Our Team · Immigration, Asylum & Human Rights
Supervising Senior Immigration and Asylum Caseworker
Asad works on complex immigration, asylum and human rights matters at our Tooting office. He advises clients from the earliest stage of a claim, prepares detailed representations to the Home Office, and progresses appeals before the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal.
Tooting
October 2024
IAAS Supervising Senior Caseworker, 2026
English
Legal aid and private
Immigration, Asylum and Human Rights
Asad Muneeb Gopayra is a Supervising Senior Immigration and Asylum Caseworker at Wimbledon Solicitors, based at our Tooting office. He has a substantial practice in complex immigration, asylum and human rights matters, and represents clients in both publicly and privately funded cases.
He advises clients from the earliest stage of a case, develops the legal and evidential strategy, prepares detailed representations to the Home Office, and progresses matters before the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal. His experience covers cases involving disputed credibility, risk on return, extensive documentary evidence, country expert evidence, and medical or psychological evidence.
Asad joined Wimbledon Solicitors in October 2024. Before that he practised immigration and asylum law at another London firm, and he brings four years of practice in Pakistan, where he was enrolled as an Advocate in 2017 and as an Advocate of the High Court in 2019.
Asylum and humanitarian protection
Protection claims involving political opinion, religion, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, trafficking, torture, honour based violence and membership of a particular social group.
Human rights claims
Claims engaging Articles 3 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, including private life, family relationships, medical circumstances and the best interests of children.
Appeals and Upper Tribunal work
Appeals before the First-tier Tribunal and applications for permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal, working closely with counsel and expert witnesses.
Detention, bail and deportation
Immigration bail applications, detention reviews, representations seeking release, and deportation and removal cases.
Modern slavery and trafficking
National Referral Mechanism referrals, reconsideration requests, and protection claims where trafficking or exploitation forms part of the fear of return.
Settlement and nationality
Leave to remain and settlement applications, British citizenship and nationality matters, family reunion and entry clearance, and applications by victims of domestic abuse.
Further submissions and fresh claims
Further submissions and fresh claims where new evidence or a change in country conditions affects an earlier refusal.
Asad's day to day work covers the full progress of a case, from the first interview through to an appeal.
Asad acts for clients whose ability to give evidence may be affected by trauma, disability or vulnerability. That includes survivors of torture and trafficking, victims of sexual or gender based violence, victims of domestic abuse, LGBTQ+ applicants, unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people, and individuals affected by serious mental health conditions.
He approaches these cases with care and patience, while making sure the evidence is prepared thoroughly and the appropriate procedural safeguards are sought. He works with interpreters, witnesses, medical professionals, country experts and counsel, and has represented clients from a wide range of national, ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds.
If you are in immediate danger, call 999. The National Domestic Abuse Helpline is free and open 24 hours a day on 0808 2000 247. To speak to the firm about an immigration matter involving domestic abuse, call our Tooting office on 020 8767 0800.
As a Supervising Senior Caseworker, Asad supervises Senior Caseworkers, Casework Assistants and trainees within the immigration department. His supervisory work rests on careful case management, professional accountability, and consistency in the standard of service clients receive.
Asad gives clear, practical and realistic advice. He makes sure clients understand the issues in their case, the evidence that will be needed, and the steps that follow.
He is known for meticulous preparation and a strategic approach, and for identifying the decisive issues in a case early. He combines that with a calm and client focused manner, which matters when someone is facing persecution, detention or separation from their family.
These are some of the milestones along the way.
Asad graduated with an LLB from the University of the Punjab, Lahore.
Asad was enrolled as an Advocate of the lower courts and began four years in practice in Pakistan.
Asad was enrolled as an Advocate of the High Court in Pakistan.
Asad joined the immigration department at Tooting, having previously practised immigration and asylum law at another London firm.
Asad was accredited as a Senior Caseworker under the Law Society Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme.
Asad was accredited as a Supervising Senior Caseworker, taking on responsibility for supervising colleagues alongside his own complex casework.
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.
Asad sets out the issues in your case and the likely next steps, and explains how your matter would be funded, including whether legal aid may be available for that type of case.
Your account, documents, country evidence and any expert or medical evidence are prepared with care, and you are told what each piece of evidence is for and how it will be used.
Asad progresses your matter with the Home Office and, where your case goes further, through the Tribunal, and explains what each decision means for you.
Asad works on asylum and humanitarian protection claims, human rights claims, appeals before the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal, immigration detention and bail, deportation, modern slavery and trafficking matters, and settlement and nationality applications.
Asad is a Supervising Senior Immigration and Asylum Caseworker at our Tooting office. He is accredited under the Law Society Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme, which is the recognised quality standard for caseworkers advising on immigration and asylum matters within an SRA regulated firm. He also holds an LLB from the University of the Punjab and practised as an Advocate in Pakistan.
Yes. Asad has particular experience in detention cases, including bail applications, detention reviews, Rule 35 reports and urgent representations seeking release. Detention matters move quickly, so call our Tooting office on 020 8767 0800 as early as you can.
Yes. Asad analyses refusal decisions, prepares appeals for the First-tier Tribunal, and where a decision contains an error of law, works on applications for permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal. He also prepares further submissions and fresh claims where there is new evidence or a change in country conditions. Appeal deadlines are short, so contact the firm as soon as you receive a decision.
Yes. Asad represents clients in both publicly and privately funded cases. The firm holds a legal aid contract covering certain areas of work, including asylum. Whether legal aid is available depends on the type of case and on your own financial position, and Asad can tell you at your first call which route would apply.
Asad 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.
Last updated: September 2026.
