Our Team · Immigration & Asylum
Partner and Solicitor · Head of Immigration
Vijay is a partner and solicitor who leads the firm's immigration law department. With more than twenty years of practical experience in UK immigration law, he is known for his careful attention to detail and his sound command of the law. He is also the firm's Compliance Officer for Legal Practice and an Accredited Immigration Supervisor.
Tooting
Over 20 years
2004
English Telugu, Hindi and Urdu
Compliance Officer for Legal Practice
Accredited Immigration Supervisor
Vijay Payarda is a partner and solicitor at Wimbledon Solicitors and the head of the firm's immigration law department. He is an SRA approved manager of the firm and its Compliance Officer for Legal Practice, and he is an Accredited Immigration Supervisor.
Vijay specialises in asylum and immigration law and has built more than twenty years of practical experience in UK immigration law. He is known for the attention to detail he brings to every matter, combined with a sound and up to date knowledge of the immigration rules and the way they are applied.
Vijay can advise clients in English, Telugu, Hindi and Urdu.
Immigration law
Applications across the immigration rules, including entry clearance, leave to remain, settlement and related matters, led with a strong focus on detail and accuracy.
Asylum and protection
Asylum and human rights matters, with more than two decades of experience in the way protection claims are prepared and presented.
Department leadership and supervision
As Head of Immigration and an Accredited Immigration Supervisor, Vijay oversees the firm's immigration caseworkers and the quality of its immigration work.
Vijay brings more than twenty years of practical immigration experience to every matter he takes on. Immigration decisions can shape a person's whole future, and he approaches each case with the care and precision that reflects what is at stake.
Clients value his methodical approach. He examines the detail of each application, anticipates the questions a decision maker is likely to ask, and prepares the case so that it is presented as clearly and thoroughly as possible.
Attention to detail, combined with a sound knowledge of UK immigration law, sits at the heart of the way Vijay prepares and presents every case.
Vijay's career has combined legal practice in India and England with leadership of the firm's immigration department. These are some of the milestones along the way.
Vijay earned his LLB at Andhra Christian College of Law and was a Gold Medallist at master's level in Human Resource Management at Kakatiya University, India.
Vijay was admitted to the Andhra Pradesh Bar Council in India in 2000.
Vijay qualified as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in March 2004 and began building his practice in UK immigration law.
Vijay has built more than twenty years of practical experience in UK immigration law, earning a reputation for his attention to detail.
Vijay is a partner and the head of the firm's immigration law department, an Accredited Immigration Supervisor, and the firm's Compliance Officer for Legal Practice.
You start with a short initial phone call, up to five minutes, so that the firm can understand your situation and confirm whether it is able to help. This call is not legal advice.
Vijay sets out your options and the likely next steps, and explains how your immigration matter is best approached.
Vijay prepares your application or case thoroughly, paying close attention to the detail and to the evidence that will support it.
He keeps you informed at every stage and sees your matter through to its conclusion, explaining what each decision means for you.
Vijay specialises in asylum and immigration law and heads the firm's immigration department. His work covers the full range of UK immigration matters, from entry clearance and leave to remain to settlement and protection claims. If you are unsure whether he can help, a short phone call will tell you.
Vijay has more than twenty years of practical experience in UK immigration law. He qualified as a solicitor of England and Wales in 2004, is an Accredited Immigration Supervisor, and leads the immigration team at Wimbledon Solicitors.
Vijay is based at our Tooting office at 271 Balham High Road, Tooting Bec, London SW17 7BD. You are welcome to call 020 8767 0800 to arrange a callback or an appointment at a time that suits you.
Vijay can advise clients in English, Telugu, Hindi and Urdu. Being able to talk through your case in a language you are comfortable with can make a real difference, and the firm as a whole covers several languages between its team.
Last updated: August 2026.
