Hi Robin,
I have private messaged you some lawyer details. I did not contact the HO after my refusal but I can easily understand what has happened to you.
If it is a standard refusal like mine, your 10 working days to appeal may have expired (assuming that they gave you the 2 days from issuing of the notice).
If for some reason you can though, I think you should appeal. A reapplication is £750, compared to ~£1000 for an appeal. But at least that £1000 goes to somebody actually doing a proper job instead of £750 into the UKBA's pockets. And I hope there will be some tiny satisfaction if I win knowing that the UKBA has been wrong.
However, as I said earlier in this post, once section 18 of the UKBA 2007 comes into force, we will all be without option to appeal to the AIT.
What would happen then? Could there be challenges to higher courts directly?
roball wrote:hey bmb-
I am in (almost) the same boat as you.
My employers letter stated my gross and net income but it wasnt broken down into months to collaborate my bank statesments. So I scored 70 instead of 75 points.
I am completely livid as the UKBA has been sucking money off me for the past 4 years that I've been in this country, paying tax and actually working for the government! (which, if gov agencies actually shared info, they could quite blatantly see how much I've made!)
Anyways-
The day I got refused (24.02.09), I called the HO, and the gentleman on the phone said to write a cover letter explaining the problem and send the info along with the new employer letter directly back to the case worker. Which I did.
Today I've called, and the woman on the phone said that was incorrect and I shouldnt have been told that. (Helpful).
She said it depended on whether I was refused or rejected (to me it sounds equally bad) but that if they told me to reapply, I should have received a refund for the fee. A REFUND??? seriously? From all I know about the home office, refund is not in their lexicon.
I also have a partner here. Otherwise I'd reconsider my stay as well.
Can you put me in touch with the lawyer you are using??
Thanks,
Robin