I have had five prior UK visa refusals, should I still apply for UK tourist visa?

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I am from India. I visited the UK twice in 2003, when I was 19 and playing cricket there. Although initially refused, the team manager made arrangements and we received 6-month multiple entry visas. The first visit was 12 days and, a month later, I returned and stayed for 2 1/2 months.

Since then, however, I have had 5 refusals; I was single, didn't provide information on what I was doing, or couldn't show sufficient funds.

I am planning to apply once again and want to go for a 2-week visit . I am married, have a one-year-old daughter, and began working for a company in 2013. I have 90000 in my bank and can provide salary slips and NOC. My salary is 18000 which goes into my account. My wife works and is paid 26000; her checks are deposited in her bank account. My wife and child won't accompany me.

Should I apply for the UK tourist visa or not ? I do not have the previous refusal letters; how would I get those? After getting so many UK refusals, I cannot apply for any other country.



Best Answer

Normally we need to see a scan of the refusal notice, but five of them obviates that requirement. Your situation has moved on from a "plain vanilla" refusal.

An unbroken sequence of five refusals indicates that you are in a 'serial refusals' tailspin. Part of this situation means that they are no longer able to consider applications on their merit because the history has taken on a life of its own. I.e., that your fixation on getting to the UK has convinced them that you are not a genuine applicant. Or to put it more bluntly, genuine applicants will either resolve the issues on the second or third attempt or they will find some other place to visit and move on with their life.

You need to start being a little bit careful because if they get the idea that your applications are frivolous, they can issue a ban (Paragraph 320, subparagraph 11 (iv) "...making frivolous applications..."). It's their recourse against people who appear to be obsessed or in some other way 'disturbed'. We had one of those here a few weeks ago demonstrating that bans are accumulated consecutively rather than concurrently. So be thinking about that factor before jumping in again.

I am planning to apply once again and want to go for a 2-week visit.

Why? The cure for serial refusals from the UK is invariably to build up a track record of performance in the affluent Commonwealth (Canada, Australia, NZ and so on) along with other non-Commonwealth countries like the USA, Japan, and Ireland. Schengen experience can be helpful also.

I do not have the previous refusal letters; how would I get those?

You can submit a Subject Access Request by writing to the Home Office at 2 Marsham St, London SW1P 4DF, United Kingdom. The Information Commissioner has thoughtfully provided a sample template on his site (an MS Word Document). Usually they will not release the refusal notices themselves (at least in my experience) because it's not in the public interest, but will provide an extract or summary (if they honour the request in the first instance).

Should I apply for the UK tourist visa or not?

It's a matter of opinion. What is not a matter of opinion is that you need representation by a member of the Law Society, and they won't even think about it without seeing your refusal history. Since you do not have those and are about a year away from getting anything, it doesn't make a lot of sense does it?

I cannot apply for any other country.

This is wrong. A lot of people with refusal histories think they need to 'clear their name' before they can move on with their life. But there is nothing preventing your filing an application to Thailand, Russia, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, and other countries in that area. Peripatetic history of any sort is always helpful.


NOTE: I assume you are South Asian and your currency is denominated locally. More to the point, those things do not matter in this case.




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Can I apply for UK visit visa after refusal?

Can I apply for UK visit visa after refusal? You can apply for a UK visit visa after you have been refused, although you will need to address any reasons for refusal by way of additional information, explanation and evidence.

How long after a UK visa refusal Can I reapply?

You can make a fresh application addressing the grounds of refusal with the submission of new evidence and fee. There is no time limit for making a fresh application. So, you can reapply any time after your UK visa refusal.

How long does the UK embassy keep refusal records?

As long as the databases are backed up and they don't deliberately delete the data, your visa issue history is accessible for life. This isn't like a bad credit report where a default drops off after 7 or 10 years. Your visa refusal history is like a NICS denial: it is kept for life.

How many times can you enter the UK on a tourist visa?

You can choose to apply for a long-term Standard Visitor visa if you visit the UK regularly. This visa lasts 2, 5 or 10 years. You can stay for a maximum of 6 months on each visit. If you're under 18 years old when you apply, your long-term Standard Visitor visa will only be valid for up to 6 months after you turn 18.



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First, the reason for your visit may not be clear this time. The first one was a group visa with cricket members, but this time it's individual visa. They may believe that you are not going to return back if granted a visa.

Secondly, you have been in the UK twice before, so there is no reason to keep applying to come back. Instead, try applying for other countries and give it time before making another application.

In your application what is the purpose of visit (tourist, visiting family or relatives, friends)? What makes you want to return to visit and where in UK (London, Manchester, Scotland etc.)? How long is your stay (2 weeks, months)? Also, why UK and not anywhere else?

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