Our specialist team of immigration solicitors and lawyers can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations for challenging an unlawful refusal of an immigration application by the Home Office, UKVI. Our specialist immigration lawyers have proven track record of successfully challenging the refusal of immigration decisions. As specialist immigration solicitors in London, we can carry out free assessment of the refusal decision of your UK visa and immigration application to advise you whether or not you have good grounds to challenge the refusal of your UK visa application.
You can challenge the Home Office UKVI refusal decision if your immigration application has been refused by the Home Office UKVI and you believe the refusal decision to be unlawful. You should have good grounds to challenge the refusal of your UK visa and immigration application so that you can prove the refusal decision of the Home Office UKVI not to be in accordance with the relevant facts and laws (including immigration rules and case-laws).
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The Home Office, UKVI immigration decisions also known as refusal letters can normally be challenged by way of Immigration Appeals, Administrative Review (AR) of UK visa refusal, Pre Action Protocol (PAP) and Judicial Reviews (JRs) against the Home Office, UKVI. As specialist immigration solicitors, we provide a vast range of legal services for challenging the refusal decisions of the Home Office UKVI. We also provide legal representations to our clients in challenging the delay on part of the Home Office UKVI in reaching a timely decision on the immigration application where the applicant is prejudiced by such delay.
How you challenge your UK visa refusal is dependent on the type UK visa and immigration application which has been refused. Different refusal decisions can be challenged through different legal remedies available under the UK immigration laws. Various services provided by our expert team of immigration solicitors for challenging the refusal of UK visa and immigration applications are as follows:
Administrative Review Of UK Visa Refusal
You can ask for Administrative Review (AR) of your UK visa refusal if your UK visa and immigration application has been refused by the Home Office UKVI. Certain refusal decisions of the Home Office UKVI can only be challenged by way of Administrative Review (AR). A request for an Administrative Review (AR) of a UK visa refusal is made in accordance with requirements as set out in Appendix AR: Administrative Review of the Immigration Rules. A request for an Administrative Review (AR) of an application for pre-settled or settled status under the EU settlement scheme (EUSS) is made in accordance with requirements as set out in Appendix AR(EU) of the Immigration Rules.
Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis concerning your request for Administrative Review of the UK visa refusal. Read More
Pre Action Protocol (PAP) Against Home Office UKVI
You should submit a Pre Action Protocol (PAP) letter to the Home Office UKVI before you issue the Judicial Review (JR) proceedings against the Home Office UKVI to challenge the refusal of a UK visa and immigration application. A pre-action protocol (PAP) letter is a letter written to the Home Office, UKVI in order to try and resolve a dispute concerning an immigration matter before Judicial Review (JR) proceedings are started against the Home Office UKVI. A Pre-Action Protocol (PAP) letter may also be called a ’letter before claim’ or a ’letter before action’. All of these terms refer to the same thing.
By sending a Pre Action Protocol (PAP) letter to the Home Office UKVI, you put the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) on notice that you intend to file a Judicial Review against the Home Office UKVI decision to refuse the UK visa and immigration application and you give detailed grounds and reasons which render the decision of the Home Office UKVI unlawful. You give the Secretary of State 14 days notice to reconsider the refusal decision failing which you will issue the Judicial Review proceedings in the court.
You should send a pre-action protocol (PAP) letter to Home Office UKVI before filing an immigration Judicial Review (JR) in Court and ask the Home Office UKVI to reconsider its refusal decision within 14 days. Read More
Judicial Review (JR) Against Home Office UKVI
You can challenge the refusal of UK visa by way of Judicial Review (JR) against the Home Office UKVI if you do not have right to file an appeal against the UK visa refusal. Judicial Review (JR) in immigration cases is a legal process whereby an unlawful refusal of UK visa and immigration application by the Home Office UKVI can be legally challenged by way of legal proceedings in the court. Through Judicial Review (JR), the court reviews the unlawfulness of an immigration decision and if the decision is found to be unlawful, the decision is set aside by the court so that the Home Office UKVI can make a fresh lawful immigration decision of your UK visa and immigration application.
Our specialist team of immigration solicitors and lawyers can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations in relation to your Judicial Review (JR) against the Home Office, UKVI. Our immigration solicitors can represent you in your Judicial Review (JR) against the Home Office UKVI on no win no fee basis. Read More
Immigration Appeals UK
You can challenge the refusal of your UK visa and immigration application by way of an immigration appeal to the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) if you believe that your UK visa and immigration application has been unlawfully refused by the Home Office UKVI. An appeal against the refusal of UK visa and immigration application must be filed within 14 days if the UK visa and immigration application was made from inside the UK and within 28 days if the UK visa and immigration application was made from outside the UK.
If your immigration appeal to the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) is dismissed by the Immigration Judge, you can challenge the appeal determination of the Immigration Judge by filing an appeal to the Upper Tribunal (UT), subject to grant of permission, on the basis that the Immigration Judge determining the immigration appeal at First Tier Tribunal made a material error of law in the appeal determination.
Similarly, a decision of the Upper Tribunal (UT) to dismiss the immigration appeal after conducting an error of law hearing can be challenged in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division), subject to grant of permission, if the appeal determination of the Upper Tribunal has a material error of law in the decision making process.
