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- Appeals
& Administrative Review
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Appeals
If your application is refused, you will receive a written notice
clearly explaining the decision, which will also tell you what
right you may have to appeal against that decision. Your refusal
notice will tell you how to do this.
If you want to exercise a right of appeal you should send your
completed appeal form to either the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
in the United Kingdom or the UK Border Agency in Riyadh. Please
do not send your appeal to both.
Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
Tribunals Group Customer Service Centre
PO Box 7866
Loughborough, LE11 2XZ
fax to +44(0) 1509221699
Or
UK Border Agency
British Embassy
PO Box 94351
Riyadh 11693
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.
What happens if I win my appeal?
The UK Border Agency in Riyadh will aim to write to you within
3 weeks from the date they receive the immigration judge's reasons
for allowing your appeal (called the determination). We will
not write to you and cannot process your visa 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 send
it to Saudi Arabia. It can take several weeks before this arrives
with the visa officer in Riyadh.
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 Riyadh. 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: Visa.Riyadh@fco.gov.uk
- this is our preferred and the most efficient form of communication
Fax: +966 (0)1 488 1209
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 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 at the British Embassy in Riyadh refuse
your visa application and you think that an error has been made,
you can ask the UK Border Agency at the British Embassy in Riyadh
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).
You must complete the Administrative
review request notice 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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