Uk Visa - Visa Appeal Process

@All,

I sent a letter to the second secreatary immigration telling him about my problem that i won my appeal and the extension the school gave me was going to lapse soon, enclosed in the letter is the appeal determination and a copy of my late enrollment letter.

I sent the letter last week Wednesday, they called me a week later on the 7th to be precise asking me if i can travel to make my enrollment on the 9th which i aswered yes.They now asked me to come to the embassy with a confirmed ticket which i did.

On gettig there on the 8th, they did not allow me to enter because they said my name was not part of the people they invited, i now called the number that called me and shouted on the phone seriously,she just said calm down and come to the gate, i did and they allowed me in.

they collected my passport,late enrollment letter and my confirmed BA ticket to london.25 minutes later, i was called to come and pick up passpot with the visa issued.

See God at work my people, praise to His Holy name.

i applied for UK student visa 2 times in January 2007 and refused, both times they objected on my sponsor, i have completed 4years bachelors in computer Science, 2 year experience in same field and now want to go for higher studies.



i Applied in London Academy of Management Sciences in MSc Strategic Business IT, First time they ask me about the sponsor, he was my far relative but to show strong relation i said he is my mothers brother and caught in cross questioning . Second time Sponsor was my sister and brother in law, My brother- in -law is Orthopedic Surgeon in government Hospital and he have his own hospital as well, i showed 12,000 GDP in his different bank accounts + Property Documents + Saving Certificates of 10,000 GDP and his passport photocopy but it was my bad luck Visa officer didn’t checked my Documents properly and refused me and said "your brother in law have only 5000 GDP in his bank account sponsoring you will give an extra liability on him and you attached his documents just to support you application"

My tuition fess is around 5500 GDP + living expenses = 11000 ponds.



What I will do now?

@Born2die

1) Your name sounds somehow

2) Your first post on Nairaland sounds somehow as well

@Topic

Did you appeal the second refusal?

Guys,
  i want to find out if the ECO's will not raise eyebrow, if two applicant's submmitt the same documents of sponsorship for  student visa application,i applied for a study visa in december with my uncle as sponsor(we dont bear same name) and the visa was granted am now in united kingdom.my immediate elder brother is planning using the same documents for his PHD program in wolverhampton(though he has a tuition waiver schorlarship,wat my sponsor's need is just to take care of my brother cost of living for the three years program).i want to find out from the in-house guys (Akolawole,mr pataki,funky baby & lord Vor) whether the short period (i used it in dec,my bros intends using it in march) will not jeopardise his visa application

hello pal,no need getting too agitated about this issue, i believe you will find enough useful advice and help through this link  www, travelvisafreetoday.com  ,and good luck .

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@ muyiwabank

congratulations dear ! i am so happy for you ! you see, God is still in the business of answering prayers even when all hope is lost. your case with BHC is a big testimony. i mean, you were given the visa barely 24hours to the expiration of the deadline on your enrollment letter??? you have early cause to celebrate. regarding my bank account number, i will be patient and wait till you start working and earning pounds,  only then will i give it to you !  congratulations once again !

@ funkybaby

I will be grateful if you kindly tell me something about witness statement. Who need to write the statement? appellant or sponsor?
Furthermore also give me an idea of how to write the same.
Your kind reply will help me alot.
Cheers!

Hi,I have a refusal too!

I got married in January. My fiance and i applied for a visa in december to go to the Uk for our honeymoon. We were refused.
They stated we were first time visitors to the UK-WRONG.
My Fiance lived in the UK while on training with  his company for 8Months
We both work in the oil and gas industry.
The reason they gave.:Not satisfied we are genuine visitors because of the hotel reservation we made.
We have since travelled to another country in Asia for the honeymoon.

But we were wrongly refused without an interview. I want to take this up with them.
What is the way forward?

Did you submit a letter of inviataion from a UK based Sponsor?
If Yes, whats the UK immigration status of the sponsor?

You can only redress the issues they wrote.

''You have stated that u wish to vist the UK for two weeks to honeymoon and have provided hotel reservations for the duration of your stay, Although i find it unrealistic that u would travel to the UK for your honeymoon and choose to stay in a hotel removed removed from the normal tourism circuit.
Although it would be unreasonable to expect a detailed itinerary for your proposed visit, it is not unreasonable to expect some indication as to what you would do or see especially as a first time visitor to the UK.You have provided no indication as to what you plan to see and do in the UK.Given the intended outlay on this trip by you, and the lenght of your stay in the UK, i'm not satisfied that u are a genuine visitor to the UK and are entering the UKfor the reasons and duration as stated by you''

That's exactly what they wrote to both of us.

My Oga Vor has said it. No further statements.

@TONMAX

I see your point completely. What you can do is to make written representations to the BHC
setting out your disagreement with the decision and see what response they give you. They
will probably still defend the decision and state that every application is based on its merits. Which
is code for you may not necessarily be refused in future.

BTW, why did you choose Birmingham for your honeymoon? It is not exactly known
for its romantic delights. I suspect that your choice of destination made the ECO very
suspicious and he/she was perhaps soley focused on this point rather than taking
the WHOLE application into account.

Londoncool may be able to give you further insight as I believe he has "inside" knowledge
of the inner sanctum and mysteries of the whole process.

Am sure i will also share a testimony soon. I was denied student visa in Sept. 06 and appealed in oct 06. Hearing has been fixed for next month (march), so am just waiting and praying for favour. Does anybody in the house know the success rate of appeals decided on papers only, though i have a relative who help me filed in the appeal )he's a lecturer in one of scotlands universities) in the uk but will not be disposed to appear for the hearing. pls kindly keep me posted on this issue.

One Love to u all!

WHAOOO LONDONCOOOOOL!!
Thanks for your response too.
We learnt our lesson anyway. I see reasons from what you have written.
We had actually arranged a shot term accomodation at a  one bedroom apartment and didn't want to put the owner into trouble. That was why we made another hotel reservation.
My husband lived in Teeside during his training.

We enjoyed Dubai. Hubby said it's better than London. We even had to leave Dubai for another quiet Emirate city close to Dubai cos i couldn't be on holiday and be involved in the huslte and bustle of another Lagos!

Like i said, Thanks once again!