There are several reasons why applications for visiting visas to the UK are frequently denied. If your request for a UK Standard Visitor Visa is rejected. You might be able to appeal the decision using your human rights as a foundation or by requesting a judicial review. UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) may reconsider their decision and grant you a UK Standard Visitor Visa if one of these strategies works for you. Read about the Things you need to know to avoid a UK Visitor Visa Refusal.
Things you need to know to avoid a UK Visitor Visa Refusal
After having your application for a tourist visa to the UK denied, is it possible to reapply?
Yes, it is possible to make a new application. However, the new application for a visit visa that follows a refused application should address each of the grounds. That were stated for why the previous application was denied. This will entail giving specific evidence in support of each cause. And you may be required to produce numerous pieces of evidence to support each basis for eligibility to satisfy this requirement. Because there is no predetermined list of papers. That an application ought to contain, submitting evidence from more than one source might be of assistance in ensuring that you have adequately demonstrated your eligibility.
What factors lead to the majority of visa applications being turned down for the United Kingdom?
An application submitted to the UK Immigration authorities for a non-immigrant visa may be denied for a variety of reasons. Including those that are outlined in the following paragraphs.
- Submitting false or inaccurate documentation in the course of applying for a visit visa to the UK.
- If the applicant is now the target of an order to remove them from the country.
- If the applicant has a criminal history that requires them to serve a minimum of four years in jail.
- With the intent to keep secret any information on a previous criminal record.
- There is not enough money to cover travel expenses to the UK.
- During a previous trip to the UK, the applicant overstayed the permitted time on their visa. Or submitted the inaccurate information.
- The applicant does not fulfil the prerequisites for the visa. Such as presenting a medical report or submitting a biometric scan or picture. Consequently, the visa cannot be granted to them.
- The applicant does not have a passport or any other kind of identification that is acceptable.
- The applicant has not disclosed any material information that is material to the procedure for applying for a visa.
- The applicant’s planned trip can be accommodated by the visa that they have sought.
- The United Kingdom Immigration Office may deny the applicant’s request for a visa. If it concludes, based on the information supplied in the visa application form, that the applicant does not have a valid reason for travelling to the United Kingdom.
Qualifying requirements for UK Standard Visitor visas
According to UK law, a visitor is a person travelling to the UK for a brief time. Often up to six months. They can be a tourist, travelling to see friends or relatives, or engaging in a legal commercial activity. Read more on liber-castuder.
You must always be able to prove that you are a “genuine tourist” to use the visitor route. You must thus fulfil the requirements listed below for UKVI:
Short stay:
At the end of your visit, you plan to depart from the UK.
You won’t make the UK your primary residence or visit there frequently or consecutively to live there for lengthy periods.
For instance, to demonstrate your intention to return following your visit to the UK. You should offer proof that you have obligations related to work, education, or family to fulfil. That you own or rent property in your home country. That you have ongoing obligations there; that you have family ties there. And any other proof that shows your intention to do so.
Visit’s purpose:
You are sincerely looking for access for a reason that the visitor routes allow, and you won’t engage in any forbidden activities.
In the absence of a specific exception included in the list of approved activities, UKVI must be convinced that you do not plan to work (or study) in the UK. Your visa application will be rejected if it is clear that you intend to engage in illegal activity, such as accepting work in the UK.
Finances:
Without working or using public funds, you have enough money to pay for any reasonable expenditures associated with your stays, such as your return or subsequent travel expenses, any costs associated with dependents, and the cost of any planned activities in the UK, such as private medical care.
If a third party is paying for your travel, maintenance, and lodging, you must be able to demonstrate that you have a real professional or personal relationship with that person, that person is not now or in the future in violation of UK immigration laws, and that person can and will pay for your expenses for the duration of your intended stay.
Your visa application will be rejected if the third party fails to submit a valid written guarantee that they will be in charge of paying for your upkeep and lodging for the duration of your visit if one has been requested in writing. Additionally, if adequate information on the finance for your travel is not supplied, whether it comes from a third party or your resources, a negative inference that you want to work in the UK may be made.
It is crucial to keep in mind that any omission of information on the reason for your visit might give rise to objections that cast doubt on the duration of your stay or the supposed arrangements you have made. If the purpose of your stay is unclear, UKVI may assume that you are not being truthful about your desire to go to the UK only for leisure.
If you are under 18 at the time of application, travelling to the UK for private medical care or to donate an organ, entering the country under the Approved Destination Status (ADS) Agreement with China, or applying for a 12-month visit visa as an academic, you must also be able to meet any additional eligibility requirements.
The suitability requirements
Several of the appropriateness standards outlined in the visitor rules can frequently result in the denial of the UK visiting visa. Your application may be denied on required grounds in certain circumstances. While in other circumstances the UKVI decision maker processing your application may choose to do so.
For instance, if you are now the target of a deportation order, your application will be rejected. In cases where UKVI determines that it would be undesirable to accept your visa application. Due to, for instance, your behaviour, character, associations, or other factors, your application will also be rejected.
A visa application will often be rejected if you have recently been found guilty or confessed to a crime. For which you were given a non-custodial sentence or an out-of-court disposition that is shown on your criminal record.
The following are additional frequent grounds for denial of a visiting visa to the UK:
- When key facts were concealed or when you previously provided misleading information. Whether through statements or fictitious papers supporting an application.
- If your application for a visiting visa is submitted within the appropriate re-entry ban period. You have previously violated UK immigration regulations. Such as by overstaying your visa or failing to comply with a condition of your leave. The length of the re-entry ban will depend on how you previously left the UK. It may range from 12 months for voluntary departures at your own expense to 10 years for deportations at taxpayer expense.
- When you fail to present appropriate identification documents or other information requested in support of your visitor visa application. This might happen if you are unable to present a legitimate travel document that demonstrates your identity and nationality to UKVI. Or if you are unable to attend an interview without a valid excuse. Or if you provide your biometric information, go through a medical examination, or provide a medical report when necessary.
- Either you have not paid any litigation costs granted to the Home Office. Or you have not paid NHS charges with a total value of at least £500.
- If you have TB, for instance, or other medical reasons.
Usually, it takes 3 weeks to receive a decision on your visa. If your visa is rejected, you won’t be able to go to the UK. And if you show up in the country without a visiting visa, the entry would be denied.
How A Y & J Solicitors can help if your visit visa is refused?
Legal review and appeals may be difficult processes. Fortunately, our years of expertise ensure that our clients can rely on us to accurately file their applications. And to provide them with a clear, straightforward explanation of the procedure.
At A Y & J Solicitors, we will carefully analyse the reasons why your application for a visit visa was denied. We provide you advice on the best line of action to follow. Based on an analysis of your case and particular circumstances, we might recommend that you reapply. OR appeal, or request a Judicial Review. As an SRA-regulated company, you can trust that we’ll behave with the highest honesty and point you in the direction of the most practical route while outlining your chances of success.