Our Team · Immigration & Asylum
Assistant Manager
Umat is an assistant manager at Wimbledon Solicitors who works with immigration clients and on the firm's asylum matters and legal aid billing. She brings four years of experience to her role and works to keep clients supported and their matters running smoothly.
South Wimbledon
Assistant Manager
4 years
English, Urdu and Punjabi
Asylum and immigration
Umat Ul Musawar is an assistant manager at Wimbledon Solicitors, based at the South Wimbledon office. She works with the firm's immigration clients and on its asylum matters, alongside managing the firm's legal aid billing.
Umat brings four years of experience to her role. She is often one of the people clients deal with as their asylum matter progresses, and she can communicate with them in English, Urdu and Punjabi.
Asylum matters
Working with immigration clients on asylum matters and helping their cases progress smoothly.
Immigration support
Supporting clients through their immigration matters and keeping them informed as their case moves forward.
Legal aid billing
Managing the firm's legal aid accounts and billing accurately, so that funded work is handled correctly.
Umat works to give clients clear guidance and steady support throughout their matter. She takes the time to understand what a client needs and to explain the next steps in plain language, so that people feel informed at each stage.
She understands that asylum and immigration matters can be stressful, and she aims to make the process feel manageable. Being able to speak with clients in English, Urdu and Punjabi helps her make sure they are comfortable and properly understood.
Umat aims to keep clients informed and supported at every stage of their matter, with clear guidance and careful attention to what each person needs.
Umat's work combines direct contact with immigration clients and the behind the scenes support that keeps the firm's asylum work running. These are the main strands of her role.
Umat has built four years of experience working on asylum and immigration matters at the firm.
Umat works directly with the firm's immigration clients, helping their matters progress and keeping them informed.
As assistant manager, Umat manages the firm's legal aid billing, making sure funded work is accounted for accurately.
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.
The team explains your options and the next steps in plain language, including whether your matter may be covered by legal aid or handled privately.
Your matter is prepared and managed carefully, and you are kept informed at each stage so that you always know where things stand.
The team stays alongside you as your matter moves forward, under the supervision of the firm's solicitors, so you feel supported throughout.
Umat is an assistant manager who works with immigration clients on asylum matters and manages the firm's legal aid billing. If you are unsure whether the firm can help with your matter, a short phone call will tell you.
Yes. The firm holds a legal aid contract covering certain areas of work, including some asylum matters. You can be told at your first call whether legal aid may be available for your situation, or whether it would be handled privately.
Umat is based at our South Wimbledon office at 191 Merton Road, London SW19 1EE. You are welcome to call 020 8543 3302 to arrange a callback or an appointment at a time that suits you.
Umat speaks English, Urdu and Punjabi. Being able to talk through your matter 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.
