UK Visa Refused: Causes, Next Steps & Appeals
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Have you received a UK visa rejection? If you’re not sure how to proceed and are unsure about your chances of getting a UK visa after refusal, we’re here to help.
Osbourne Pinner Solicitors are a team of immigration experts in London, with branches in Piccadilly and Harrow. We guide individuals, families and businesses, helping them tackle the UK immigration appeal process while ensuring adherence to the respective UK immigration rules and regulations. We offer expert advice for:
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Addressing immigration detention issues
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UK Visitor Visa Refusal Increase
The UK immigration laws have become stricter and more complex after the COVID-19 pandemic.
This has increased the number of refused UK visas, due to people who are unable to comply with the visa requirements.
Today, applying for a UK visa has become a very time-consuming and expensive task for an individual. This makes a visa refusal from the Home Office a very irritating and devastating experience.
With the increasing number of immigrants and the prices of visa applications, it has become really important to get a successful visa application right in the first place.
As an immigrant, it is always better to get professional advice from UK immigration experts to get a successful visa.
Common Reasons for UK Visa Refusal
A UK Visa might get refused for a number of reasons. The following are some of the most common reasons for visa refusals.
The Home Office pays huge attention to every detail of your documents and evidence. This means that every document should be drafted uniformly and according to the guidelines. Any small mistake might lead to visa refusal. We recommend organising all of your documents in chronological order and displaying all the necessary information clearly. An immigration lawyer or solicitor from Osbourne Pinner can provide you with huge help in drafting the documents and going over your visa application to have everything arranged in the correct order.
This one mainly applies to the individuals trying to apply for a spouse visa. Unable to provide sufficient evidence of the relationship is the common reason for a visa refusal. The Home Office must be satisfied that your current relationship is genuine and sustaining. Thus, it is important to prove that you and your partner have been living together (provide evidence of children as well). You can also show that you have arranged your finances together and have a joint bank account to prove that you are committed.
The Home Office is very strict if you have made any simple administration error and will penalise you with a visa refusal notice. Each immigration route (Visa category) provides certain facilities and has particular requirements. You cannot just apply for any visa without checking on the eligibility requirements and purpose. Applying for the incorrect visa means that you are unable to meet the eligibility criteria of the visa. Thus, it will be simply refused.
This applies only to the individual applying for the UK Visitor Visa. If you have mentioned a very long itinerary (for example, one month) for your Visit Visa application, then it is very likely to get refused. The United Kingdom is a relatively small country, and you would need only to visit the uk for a few days to explore the nation. Thus, having a long itinerary makes your application appear suspicious. Plus, staying in the UK is expensive. You must be having enough funds to justify your itinerary in the UK. A 7-10 itinerary is quite enough to explore the country under the Tourist Visa route.
Forgetting or intentionally not mentioning your previous visa refusal might lead to another refusal. The Home Office is very strict in cross-verifying information from various sources. Thus, you should use only the real information and disclose any visa or previous refusal from any country. The UK Home Office might cross-verify your information and share it with other countries.
It is very important to include detailed information on your past convictions when applying for a UK visa.
If you avoid mentioning the details, then it will be simply treated as deception with the Home Office, and your visa will be refused immediately.
Furthermore, any deception or false information can also lead to a ban of ten years to enter the United Kingdom.
The visitor visa application process itself is an incredibly complex and expensive process. Handling everything on your own or taking advice from an unprofessional can cause visa refusal.
Hiring a professional immigration solicitor will help you go through a visa application without any hassle—their advice and experience far better results than casual advice from friends or family members. Working with Osbourne Pinner can give you that assurance you need for successful immigration.
The Visa application forms from the Home Office may not have enough fields to add every single detail about you and your purpose as an immigrant. Thus, attaching a cover letter becomes additional support to include every single necessary detail and convince visa officers that you are a genuine visitor for immigration and have no ill intent. The detailed cover letter should include information about your itinerary for your UK visit, financial condition, travel history, intention to return back to your home country, etc. This cover letter should not exceed one use. We recommend writing with bullet points instead of paragraphs so that understanding becomes much easier. It is important to make the letter concise and clear. However, at the same time, try to include as much critical information you can.
In summary, the common reasons for UK Visa refusals are:
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Document Discrepancies
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Insufficient Relationship Evidence
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Administrative Errors
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Suspicious Itinerary:
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Undisclosed Previous Refusals:
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Omitting Past Convictions
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Unprofessional Application Process
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Incomplete Application Forms
How Can Osbourne Pinner Help You?
Osbourne Pinner solicitors can help you learn about the real reasons for rejection and submit your immigration visa appeal if you think that rejection was unfair. Our experienced immigration solicitors can help you in your immigration decision in the following circumstances:
Removal or deportation of British citizenship
Denial of humanitarian or asylum protection
Denial of a human rights claim
Revocation of protection status
Denial to family, spouse, and dependants’ visas
Denial to investor visas
Denial to work visas
Denial to study visas
Administrative Review
The UK immigration policies require the individuals who have received a refusal to make an immigration appeal within 28 days of receiving the refusal letter. This appeal should consist of every piece of valid information to justify why you should be granted a visa. However, if you have entered the country and your visa gets refused, you can appeal that decision. The application refusal letter will tell if you can for another review on the application. You can use administrative review if you do not possess the right to appeal. You can ask for another review of your application got refused, but you’re unsatisfied with the amount or condition of your leave. You must stand for an administrative review within 14 days of refusal.
