Julianna Barker
Solicitor

Julianna is a Solicitor working in the Immigration Team in our Cambridge office. She works cross-sector on all types of immigration matters, including recruiting from overseas, making applications under the UK’s points-based immigration system, applying to the EU Settlement Scheme, and right to work checks. Julianna also has a particular specialism in supporting faith-based organisations with their immigration matters.  

Julianna has worked in our Immigration Team since September 2018 and works closely with our Head of Immigration, Julie Moktadir. She advises charities, religious orders, state and independent schools, businesses and individuals on a wide range of immigration matters. Between 2019 and 2022, Julianna also worked in the Employment Law Team and has been recognised as a Key Lawyer in the Legal 500 for Stone King’s Cambridge-based Employment Law Team.

Julianna provides full immigration support to our clients by completing applications, such as those for sponsorship licences or visas, advising on SMS issues and recruitment from overseas, and dealing with ad hoc immigration queries. Julianna has further delivered training on sponsoring workers under the Skilled Worker route and to religious organisations on sponsoring ministers of religion and religious workers

Julianna studied European and International Law LLB at the University of Sheffield, with a year abroad at the University of Wisconsin, USA. She graduated with a First in 2018 and qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive in November 2021. In 2023 she completed the SQE exams to cross-qualify as a Solicitor.

During her studies, Julianna volunteered at a refugee charity in Sheffield, helping refused asylum seekers. On her year abroad, she also volunteered at a detention centre in Texas to support women and children with their asylum claims in the USA. Julianna has previously worked as a Wellbeing Ambassador for the Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA) and currently volunteers for the Anglia Ruskin University Law Clinic.