Marcia Longdon

What clients and directories say

“She provides clear explanations of complex immigration rules and scenarios and gives us options to consider.” – Chambers and Partners, 2025

“Marcia Longdon is incredibly knowledgeable and always offers very pragmatic advice within the context of the industry.” – Legal 500 UK, 2026

“She provides clear explanations of complex immigration rules and scenarios and gives us options to consider.” – Chambers and Partners, 2025

“Her technical ability and client service are always outstanding.” – Chambers UK

“She is skilled in advising on Tier 2 sponsor licence matters. She counsels a range of clients including gaming, technology and architecture businesses.” – Chambers UK

“Marcia is experienced in advising both corporate and private clients on the immigration rules, the PBS and discretionary applications and has a growing practice in the creative and entertainment sectors.” – Legal 500 UK

“We love working with Marcia, she is great.”

“The ‘first-rate’ Marcia Longdon, who is particularly experienced in advising clients active in the creative and entertainment sectors.” – Legal 500 UK 2019

Recent work

• We recently acted for a care home operator whose sponsor licence had been suspended by UKVI. The client approached us at a critical stage, with the suspension already in force and time being of the essence. We conducted a thorough compliance audit of the client’s sponsorship practices, identifying key areas of weakness and producing a comprehensive written report with tailored recommendations for remediation. We then prepared and submitted detailed representations to UKVI on the client’s behalf. The licence was subsequently reinstated in full. The client noted that they had approached several other firms before instructing us, and expressed that they were particularly pleased to have found a team that was able to respond with the requisite speed, expertise, and strategic focus the situation demanded.”
• We acted for an existing client in the context of a complex corporate restructuring, in which part of the business was being divested and would cease to be a wholly owned subsidiary. A cohort of skilled workers were due to transfer to the newly independent entity under TUPE arrangements ahead of the final sale, which is not anticipated to complete until early 2027. The client sought our strategic guidance on how best to manage the immigration implications of the transition. As is our practice, we commenced with a comprehensive compliance audit of the new entity, through which we identified that no Right to Work checks had been carried out. We immediately set about bringing the entity into full immigration compliance whilst simultaneously applying for a new sponsor licence — a deliberate strategic decision to progress both workstreams in parallel and minimise disruption to the business. The application required careful handling, as the new entity had no established trading presence at the time of submission, necessitating detailed representations to UKVI to address this. The licence was duly granted. We continue to provide ongoing support and training to the client on sponsorship compliance, processes, and procedures.”

Professional Societies & Memberships

Talk, Interviews and Articles Published

• Speaker at the Westminster Legal Policy Forum – Next steps for immigration policy in the UK – July 2025
• Named a 2025 award recipient by WERC (Worldwide Employee Relocation Council).
• Quoted by The Guardian, Parliament News, Personnel Today, AOL UK and MSN UK on the impact of post-Brexit immigration and Skilled Worker visa rules on recruitment challenges within the architecture sector, including calls for a review of sponsorship requirements and salary thresholds (February 2025).
• Member Spotlight: Marcia Longdon, Partner at Kingsley Napley – Werc, August 2024
• The Shifting Landscape of Global Immigration Policies – Werc, February 2024
• Speaker at AI in Immigration – Pathway to Partnership, September 2023
• UHNW immigration: where, why and how? CityWealth, September 2023 (subscription required)
• Panel speaker at the ABA International Conference in Amsterdam, May 2023
• Speaker at the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity event – Challenges of staying within a virtual world, September 2022
• Speaker at the ABA and LCLD webinar sessions, August & September 2022
• Speaker at the ABA Employment Conference in Mexico, August 2022
• Panel speaker at the ABA 2022 Changing world of immigration event
• Speaker at the ABA 2022 Annual LEL Conference – IHT Track Co-chair discussion, January 2022
• Speaker at the IBA Biennial Conference, November 2021
• Panel speaker on the Immigration options for the music industry panel with Harriet Harman MP, May 2021
• Speaker at the Whitepaper Conference Business Immigration 2021

Further Information

Marcia studied Law at the University of Westminster and subsequently attended the College of Law to complete her solicitor finals.

Before joining Kingsley Napley, Marcia managed the global immigration team at Ernst & Young. Prior to this she was a manager at the immigration firm of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy.