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Rob77 wrote:Hi
I'm new to this forum - sorry in advance if the below doesnt make sense, hopefully it will. I'm hoping you can help on this related subject.
Some background info. I'm a British national, my wife is Indian. We married in India over a year ago. We applied for the UK settlement visa on October 19th and received a refusal last week on 10th November.
Our agent stated that she did not need to take the English Language Test due to exemption via her degree, which he confirmed using the PBS calculator. This confirmation was submitted with the application, along with the degree cert and with a cover letter where the agent also confirmed the exemption.
The refusal was on the basis of the english language requirement.
and the refusal letter quoted para 281 and section (i)(a)(iv) stating no evidence that UK NARIC has confirmed the degree was taught in English.
After discussing this with the agent (UK based) he believes the ECO Mumbai made a mistake because the PBS calculator is based upon the UK NARIC degrees. He said to me today that he has never had anyone refused from India when applying in the same way using the PBS calculator.
His advice was to make an administration review, which he will write a cover letter for. My wife can obtain a letter from her university also confirming that the degree was taught/researched in English, which she is doing at the moment.
My question is, has anyone faced the same situation? If so, what was the outcome of appeal?
Is the Administrative review the best way to go (or is there another route, other than full appeal or starting visa application again)?
I feel like we are completely stuck in the middle here between the agent saying ECO Mumbai made a mistake and ECO mumbai saying we didnt file all docs fully when the agent is adamant he did everything right.
Very frustrating.
Many Thanks
Rob