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  • Appeals & Administrative Review

    If your visa application is refused, you will receive a written notice which will specify which right of appeal, or right of administrative review applies to your application. Your refusal notice will tell you how to do this and where to send it.


  • Appeals

    How to make an appeal

    If you want to exercise a right of appeal you should send your completed appeal forms directly to:

    Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
    Tribunals Group Customer Service Centre,
    PO Box 7866, Loughborough, LE11 2XZ
    United Kingdom

    Or

    UK Border Agency,
    British Embassy
    120 Upper McKinley Road
    McKinley Town Center
    Fort Bonifacio
    Taguig City, 1634 Metro Manila

    If you decide to send your appeal to the UK Border Agency, there will be a delay before it is sent to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

    You must only send your appeal to one place. If you plan to send your appeal to the UK Border Agency, please to ensure that your sponsor has not already lodged an appeal on your behalf. If they have, you must not send the appeal form again.

    How long does the appeals process take?

    When the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal 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.

    What happens if I win my appeal?

    The UK Border Agency at the British Embassy in Manila 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). The visa officer in Manila will not write to you and cannot process your case until they get the 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 Manila. It can take several weeks before this arrives with the visa officer at the British Embassy in Manila.

    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 at the British Embassy in Manila. If you have not heard from us after 6 weeks of receiving your determination, please contact the British Embassy in Manila by email: ManilaVisaEnquiries@fco.gov.uk

    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 Manila 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 Manila 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).

    Administrative review request notice

    You must complete this 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.

    Information on the UK Border Agency appeals policy can be found on the UK Border Agency website.

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