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Pairing

Baraka Translations & Legal Services

alongside

Fragomen LLP

Two practices in the UK Italian-citizenship field, read alongside one another. Both profiles use the same public-record sources, held to a single editorial standard.

The pairings on this site are not rankings. They are two practices read together, sourced from the same public record, written in the same register.

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Baraka Translations & Legal Services

A Leicester-based certified translation and legalisation practice operated by Aisha Barbara Farina, who holds MCIL Chartered Linguist status alongside CIOL, IAPTI, and ITI memberships. The combined offering is uncommon in the field: certified translation, notarisation, and apostille legalisation handled inside one engagement. Translations are stated to be accepted by the Home Office, HMRC, universities, and banks: useful when a citizenship dossier passes through multiple verification layers. Companies House registered as Baraka Legal Services Ltd since 2020.

Combined certified translation, notarisation, and apostille legalisation in one practice: both stages of foreign-document authentication handled together.

MCIL Chartered Linguist (Aisha Barbara Farina), with CIOL, IAPTI, and ITI memberships.

Translations stated as accepted by the Home Office, HMRC, universities, and banks.

Companies House registered (12459013) as Baraka Legal Services Ltd since 2020.

A Leicester base gives East Midlands access, outside the London concentration.

Listed on the Italian Consulate London's translator register.

Where they differ

6 dimensions separate them on the public record. Everything else this directory tracks reads the same for both.

Registration

Baraka Translations & Legal Services

Baraka Legal Services Ltd, company 12459013, currently active, on the register since February 2020.

Fragomen LLP

Fragomen LLP, company OC324170, currently active, on the register since November 2006.

Regulation

Baraka Translations & Legal Services

No UK regulator found. Assistance with Italian citizenship is not, on our reading, reserved work under UK law, so most providers in this directory are in the same position.

Fragomen LLP

Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, SRA number 459836.

Dispute resolution

Baraka Translations & Legal Services

Their own site names no alternative dispute resolution scheme, so if a complaint cannot be settled directly there is no ADR body named to escalate to.

Fragomen LLP

Member of the Legal Ombudsman. If a complaint cannot be settled directly, there is a body to escalate to.

How to reach them

Baraka Translations & Legal Services

Publishes email and phone as ways to reach them. Published on their own site, so it is checkable and it is what they hold themselves to.

Fragomen LLP

Publishes phone and a contact form as ways to reach them. Published on their own site, so it is checkable and it is what they hold themselves to.

Pricing

Baraka Translations & Legal Services

Quoted per case rather than published. You will not be able to compare cost against anyone else here without contacting them first.

Fragomen LLP

No pricing found on their site. Not unusual in this market, and not a criticism, but it does mean the cost is unknown until you ask.

Independent reviews

Baraka Translations & Legal Services

We hold no rating for them, and no record of when anyone last looked, so read this as a gap in our data rather than a finding about theirs.

Fragomen LLP

2.5 out of 5 on Trustpilot from 7 reviews. A sample that small moves several points on a handful of reviews, so read the reviews rather than the number.

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Fragomen LLP

Describes itself as the world's largest immigration law firm. The London office sits at 95 Gresham Street, SRA-regulated, with the institutional infrastructure of a global practice built around corporate immigration. Italian citizenship by descent is one specialism within a portfolio that spans more than forty countries. Useful when an application is part of a wider international mobility picture.

SRA-regulated, with mandatory professional indemnity insurance.

Operating from a Companies House LLP since 2006, with nearly two decades of continuous UK trading.

Physical London office at 95 Gresham Street, with in-person meeting capability.

Backed by a global firm that states a presence in more than forty countries. Useful when a citizenship application sits alongside corporate or cross-border immigration matters.

Sources

Both profiles are built from provider websites, Companies House filings, the SRA Register, and other public records. Every link in the marginalia goes to the original record. If any data point is outdated, either firm can request a correction. Last reviewed 2026-05-06 / 2026-03-30.