Our specialist team of immigration solicitors and lawyers can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis concerning your immigration appeal against the refusal of your UK visa and immigration application. Read More
Free Assessment Of Refusal Of UK Visa and Immigration Application
Our free immigration advice solicitors and lawyers can assess your the refusal decision of your UK visa and immigration application free of cost to advise you whether or not you have any valid grounds to challenge the refusal of your UK visa and immigration application. If our specialist team of immigration solicitors and lawyers find that there are valid grounds to challenge the refusal of your UK visa, we will quote a fixed fee to provide legal representations for challenging the refusal of your UK visa and immigration application.
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Our Fees For Challenging UK Visa Refusal Decisions
Our fixed fees for challenging UK visa refusals are as given in the fee tables below:
Fixed Fees For Administrative Review (AR) and Pre Action Protocol (PAP)
| Our Service | Our Fixed Fees Range |
| Full service for preparing and submitting an Administrative Review (AR) of the UK visa refusal decision to cover all the work until the decision by the Home Office UKVI on your Administrative Review (AR). | From £700 To £1,500 + VAT, If Applicable |
| Full service for preparing and submitting a Pre Action Protocol (PAP) letter against the Home Office, UKVI, to cover all the work until a decision by the Home Office UKVI on the Pre Action Protocol (PAP) letter. | From £800 To £1,500 + VAT, If Applicable |
The agreed fixed fee will depend on the complexity of your immigration matter and the volume of casework involved in the matter. In addition to our fixed fee for the Administrative Review (AR), the applicant also has to pay the Home Office UKVI fees for the Administrative Review (AR). There is no fee charged by the UKVI for the Pre-Action Protocol (PAP).
No Win No Fee For Judicial Review (JR) Against The Home Office UKVI
- Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can act for your Judicial Review (JR) against the Home Office UKVI on no win, no fee, basis which means you will not have to pay our legal costs if you do not succeed in your Judicial Review and if we do succeed in the Judicial Review (JR) we will recover our legal costs from the Home Office UKVI.
- The no win no fee agreement does not cover disbursements or third-party costs, e.g. court fees and Barrister fees in relation to your Judicial Review proceedings, and you will have to pay such costs for us to prepare and issue the Judicial Review proceedings. If we recover our legal costs from the Home Office UKVI in the event of succeeding in Judicial Review proceedings, the disbursement which you would have paid would be refunded back to you as such disbursements will also be recovered from the Home Office UKVI. However, if we are not able to recover our legal costs from the Home Office UKVI, you will not be able to get the refund of the court fee and the Barrister's fees.
- Please note that we will only take on your case on a no-win, no-fee basis if we find good grounds to challenge the unlawful decision of the Home Office UKVI.
Fixed Fees For Immigration Appeal Against The UK Visa Refusal
Our fixed fees for various stages of the immigration appeal against the refusal of a UK visa are as given in the fee table below:
| Our Service | Our Fixed Fees Range |
| Full service for an appeal to the First Tier Tribunal against the refusal of an entry clearance application or in-country leave to remain application covering all our work until a decision by the Immigration Judge on your appeal or until the Home Office UKVI withdraws the refusal decision as a result of a review of the refusal decision. | From £2,000 To £4,000 + VAT, If Applicable |
| Full service for an application to the First Tier Tribunal for permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal on a point of error or law made by the Immigration Judge in the appeal determination covering all our work until a decision by the First Tier Tribunal on your permission application. | From £800 To £1,500 + VAT, If Applicable |
| Full service for an application to the Upper Tribunal for permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal on a point of error or law made by the Immigration Judge in the appeal determination, covering all our work until the Upper Tribunal decides on your permission application. | From £800 To £1,500 + VAT, If Applicable |
| Full service for Upper Tribunal error of law appeal hearing after grant of permission either by the First Tier Tribunal or by the Upper Tribunal, covering all our work until the Upper Tribunal's decision on the error of law appeal hearing. | From £800 To £1,500 + VAT, If Applicable |
| Full service for an application to the Upper Tribunal for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal on a point of error of law made by the Upper Tribunal Judge in an error of law hearing covering all our work until a decision by the Upper Tribunal on permission application. | From £1,500 To £3,000 + VAT, If Applicable |
| Full service for an application to the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal on a point of error of law made by the Upper Tribunal Judge in an error of law hearing, covering all our work until the Court of Appeal decides on the permission application. | From £1,500 To £3,000 + VAT, If Applicable |
| Full service for appeal to the Court of Appeal after the grant of permission covering all our work until a decision by the Court of Appeal. | From £3,000 To £6,000 + VAT, If Applicable |
The agreed fixed fee will depend on the complexity of your immigration matter and the volume of casework involved in it. In addition to our fixed fee for appeal, you also have to pay third-party fees, e.g., court fees, and the Barrister's fee for the appeal hearing.
FAQs - Challenging UK Visa Refusals
Following are the frequently asked questions (FAQs) about challenging UK visa refusal decisions:
“Decision maker” means an entry clearance officer, immigration officer, the Secretary of State, or such other person as is authorised by the Secretary of State to make the decision in question, as the case may be. In Part 11, references to the Secretary of State as the decision maker include such other person as is authorised by the Secretary of State to make the decision in question.
