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Refusals and Appeals
START YOUR VISA APPLICATION NOWOur immigration specialists are experts at overturning refusals and managing appeals and have unmatched success rates in this area. We can liaise directly with officials at the UK Border Agency to find the best way of getting the results you need.
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Please see the case studies below for examples of our work in this area.
- Case Study One - Overturning a Refusal
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A client’s application for an extension of her student visa was refused due to the fact that she had not updated her police certificate of registration. The UK Border Agency returned her application on the basis that she did not meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules. After she consulted our firm, we were able to quickly liaise with the appropriate UKBA caseworker and return the application for a correction as an incorrect decision had been made on the application. We were able to demonstrate that the caseworking guidance had not been followed and were successful in overturning the original decision.
- Case Study Two - Overturning Removal Directions
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We were contacted by a client who had arrived at a UK airport with a view to starting his assignment. His overseas spouse was accompanying him but she was from a country which did not require an entry clearance visa for coming to the UK and therefore she did not need a visa. The couple had been married for over 30 years. On arrival, our client explained the nature of his assignment, his position and the reasons for his entry to the UK to the immigration officials. However, his wife was interrogated and questioned for several hours and finally refused permission to enter the UK. We liaised with the immigration authorities to make detailed representations about the couple’s circumstances and were able to prevent the spouse from being returned on the next flight back to her country. She was granted entry to the UK after which we were able to file a successful and correct application on behalf of the couple.
- Case Study Three - Managing An Appeal
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One of our clients is a senior executive for a large multinational business and was recruited to work in the UK due to his specialist skills. He was able to bring his immediate dependents including his wife and one child under 18 with him to the UK. However, he also had a 19 year old daughter, who had a baby, living with him overseas. The daughter had lived with the family all her life and had never been separated from them, but due to the nature of the Immigration Rules her application for a separate student visa and a dependant visa under exceptional circumstances had been rejected by the British Embassy. We were instructed to appeal against this decision and were able to successfully overturn the original decision which meant that our client could bring his daughter and his grandchild to the UK as his dependents outside the Rules. The tribunal judge decided that there were significant compelling circumstances to warrant the exercise of discretion in this instance.
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