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- Appeals & Administrative Review
You will find information on this page about the appeals process
and the administrative review process.
Your refusal notice will specify which right of appeal, or right of administrative review applies to your application. Applicants with the right of appeal, or right to an administrative review are informed in the notices that will be sent to them. The appeal forms and administrative review requests should be completed by the applicants within 28 days from the date they receive their refusal notice.
- Appeals
You must make your appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration
and Asylum Chamber. You can do this by either:
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Sending your appeal forms directly to the First-tier
Tribunal First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum
Chamber), PO Box 7866, Loughborough LE11 2 XZ, United
Kingdom) or |
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Sending your appeal forms to the UK Border Agency at the
British Embassy in Kyiv (4 Glybochytska Street, Kyiv, 04050,
Ukraine, Fax: +38(0) 44 494 3418) who will forward your
appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum
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Please note: You cannot send your appeal to both the
First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and the
UK Border Agency - you can only send your appeal to one place.
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 form again.
How long does the appeals process take?
When the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
receive your appeal form, they will write to you to let you know
the date and time of the hearing. 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.
Contact details - First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum
Chamber)
You can contact the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum
Chamber) once your appeal has been submitted.
First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
Tribunal Group Customer Service Centre
P.O. Box 7866
Loughborough LE 11 2XZ
United Kingdom
Email: customer.service@tribunals.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)845 600 0877
Website: www.tribunals.gov.uk
What happens if I win my appeal?
The UK Border Agency will aim to process your case within 8
weeks from the date we receive official notification of the
immigration judge's reasons for allowing your appeal (called a
determination). Please be aware it can take 4 weeks or longer
for the determination to reach our visa section. The UK Border
Agency will write to you using the contact details provided on
your appeal form (IAFT-2). If you have not heard from the UK Border
Agency after 12 weeks after receiving your determination,
please email us using the address given below. Please do not
contact the UK Border Agency before this time.
You can contact the UK Border Agency in the following ways:
Email: britvisa.kyiv@fco.gov.uk
- this is our preferred and the most efficient form of communication
You must:
- Mark your correspondence 'Appeal Allowed'
- Include your application reference number (on the original
refusal notice)
- Your appeal reference number (top right hand corner of the
determination letter)
- 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 First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
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 help with your enquiry.
Information on the UK
Border Agency appeals policy can be found on the UK Border
Agency website.
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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. Only points-based system visa applicants
should submit Administrative Review requests.
How to make an administrative review
If we refuse your PBS visa application and you think that an
error has been made, you can ask us to check our 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).
Send your completed Administrative Review request form to the UK Border Agency at the British Embassy in Kyiv, 4 Glybochytska Street, Kyiv, 04050, Ukraine, Fax: +38(0) 44 494 3418.
Administrative review request notice
You must complete the Administrative
Review 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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