A refusal of Standard Visitor Visa for the United Kingdom can adversely affect family reunion and business meetings which in turn can result in much loss. If your visa application was rejected, you may lodge a complaint on grounds of human rights or apply for Judicial Review. Our competent lawyers AY & J Solicitors shall review the reasons of refusal and assist you through the Pre-Action Protocol – a measure that aims to prevent action that might lead to a trial. In the event this strategy fails, we shall help you with the application to seek for permission to undertake a judicial review. To avail the best opportunity for a favorable decision, our team at A Y & J Solicitors will ensure that your application is filled carefully.
With over a decade of experience, A Y & J Solicitors is a subject matter expert in handling UK Standard Visitor Visa refusals. We have a proven track record of processing applications of business visitors, family visitors, and tourists with favourable results. Our representatives carefully analyse the reasons for refusal and propose the best option, either re-applying, appealing, or bringing forward a Judicial Review. Our mission is to deal with matters promptly and mostly at the Pre-Action Protocol stage, thus saving the client's time and money. We make the process as simple and understandable as possible by giving clear, concise instructions and instilling confidence in our clients about our capabilities and their chances of a positive outcome.
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Visitor Visa applications get refused for different reasons. The only remedy available to challenge the decision is through Appeal (only if there is human rights grounds) or Judicial Review. Standard Visitor Visa allows you to enter into the UK for business visits, medical treatment, a holiday, or to visit family and for a few other purpose. It is really devastating when visitor visa applications are refused, leading to cancellation of family reunions and business meetings.
If you have had your UK Standard Visitor Visa application refused, you may be able to appeal on human rights grounds or make an application for permission to judicial review. If you are successful in one of these methods, it will lead to grant you a UK Standard Visitor Visa.
Our expert lawyers have an in-depth understanding of the appeals and judicial review process arising out of visit visa refusals. We will guide you on the best course of action, including the Pre-action Protocol for Judicial Review, and quickly advise you if your case provides an opportunity to appeal on human rights grounds.
At A Y & J Solicitors, we will take the time to carefully examine why your visit visa application was refused and advise you on the best course of action to take. We can advise you to re-apply or appeal or pursue a Judicial Review analysing your case and unique circumstances. You can be confident that as an SRA regulated firm, we will act with the utmost integrity and direct you to the cost-effective path explaining the chance of success.
Appeals and judicial review can be a complex process. Fortunately, our years of experience mean our clients can trust that their challenge to the refusal will be correctly submitted, and the process explained to them in a clear, concise manner.
If your UK Standard Visitor Visa is refused, you only have a right to appeal if your application contains a human rights grounds. We experienced that it is very rare as not all visit visa applications engage human rights. Home Office guidance explains under which circumstances applicant’s human rights claims can be valid. Most commonly, applications for appeals are made under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
Article 8 of the ECHR reads:
This route is not always recommended as after paying the appeal fee and legal fees and waiting for a significant time, the Judge at First-tier Tribunal may decide that the refusal of visit visa did not engage human rights grounds and therefore there is no right of appeal in first place. The client may waste the time, money and energy by appealing the decision. However, when there is appeal rights available based on strong grounds of human rights violation, we will do our best to prepare a strong appeal case for you.
Judicial Review could be a suitable option when there are no appeal rights available or the visit visa application is getting refused twice or more based on same unlawful / unfair reasons.
Judicial review is the process whereby the judges of the Administrative Division of the High Court, and the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) exercise jurisdiction over the lawfulness of acts or omissions of public bodies such as UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), and a supervisory jurisdiction over inferior courts and tribunals.
The grounds for Judicial Review include:
Judicial Review is a remedy of last resort. Prior to commencing an application, we help you to investigate all other dispute resolution methods.
After gathering all evidence in support of your case, our experienced legal team will attempt to negotiate with UKVI through a letter containing a detailed legal representation which is legally known as Pre-Action Protocol letter.
This is the first stage of applying for Judicial Review. The Pre-Action Protocol is designed to allow applicants to set out their case to UKVI and reach an out of court settlement, if possible. Following the Pre-Action Protocol, UKVI will send a response to the ‘Letter Before Claim’ we have sent, ideally within 14 days. The possible outcome would be either agree to reconsider the visitor visa application or to maintain the refusal decision and advising to proceed with the Judicial Review.
Our team understands the judicial review process and will swiftly advise if it is the best option for you. We aim that judicial review challenges are resolved at the Pre-Action Protocol stage, saving our clients time, stress and money.
When UKVI upheld the refusal decision or does not respond to Pre-action Protocol, we then can initiate Judicial Review proceeding on behalf of you. Government Legal Department (GLD) will act on behalf of UKVI and submit their response at the Acknowledgement of Service stage. If the decision is maintained, the case will be considered by a judge of the Upper Tribunal.
Time is of the essence in a Judicial Review matter as any challenge must be made as soon as possible and in any event within three months of the refusal decision.
At A Y & J Solicitors, we have over ten years’ experience in assisting applicants for UK Standard Visitor Visa, sometimes in urgent circumstances. We understand the process and have a strong reputation for achieving successful results for business visitors, family visitors and tourists from all over the world.