Oral Appeals
If you want to apply for an oral appeal, you must know that you and your sponsor must provide evidence in the Tribunal. However, if you have applied from outside the UK, you won’t appear in the Asylum and Immigration tribunal. Thankfully, it is still possible for your sponsor to give oral evidence on the hearing day.
Paper Appeals
If you want to lodge a paper appeal, then no one has to appear at the Asylum and Immigration tribunal. The appeal will completely depend on the documentation evidence that you have submitted.
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Our Complete Process of Handling UK Visa Refusals
The experienced immigration solicitors of Osbourne Pinner will be guiding you to appeal rejected applications or deportation orders. We have extensive experience in managing complicated judicial reviews in every domain of UK immigration law. We begin our consultation with a review of your initial application to understand why the visa application was rejected. We take the following steps with each UK Visa appeal:
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1. Evaluate the Merits of Your Case
Our dedicated team of solicitors will be evaluating every single possibility for appealing the decision by the Home Office.
2. Drafting Your Case and Submitting Your Appeal
If our team is satisfied with your case, we will start gathering all the necessary information and collect the required documents to lodge an appeal.
3. Representing Your Case for the Appeal Hearing
When your appeal hearing day finally comes around, our immigration solicitors will be there to represent your case and give complete support in the critical legal process.
4. Success in Visa Appeals
It is not possible to give a 100% guarantee that every appeal will be successful, but we have an amazing track record of successful visa appeals. There are so many external factors from the client side that might affect a successful visa.
Appeals and Judicial Reviews
It is possible to appeal to the Home Office on your own. However, your chances of success will be very slim. Without understanding how the UK immigration law works, you might not be able to proceed forward without making errors. It is always better to leave such sensitive legal matters in the hands of expert immigration solicitors. We are always here to provide you with exceptional legal advice for UK immigration.
Applying for a New Visa
The immigration solicitors from Osbourne Pinner will help you go through the appeal process and make sure that you can fix the mistakes that resulted in your immigration decision appeal in an immigration refusal. After making an appeal to the Home Office, you can consider submitting a new visa application for successful immigration in the UK. Selecting the immigration route completely depends on your personal circumstances and the time duration that you want to spend in the UK. Our legal experts can help you select the most suitable visa for you to enter the country successfully.
Get Your 30-Minute Free First Meeting With UK Visa Refusal & Immigration Experts
At Osbourne Pinner Solicitors, we provide an initial 30-minute consultation at no cost. You can talk to us at our office or via a video call. To set up a free conversation with our London-based immigration lawyers, simply call us at 0203 983 5080 or complete this contact form. If your UK visa has been refused, Osbourne Pinner Solicitors are here to help.
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FAQs for UK Visa Refusals
There are various reasons a visa might not be granted, such as providing inconsistent or inaccurate details, insufficient funds, lacking ties to your home nation, possessing a criminal record, health issues, or past visa denials or overstays.
If you want to know the exact reason why your UK visa application was refused, it’s helpful to have the support of a solicitor.
You will receive a letter or email detailing the reasons for the denial. If your passport was retained during the application process, it will be given back to you. The letter of refusal will clarify whether you can request an administrative review or appeal the immigration decision.
You can reapply for a UK visa anytime after a denial. However, before making another application, it’s wise to rectify the issues mentioned in the refusal. By presenting a stronger case, you enhance the likelihood of approval and might save both time and resources.
Statistically, approximately half of all appeal attempts are successful. This means that after a visa denial, there’s roughly a 50% likelihood of obtaining a UK visa, although this can vary based on the intricacies of your situation.
Upon refusal, you’ll receive a letter or email detailing the reasons. If your passport was held during the application process, it will be sent back to you. Typically, this takes up to a few weeks, though the exact timeframe can vary based on specific situations.
If the UK Home Office deems your visa application invalid, it will be rejected and sent back to you. On the other hand, a refusal occurs when your application has been considered valid, but you haven’t demonstrated that you satisfy the UK Immigration Rules’ criteria.
To contest a decision, you’ll pay £80 if you don’t require a hearing and £140 if you do.
You can find more info about the fees on the gov.uk website.
Yes, you have the option to request the UKVI to retract or nullify your visa or visa extension application. You can then submit a fresh application, making sure it’s accurate. However, the possibility of receiving a refund depends on the current status of your application.
You’ll be sent a letter or email indicating the result of your application. This correspondence will outline the next steps based on the determination. For direct updates on your visa application, you can also reach out to the UKVI helpline.
Yes, a past visa denial can influence upcoming visa applications. Maintaining a positive immigration record, free from visa rejections or cancellations, and adhering to visa conditions are crucial aspects assessed during the visa approval process.
