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- Overview
- Step By Step Process
- How Can We Help?
- Our Fixed Fees For Challenging
Immigration Refusal Decisions - Our Team Of Immigration Solicitors
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- Why Choose Us?
You can file an entry clearance appeal to the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) against the refusal of your UK visa entry clearance application within 28 days of receiving the visa refusal decision. You can only appeal to the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) if the notice of refusal decision confirms that you have right of appeal against the UK visa refusal.
In most cases, you will have right to file an Administrative Review (AR) instead of right to appeal against the refusal of your UK visa entry clearance application.
As expert immigration appeal lawyers, we will file appeal online using the MyHMCTS service. Online appeals are quicker than post or fax appeals. We will ask, in your appeal form, for a decision to be made either:
- just on the information in your appeal form and any documents supplied to the tribunal
- at a hearing that your representatives will attend
The tribunal can decide to have a hearing even if you do not ask for one. You will be told if this is the case. If the tribunal does not hold a hearing, a judge will decide your case based on your appeal form and documents.
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Ask a question to our specialist team of immigration solicitors for free immigration advice online or book an appointment online for detailed immigration advice with our specialist immigration solicitors for challenging the UKVI decision by way of an immigration appeal.
Step By Step Process For Entry Clearance Appeal
Following is the step by step process for an entry clearance appeal:
- Appeal process is started using the MyHMCTS service;
- Notice of appeal is submitted online and the fee for the entry clearance appeal is paid online;
- The Respondent provides their evidence in the form of Respondent's bundle;
- The Appellant builds his/her case by preparing and submitting the Appellant's Bundle of documents;
- The case is reviewed by the First Tier Tribunal and directions are given to the Respondent for the reconsideration or review of the refusal decision in the light of all the arguments and documents filed with the court;
- The Respondent reconsiders the decision by reviewing the evidence and the visa refusal decision and either decides to maintain the visa refusal decision or agree to withdraw the visa refusal decision;
- If the Respondent maintains the visa refusal decision, the Appellant will submit any specific requirements for the appeal hearing;
- The First Tier Tribunal will then list the matter for appeal hearing;
- In some cases, there may be a pre-hearing review by the court in the form a Case Management Review (CMR) hearing before the final hearing;
- The First Tier Tribunal hears the appeal in presence of all parties if you requested an oral hearing otherwise the court will decide the appeal on papers;
- Decision on the appeal is normally sent to the parties within 2 to 3 weeks after the appeal hearing or considering of the appeal on papers, as the case may be.
How Can We Help?
Our expert team of immigration appeals solicitors can provide immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis concerning your entry clearance appeal and carry out all the work on your entry clearance appeal until a decision is made by the Immigration Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) on your entry clearance appeal. The immigration casework to be carried out by our specialist team of immigration appeal solicitors and lawyers on your entry clearance appeal will entail the following:
- Our immigration solicitors will discuss the reasons for refusal of your UK visa with you and advise you on potential grounds for appeal against refusal of your UK visa entry clearance;
- Our immigration solicitors will assess merits in your appeal and advise you on the chances of success in your UK visa entry clearance appeal;
- Our immigration solicitors will advise you on the timeframe, the costs involved and the court procedures for your entry clearance appeal;
- Our immigration solicitors will file your entry clearance appeal online by completing the relevant online appeal form and help you pay the relevant court fee online for your entry clearance appeal;
- Our immigration solicitors will draft the grounds of appeal to challenge the UK visa refusal in the court arguing how the refusal of UK visa entry clearance is unlawful and not in accordance with UK immigration laws;
- Our immigration solicitors will advise you on the relevant documentary evidence to be submitted in support of the entry clearance appeal bundle so that the UK visa may be granted by the Entry Clearance Manager (ECM) upon review of the grounds and the supporting documents;
- Our immigration solicitors will liaise with the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) after the filing of the appeal and do all the follow up work including complying with any court directions with regards to your Entry Clearance Appeal;
- Our immigration solicitors will prepare detailed witness statements of all the relevant witnesses who will appear in court to give evidence before the Immigration Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (FTT);
- Our immigration solicitors will prepare Skeleton Arguments and file the same with the court and the Home Office Presenting Officers Unit (HOPOU) as per court directions;
- Our immigration solicitors will prepare the indexed and paginated appeal bundles of all the supporting documents and file the same with the court and the Home Office Presenting Officers Unit (HOPOU) in accordance with the court directions;
- Our immigration solicitors will assess the Home Office Bundle (also known as Respondent's bundle);
- Our immigration solicitors will prepare a brief to Barrister and instruct the Barrister so that the Barrister can represent the Appellant (our client) in First Tier Tribunal (FTT) before the Immigration Judge;
- Where necessary, we will arrange a pre-hearing conference with the Barrister who will discuss your entry clearance appeal case with you and advise you about the court procedure in relation to your entry clearance appeal;
- Our immigration solicitors will do all the follow up work until written determination (decision) of your Entry Clearance appeal is recieved from the court.
Our Fixed 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.