Semira Dilgil is the Founding Partner and Head of Corporate Immigration at Ashton Ross Law, a London-based law firm specialising in immigration and corporate legal services. With over 20 years of experience, she advises multinational companies, entrepreneurs, and individuals on complex corporate and private immigration matters.
Her work spans corporate compliance, Skilled Worker and Global Talent visas, Innovator and Founder routes, asylum and humanitarian protection, and complex family immigration matters. Semira is known for delivering strategic, bespoke solutions that align legal expertise with business objectives and personal goals.
Corporate Immigration & Multinational Clients
Semira supports multinational companies with all aspects of UK immigration compliance, including:
- Sponsor licence applications, renewals, and audits
- Ongoing compliance and reporting duties
- Skilled Worker visa applications, extensions, and settlement (ILR)
- Skilled Worker dependant applications for partners and children
- End-to-end immigration solutions aligned with workforce planning and business strategy
Global Talent Endorsements
Semira has extensive experience in Global Talent endorsements across all UK endorsing bodies, advising clients from initial strategy to endorsement and visa grant. She also has a proven track record in challenging and overturning previous endorsement refusals.
Key Endorsing Bodies & Fields:
- Arts Council England (ACE): Arts and culture
- Tech Nation (DSIT): Digital technology, including software, AI, cybersecurity, data science, and FinTech
- The Royal Society: Natural sciences and medicine
- The British Academy: Humanities and social sciences, including economics
- Royal Academy of Engineering: Engineering and applied sciences
- UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): Academic research across multiple disciplines, including fast-track routes
Innovator & Founder Route
Semira guides clients through the Innovator and Founder visa route, advising on endorsement across all business categories, from creative industries to technology, healthcare, engineering, and more. She works with clients from the business plan drafting stage through endorsement, visa approval, and establishing successful, innovative businesses in the UK.
Her guidance helps entrepreneurs navigate complex immigration requirements while contributing to the UK’s economic ecosystem, fostering growth, innovation, and job creation.
Asylum, Humanitarian Protection & Complex Family Cases
Semira advises on challenging cases, including:
- Asylum and humanitarian protection applications and appeals, including adult dependants
- Child dependants over the age of 21 across multiple immigration categories
- Sole responsibility disputes in family immigration cases involving divorced or separated parents
- Exceptional and discretionary immigration applications based on family life and human rights
Career Highlights
- Founding Partner of Ashton Ross Law, delivering bespoke immigration solutions
- Director and SRA-approved Manager at Ashton Ross Law Ltd since 2014
- Solicitor of England & Wales since 2009 (SRA ID: 424699)
- Consistently rated 5/5 by clients for professionalism, expertise, and communication
- Fluent in English and Turkish, supporting international corporate and private clients
Recognition
Semira is widely recognised for combining technical legal expertise with commercial insight and empathy. Her work has positioned Ashton Ross Law as a trusted partner for businesses, entrepreneurs, and families navigating the most complex areas of UK immigration law.
