Refusal of Spouse Visa

Following are the main reasons of refusal of spouse visa applications:

Insufficient Documentary evidences relating to Financial requirement

Insufficient documentary evidences relating to subsistence of relationship

Adverse Immigration history of the applicant

Financial Requirement

The rules regarding financial requirement for spouse visa application or extension of spouse visa application or ILR application are quite complex. It is extremely important to select the correct options of source of earnings as some sources of earnings cannot be combined to meet the financial requirement. For example, self- employment income cannot be combined with the savings. Quite often, the applicants make assumptions in respect of the acceptability of the documents relating to a particular source of earnings and that leads to disappointments. For example, if the applicant is working for a company run by his spouse or a relative, he would need to provide evidences of the company’s finances in addition to his employment documents. Every case is different and it is strongly advised to seek legal help in such matters.

It is extremely important to provide all the required documents or information with the spouse visa application or extension of spouse visa application or Indefinite leave to remain application, as otherwise one may have to either make a fresh application and pay the hefty fees once again or lodge appeal against the decision and wait for a prolonged period of time to have the decision overturned. In case of extension of spouse visa application, should the home office decides to refuse the application for some reason, they may grant leave on 10 year route instead, which in some case equally devastating as it makes the applicant to wait for a total of 10 years to make an application for ILR.

Subsistence of Relationship

The Visa officer is quite keen to see whether the relationship is genuine and subsisting and expects to see a large number of documents confirming the genuineness and subsistence of relationship and a large number of visa applications are unnecessarily refused just for this reason alone. In case of extension of spouse visa applications or switching to spouse visa applications, the home office often requests for any missing documents giving the applicant an opportunity to provide the missing documents.

Adverse Immigration History of the applicant

The immigration history of the applicant also gets relevant if he has been refused for any other visa application earlier and the home office considers the applicant more cautiously to assess the genuineness of the relationship.

Why Chauhan Solicitors?

We are a city law firm, specialising in UK Immigration matters. We are located in Central London and South West London (Tooting), therefore conveniently accessible to Londoners and clients in other parts of the UK. Moreover since all the UK immigration Applications can be submitted online, it has become easier for us to take instructions from anywhere in the world.

According to our clients, we are one of the Best Immigration Solicitors in London. We invite you to view our online reviews shown below that would allow you make an informed choice when instructing on of the best immigration solicitors of London to represent you.

How We Can Help You?

No two immigration matters can be the same. We have a tailor make solution for every immigration matter and in order to achieve the best outcome we follow a strict strategy i.e.

A) Assessment of your Immigration Matter: We carefully asses merits of your intended visa application, further leave to remain, immigration appeal, Judicial Review or any other immigration matter, as the case may be.

B) Immigration Advice: Upon assessment of your matter, we advise you on the most appropriate way forward by keeping in view your personal circumstances and the relevant law.

C) Engagement of Our Immigration Services: Once engaged, we shall provide you with a comprehensive list of documents / information required for preparing your immigration application, immigration appeal, Immigration Judicial Review and Administrative Review, as the case may be.

D) Review of Information and Documents: We then very carefully review the requested documentation and information and make sure that your application etc. is aligned with the relevant laws. In immigration appeal or Judicial Review matters, we discuss suitability of the immigration barristers for the particular matters.

E) Representations:We believe that for any successful UK visa application, leave to remain application, UK immigration appeals, immigration Judicial Review or Admin Review, it is pivotal that you are thoroughly & efficaciously represented. For the same reasons, we very carefully draft your covering letters, Grounds of Appeal, Grounds of Judicial Review or Skeleton Arguments etc. in order to conclude your immigration matters successfully.

F) Follow-up: Once the immigration matter is submitted or filed, when & where necessary, we keep tabs on the Home office or the Immigration Tribunals and update you accordingly.

G) Outcome of your Immigration Matter: The outcome of the matter is followed with a need of further advice in respect of making a further application in the future or complying with a list of do’s and don’ts. Our team of best immigration solicitors take care of that diligently.

We believe in giving honest & unparalleled advice to you. We work in complete confidence, as your partners, in sorting out your immigration matters. We have teamed up with the best immigration barristers who specialise in UK Immigration Laws and are well equipped to represent you in any complex immigration matter. Our 5 star reviews vouch for our legal competence, vast knowledge and diligent work attitude.

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