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ANNA BREGSTEIN
Immigration Barrister
BA (Hons) (Cantab), LL.M (Distinction), MA (Cantab), BPC
Called to the Bar: 2022
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Education:
- BPC, University of Law
- MA in Law, University of Cambridge
- LL.M in Public International Law, London School of Economics and Political Sciences (Distinction)
- BA (Hons) in Law, University of Cambridge
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Scholarships:
- Blackstone Chambers Prize: Best performance in Public International Law
- Lauterpacht/Higgins Prize: Best performance in Public International Law
- Gray’s Inn Goldie Scholarship
- Emmanuel College Senior Exhibition Awards
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Practice:
Anna’s practice encompasses an extensive range of personal and business immigration matters.
In personal immigration matters, Anna has a wide range of experience in partner visa applications, adult dependent relative visa applications, human rights and asylum claims, naturalisation and registration as a British citizen, applications under the EU Settlement Scheme, visit visas, student and graduate visas. She has assisted clients in preparing successful applications for entry clearance, leave to remain and citizenship, and represented clients in challenging complex refusals across various routes by way of appeal.
In business immigration matters, Anna has assisted businesses in obtaining and maintaining sponsor licences, offering business professionals guidance at every stage to ensure compliance. She has helped secure entry clearance and leave to remain for individuals under the Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility route. She also has experience in advising businesses following revocation and suspension of sponsor licences. Anna has a particular interest in the Global Talent route, helping talented and promising individuals to pursue their careers in the UK.
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Experience:
During her LLM and Bar Course, Anna volunteered with the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain assisting private-hire drivers in their employment challenges. She also volunteered legal research for the Oxbridge Human Development Research Group and the immigration law charity, HereForGood, and as a tutor for Salisbury World refugee charity and The Access Project. Anna also interned with Advice for Individual Rights in Europe (the AIRE Centre) in the Domestic Abuse section and in the Tribunals Team. During this internship, she helped write submissions for a case in the ECtHR and assisted various clients with hearings in the immigration tribunals.After completing the Bar Course, Anna interned at the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Geneva headquarters, in the Refugee Status Determination section of the Department for International Protection. Here she had the opportunity to attend High-Level UN General Assembly, Human Rights Commission and UNHCR meetings, and produce Country Guidance Reports, Positions on Returns and Human Rights Situation Reports for numerous conflict zones. On returning to London, Anna worked as a Judicial Assistant for five High Court judges across the family and administrative law divisions. She assisted them with their caseloads, drafted judgments and permission to appeal decisions, and attended events and conducted legal research for the Family Justice Council. Following this, Anna joined the Public Law Team at a leading solicitors firm, working on high-profile public law litigation like the challenges to the Knowsley Suites Asylum Hotel and the Home Office policy restricting protection for victims of trafficking.
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Languages:
- Danish (~C2 fluent)
- Spanish (~C2 fluent)
- German (~A2 pre-intermediate)
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Testimonials:
“I wanted my application for a family visa as a partner to be done right the first time. I worked with Catherine Taroni and Anna Bregstein and I have nothing but praise. They were professional, courteous, responsive and thorough throughout the entire process from gathering information to completing the application form and drafting witness statements and legal submissions. My application was approved in only 17 working days. I highly recommend them and I look forward to working with them in the future.”
Muhammad Khan – partner visa application
“I started the application for settlement status in the UK through the Richmond chambers immigration barristers ~2 months ago. I worked mainly with Anna Bregstein who was very dedicated and professional throughout the process. In the last 5 years, I worked for several start-ups and went through covid which made my application a bit more complex (preparation of the documents, making sure I satisfied all the requirements etc). This is not my first time working with Richmond chambers, in fact I also applied for the Tier 1 visa which was also successful. Overall, I highly recommend working with them.”
Hedi – ILR application
“So happy I was able to get my endorsement for the Global Talent Visa with Anna Bregstein’s help. She helped make sense of a very complicated process and helped ease a lot of my anxiety as we worked on creating the strongest application possible. I couldn’t be more grateful for her help.”
Kelsey Moebius – global talent visa
