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- Appeals & Administrative Review
On this page you will find the information listed below. You can
use the quick links listed here to take you the information or
you can scroll down the page.
Making an appeal
How long the appeals process takes
Asylum & Immigration Tribunal contact details
Independent advice
What happens if I win my appeal
Administrative review
- Making an appeal
If you want to exercise a right of appeal you should send
your completed appeal forms (including your Notice of Refusal
and your Notice of Appeal form) directly to one of the following:
You may send appeals by post to:
Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
PO Box 7866
Loughborough LE11 2 XZ
United Kingdom
Or
The UK Border Agency in New Delhi where your application was refused
(postal addresses provided below).
UK Border Agency
British High Commission
Shantipath, Chanakyapuri
New Delhi 110 021
You must only send your appeal to one place - you
should not send your appeal to both the Asylum and Immigration
Tribunal and the UK Border Agency. If you plan to send your appeal
to the UK Border Agency, please check that your sponsor has not
already lodged the appeal for you. If they have, you must not
send the appeal to the UK Border Agency.
If you decide to send the papers to the UK Border Agency, there
will be a delay before they are sent to the Asylum and Immigration
Tribunal, as post is only sent to the UK once each week.
When the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal receives your appeal
form it will write to you to let you know the date and time of
the hearing.
Please see the appeals
guidance on the UK Border Agency website for more information
about the appeals process.
- How long does the appeals
process take?
The UK Border Agency has no control over when your appeal will
be heard. It can take some time and depends on a number of things.
This can include the type of case (visitor, settlement) and whether
you have asked for the case to be heard orally, so your sponsor
can give evidence. Visitor appeals are usually heard within 6
months of being lodged; for other categories, including settlement,
it can take up to 9 months.
- Asylum & Immigration Tribunal
contact details
You can contact the Asylum & Immigration Tribunal once your
appeal has been submitted.
Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
Tribunal Group Customer Service Centre
P.O. Box 7866
Loughborough
United Kingdom
LE11 2XZ
Email: customer.service@tribunals.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)845 600 0877
Website: www.ait.gov.uk/index.htm
- Independent advice
You can contact the Immigration Advisory Service for advice and
help with an appeal. The Immigration Advisory Service is a voluntary
organisation independent of government, and can provide confidential
advice for you and your representatives. It can also represent
you at an appeal hearing.
Contact details
3rd Floor, County House
190 Great Dover Street
London SE1 4YB
Telephone: (+44) (0)20 7967 1200
Duty office (open 24 hours a day): (+44) (0)20 8814 1559
Fax: (+44) (0)20 7403 5875
Email: advice@iasuk.org
Website: www.iasuk.org
The Immigration Advisory Service also has offices in Birmingham,
Cardiff, Gatwick Airport, Glasgow, Harmondsworth, Heathrow Airport,
Leeds and Manchester.
You may be entitled to have your representative paid for by the
Legal Services Commission's 'Community Legal Service'.
To find out if you qualify for this funding, contact:
Legal Services Commission
85 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8TX
Telephone: (+44) (0)845 608 1122
Please do not send your appeal to the Legal Services Commission.
You should always send your appeal to the Asylum and Immigration
Tribunal or the UK Border Agency where your visa application was
refused.
- What happens if I win my
appeal?
The UK Border Agency in New Delhi will aim to write to you within
3 weeks from the date it receives the Immigration Judge's reasons
for allowing your appeal (called the determination). The UK Border
Agency will not write to you and cannot process your case
until it receives its copy of the determination from official
sources. All determinations are sent from the Asylum and Immigration
Tribunal to the UK Border Agency in the United Kingdom, who then
sends it to New Delhi. It can take several weeks before this arrives
with the visa officer.
You should allow at least 6 weeks from the date, you or
your representative, received your copy of the determination before
you contact the UK Border Agency in New Delhi. Please do not contact
them before this time. If you have not heard from the UK Border
Agency after 6 weeks of receiving your determination, please contact
the relevant visa office in one of the following ways:
Email: this is the preferred and the most efficient form
of communication:
New Delhi - visqry.newdelhi@fco.gov.uk
Fax:
New Delhi - 0091 11 2419 2524 and 2687 0060
You must:
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Mark your correspondence 'Appeal Allowed' |
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Include your application reference number (on the original
refusal notice) |
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Include your appeal reference number (top right hand
corner of the determination letter) |
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Include the name of the place in the UK where your appeal
was heard (top left hand corner of the determination) |
Please note: To save you time and money - do not contact
the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal or the Immigration Enquiry
Bureau about your appeal after you have received your determination.
They will not be able to issue you with a visa or deal with your
enquiry.
- Administrative Review
Can I appeal if my points-based system application is refused?
A refusal under the points-based system does not attract a full
right of appeal. All points-based system visa applicants can apply
for an administrative review, which is a mechanism for reviewing
refusal decisions.
How to make an administrative review
If the UK Border Agency in India refuses your visa application
and you think that an error has been made, you can ask the UK
Border Agency in India to check their decision. This is known
as an administrative review. The administrative review is free
of charge. You must ask for an administrative review within 28
days from the date you receive the refusal notice (GV51).
Administrative review request notice
You must complete the request notice in full and send it directly
to the address stated on the request notice. You must not
send any additional documents such as a passport,travel document
or supporting documents with the administrative review request
notice. If the refusal is subsequently overturned, you will be
asked to send in your passport/travel document. You can only request
one administrative review - it cannot be reviewed again if the
original decision on your application is upheld . Any further
review requests for the same refusal decision will not be accepted
and will be returned to you.
The administrative review should be completed within 28 days and
you will be notified of the result in writing. The result of the
review may be sent from a different UK Border Agency address
to where the original decision was made, this is to ensure that
the review is independent.
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