 2BY Call us: 0345 209 1000