Help Needed - Oversight by immigration officer

[Boyai_pkr]

Hi All,
I desperately need your help.
My wife and kid's visa got rejected, the reason - The most recent transaction on the bank statement is more than 30 days old for the maintenance fund.
I had submitted bank statements for the months Oct 2010, Nov 2010 and Dec 2010, and applied for visa on 11th of Jan 2011. But the immigration officer says in the rejection letter that the last transaction was on 30 Novemeber 2010. It looks like a clear oversight on his part and somehow he has missed to see that there is a statement for decemeber 2010 also.

Now I don't know what to do. Can I do an admin review, the refusal mentions I have a right to appeal, so would they ever agree that I had the december 2010 statement in the application, and the visa officer did see it. If I appeal how much time is it going to take.

Can someone advice me on the options I have.

Regards,
Boyai

[mtuckersa]

when I see stories like these and many other I think when I apply for extension I will certainly be attaching a cover letter detailing the months I am claiming for earnings and maintenance

basically spell it out for them so there is no chance of confusion or oversight

[Boyai_pkr]

Well I did mention clearly in the cover letter that I am submitting the bank statements covering the transactions from 1st of october 2010 to 31st of december 2010.
Now I feel there is a sinister intention to this.

[gaurav_img]

was there any transaction in December on the statement?

[drmastoi]

Hello Dear

Happened to me once. Clearly their fault.
Appeal will take ages .May be 3 months and more.
you should go for admin review in this case.its quicker.

Good luck

[geriatrix]

you should go for admin review in this case.its quicker.

Administrative review is not an option here.


regards

[Boyai_pkr]

@gaurav_img - Yes there were quite a lot of transactions in december.
@drmastoi - I thought for dependants we don't get an option for admin review. In the refusal letter I just got an option for appeal and no option for appeal.
@sushdmehta - Thanks for the link. But what are my chances through the appeal, I read in one of the thread, a decision was overturned at the post - BHC itself without the appeal going to UK.

[missri]

You should complete the appeal forms and send it to the BHC where your initial decision was made. As per rules your appeal is first reviewed by the EC Manager (this is equivalent to admin review; and this is done in almost every appeal case). If EC Manager decides that you have a good reason for overturning the original decision than he might ask the EC Officer to consider it. If this is not the case then your appeal is forwarded to UK Appeal Authority for formal hearing.
I am telling you this from personal experience and I am absolutely sure about it. If you read your refusal letter carefully you may find this information in there. You just have to make sure that you do not send your appeal dogs directly to UK.
So, explain your point in the appeal papers and send it to BHC. This is your only chance.