UK visa refusal for Ghanaian citizen
My visa was refused based on the refusal notice I have posted.
I want to know what to do and include in my next application. This is because I submitted all the necessary documents and I don't know what might have happened. Any help will be appreciated.
Best Answer
Okay, so you were refused under V4.2 a, c and e of Appendix V of Immigration Rules, so let me bring them up for reference:
V 4.2 The applicant must satisfy the decision maker that they are a genuine visitor. This means that the applicant:
- (a) will leave the UK at the end of their visit; and
- (c) is genuinely seeking entry for a purpose that is permitted by the visitor routes (these are listed in Appendices 3, 4 and 5); and
- (e) must have sufficient funds to cover all reasonable costs in relation to their visit without working or accessing public funds. This includes the cost of the return or onward journey, any costs relating to dependants, and the cost of planned activities such as private medical treatment.
That is a lot, and it would be easy to focus on the lesser issues and ignore the actual problem with your application - lack of proportionality between your income and how expensive will be your visit. As ECO explains in the third paragraph, you plan to spend 1,000 GBP on your visit, which represents about four times of your pre-living expenses salary. Not four months of your free cash flow, which may have been within the realm of reason, but four months of your entire salary - before paying any bills, rent or food.
From that ECO concluded that it is unreasonable to spend such amount of money to attend a job interview and that you must have some ulterior motive for your visit to the UK and subsequently refused you. The other reasons for refusal were just an icing on the cake.
There is no easy solution for that type of problem. You will either have to find better employment, one that permits enough free cash every month to make that trip a reasonable expense or have some extreme circumstances that would make spending such amount of money a reasonable choice.
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What happens if your UK visa is refused?
If your application is refusedYou'll get a letter or an email explaining why your application was refused. Your passport will be returned, if it was kept as part of your application. Your refusal letter will explain if you have the right to either an: administrative review.Is it possible to get UK visa after rejection?
Re-Applying for UK Visa After RejectionOnce an applicants visa application has been rejected, the applicant can choose to re-apply for a visa. A fresh application can be filed as soon as the first visa application was rejected, or on completion of the appeal process.What are the reasons for rejection of UK visa?
The most common reasons that would result in UK visa Rejection are mentioned below:- Incomplete Documentation. ...
- The Purpose or Intentions to travel to the UK are not clear. ...
- Leaving blanks on your forms. ...
- Applying for the wrong type of visa. ...
- Failure to meet financial requirements. ...
- Violated visa conditions on previous visit.
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