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by nsv » Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:17 pm
Hi,
My wife's application for tier 1 dependent visa has been refused on the grounds that there was no bank logo on the statement.
Now i am planning to appeal against the decision of ECO on following grounds:
- I had provided computer generated bank statements provided by the bank. I had to do this because only computer generated statements from hsbc provided all joint account holders name (my wife) on the statement.
But computer generated statements dont have logo hence i had also provided letter from bank confirming the authenticity of the statements. This letter had bank letter head, logo, a/c details and bank address.
- I had also provided letter from the bank confirming that required maintenance funds were in the bank for more than 3 months and was never below required funds in that duration.
Based on PBS guidance document, only one of the above is required to prove maintenance funds. Is my understanding correct ?
What do you feel are my chances for appeal to succeed ? I think appeal is 2 step process:
step 1) ECO reviews the decision again and if he is satisified he might change the decision and issue visa.
step 2) ECO does not want to change previous decision of rejection, it is forwarded to AIT for actual appeal. This takes several months ... right ?
Do you think step 1 result would be much faster compared to new application time ?
Thanks,
nsv
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nsv on Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:41 am, edited 1 time in total.