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by hml9 » Wed Aug 27, 2014 1:17 pm
I will just go ahead and ask.
Me and my wife are both non EU citizens, we both have ILR, our son has a UK passport.
My mother-in-law in Ukraine has successfully obtained family visitor/tourist visa 3 times over the past 6 years.
Last time she was here was in Oct 2011.
Her last application, as usual, with me and my wife sponsoring her, explicitly stating that we cover for ALL her expenses during her stay here has been refused. Her own income is nothing (basically GBP50, like in the 3 previous applications).
Our bank statements and pay slips have not substantially changed.
She has not received a formal rejection letter at the application center in ukraine, only someone who explained verbally that we wrote
"6months -5 days" in the requested duration of stay (by which we meant 6months minus 5 days, and which they interpreted as 6months AND 5 days).
and that she earns only 50GBP, but that hasn't changed.
Teleperformance is a company that handles receiving the applications. I think the UK visa officer that made the decision is based in Poland. I can't find anyway to contact this officer, and there isn't any other channel of communication.
Does anyone reckon visa officers have directives to easily refuse applications from ukraine given the current war situation?
Is there anywhere i can request to get the official rejection letter?
As my mother in law is not based in the capital where the application center is, is there a way to avoid a personal travel overnight in the new application that is made (ie send further documents that address the concerns of the visa officer? )
regards,