URGENT ADVICE... Solicitor doing my head in!!!

Hello all,
Pls, i will like you to give me your opinion on my situation... I am a single mum still on a post study visa. my baby father is married to another woman but he got british passport for my child. I went to see a solicitor and he said I should not do flr(o) as i will be refused because I have just done 3 years in the country. He said the Zambrano route is the best but all that I have read on the Zambrano route is not encouraging at all. It is very unfortunate that I have paid the solicitor half of his fees before i realised he will use zambrano route. Do I have a better chance as a single mum of a british child using the FLR(O)? The solicitor has confused me more and he said (authoritatively) that he is very sure the application will be refused if i do flr(o).
Pls, what do you think is my best chance before my visa runs out in mid August? Thanking you for your anticipated assistance and I wish you the best with your applications.

Your solicitor presumably knows your full history so may have reasons for the advice you were given based on that.

However, I would ask about applying simultaneously under the Immigration Rules.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas ... d/parents/

Zambrano residence doesn't lead to settlement and is being interpreted very narrowly at the moment.

thank you. I'll keep you posted