Vanessa Ho

Senior UK Immigration Analyst

Sector: UK Immigration
Location: New York

Vanessa is a senior UK immigration analyst at Laura Devine Immigration in New York, assisting with business immigration applications under all routes of the UK’s immigration system including the Skilled Worker and Intra Company routes, sponsorship licences and compliance, representatives of an overseas business, Global Talent and Investor. She also has in-depth knowledge of visitor visas, family-based applications and British nationality law (including naturalisation, registration and passport applications). Vanessa liaises with the firm’s individual and corporate clients across a wide range of sectors including technology, finance, legal and entertainment.

Vanessa is a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association’s (ILPA) New York working group and the St George’s Society. She has presented on UK immigration as a guest panellist at a programme presented by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law’s Immigration and Naturalisation Committee.

History
2016-present – Laura Devine Immigration, New York
2016-2016 – Fragomen Malaysia
2014-2016 – Laura Devine Immigration, London

Education
2013-2014 – Legal Practice Course, BPP University Law School, Bristol, UK
2010-2013 – LLB in Law, University of Bristol, UK

Malay
Indonesian
Mandarin

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