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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:
Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
PO Box 7866
Loughborough LE11 2 XZ
United Kingdom
Fax: 0044 (0)15 09 221 699
Or
UK Border Agency
British Deputy High Commission Chennai (if your refusal notice
was sent from Chennai)
UK Border Agency Appeals Team
20 Anderson Road
Chennai 600 006
India
Or
UK Border Agency
British High Commission Colombo (if your refusal notice was sent
from Colombo)
UK Border Agency Appeals Team
389 Baudhaloka Mawatha
Colombo-7
Sri Lanka
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 they 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 Chennai 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). We will not
write to you and cannot process your case until we get our 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 India. It can
take several weeks before this arrives with the visa officer in
Chennai.
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 Chennai. Please do not contact
us before this time. If you have not heard from us after 6 weeks
of receiving your determination, please contact us in the following
ways:-
Email: chennai.SingleTierEnquiries@fco.gov.uk
- this is the most efficient form of communication
Fax: +914442192320
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) and |
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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 Colombo or Chennai refuses your visa
application and you think that an error has been made, you can
ask the UK Border Agency to check the 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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