Filipina NVQ Student obtains a 3 years visa after being refused by the British Embassy in Manila.

Her visa was refused last November after she has submitted the VAF herself.  

The case was overturned this month, following an appeal, prior to a full hearing scheduled for 11 August 2009 at the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) in London. 

She was helped by Immigration Advisers, Bison UK, which has successfully handled hundreds of entry clearance appeals. 

The student has now reported to Majestic College, and will shortly start her NVQ Health and Social Care Course. 

Visa appeals have been abolished for student visa refusals applying under Tier 4 in line with new ‘points based’ rules.

Students refused entry clearance under Tier 4 of the points based system, which took effect on 31 March 2009, will now have their cases reviewed by an ECM (Entry Clearance Manager) under the new ‘Administrative Review’ system.

Refusals under paragraph 57 of the previous immigration rules will still be allowed a full appeal. Therefore, if your student visa application (VAF) was submitted before 31 March 2009 (which are still being processed at larger Embassies), you should still have the right of appeal.

Fortunately, this student has the opportunity to appeal and the benefit of an OISC regsitered Immigration Adviser, Bison UK, handing her case at the AIT.

Overseas students are worth £8 billion to the UK economy, according to the Home Office. 

If you need any immigration advice or help with Sponsorship or Work Permits, Visa or an appeal against a refusal please email:

info@immigrationmatters.co.uk or visit www.immigrationmatters.co.uk

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As yet another Filipino NVQ Student wins a Visa appeal, in the UK at the AIT (Asylum and Immigration Tribunal), after being refused by the British Embassy in Manila, we are receiving an alarming number of reports of pedantic refusals under Tier 4, for which there is no appeal.

Visa appeals have been abolished for student visa refusals applying under Tier 4 in line with new ‘points based’ rules.

Students refused entry clearance under Tier 4 of the points based system, which took effect on 31 March 2009, will now have their cases reviewed by an ECM (Entry Clearance Manager) under the new ‘Administrative Review’ system.

ECM’s reviewing cases under the old appeal system almost always upheld their officers refusal and appellants ad to go all the way to a full hearing for justice to be served up by an Immigration Judge.

Entry Clearance Officers (ECO) now have a far more narrow scope under which they can refuse a Tier 4 application, as student visa refusals must be based on factual information, such as a forged document or incorrect visa letter. For instance, if the applicant submitted a false bank statement or the college produce a letter for the wrong course.

The UK Border Agency assured educational providers at several meetings in London that the new system will be more straightforward and that the ‘culture’ in Embassies would change.

But it appears that some ECO’s are still upholding the tradition and culture of looking for any excuse to deny a student visa application.

Tier 4 only started just over three months ago, yet student applicants are already reporting that they have been refused for reasons such as the college not stating the word ‘General’, as in ‘General Student Visa’, on the visa letter.

Others complain that they are denied over a missing phrase in the letter, which leads the ECO to conclude “on the balance of probabilities…etc, etc, etc”.

In other words it’s ‘business as usual’ down at your local visa post.

Refusals under paragraph 57 of the previous immigration rules will still be allowed a full appeal. Therefore, if your student visa application (VAF) was submitted before 31 March 2009 (which are still being processed at larger Embassies), you should still have the right of appeal. Fortunately, this student has the opportunity to appeal and the benefit of an OISC regsitered Immigration Adviser, Bison UK, handing his case at the AIT. He has now reported to Majestic College, where he will start his NVQ Health and Social Care Course.

If you have any ’Tier 4′ horror stories, share them with Immigration Matters in the comments section below, which will be reported to the UK Border Agency. 

Overseas students are worth £8 billion to the UK economy, according to the Home Office. It is vital that these issues are dealt with quickly by the Government, otherwise educational providers and the economy ar large will lose out.

If you need any immigration advice or help with Sponsorship or Work Permits, Visa or an appeal against a refusal please email:

info@immigrationmatters.co.uk or visit www.immigrationmatters.co.uk

“Are you pregnant?”, the Immigration Officer enquired when she landed at London’s Heathrow Airport.

NVQ student, Diane, eventually makes it to London after her entry clearance or visa was refused and later overturned by the British Embassy in Manila, following an appeal by Bison UK.

But on arrival Diane was forced to jump through some further hoops by UK Border Immigration Officers at Heathrow. She was questionned about her intentions to study and then she was sent to the medical section.

Fortunately, she was able to prove she had been examined in the Philippines and did not have to undergo an examination.

She was also asked by officers if she was pregnant – she is not!

The Filipina is taking NVQ Courses at Majestic College in the UK.

She received a warm welcome from the team and fellow students at the NVQ training Centre in Borehamwood, where she met fellow Pinoys. The college helped her with formalities such as opening bank accounts and applying for travel discounts.

She is on a student visa to study NVQ (National Vocational Qualification) in Health and Social Care – www.majesticcollege.org.

Immigration Adviser Bison UK has arranged her visa, appeal and paid work placement in a UK care home.

Visa appeals have been abolished for student visa refusals applying under Tier 4 in line with new ‘points based’ rules. Students refused entry clearance under Tier 4 of the points based system, which took effect on 31 March 2009, will now have their cases reviewed by an ECM (Entry Clearance Manager) under the new ‘Administrative Review’ system.

Refusals under paragraph 57 of the previous immigration rules will still be allowed a full appeal. Therefore, if your student visa application (VAF) was submitted before 31 March 2009, you should still have the right of appeal.

If you need any immigration advice or help with Sponsorship or Work Permits, Visa or an appeal against a refusal please email:

info@immigrationmatters.co.uk or visit www.immigrationmatters.co.uk

Filipino Majestic College NVQ student makes it to the UK after his entry clearance refusal in Manila was overturned by an Immigration Judge at the AIT (Asylum and Immigration Tribunal) following an appeal.

Immigration Advisers, Bison UK, lodged the appeal after he was unfairly refused entry clearance last year.

At the hearing in Hatton Cross in April, the Judge agreed with Bison’s appeal specialist Mr Jerry Turner and allowed the appeal.

He now has a 3 year student visa to study NVQ in Health and Social Care, combined with paid work placement.

Visa appeals have been abolished for student visa refusals applying under Tier 4 in line with new ‘points based’ rules. Students refused entry clearance under Tier 4 of the points based system, which took effect on 31 March 2009, will now have their cases reviewed by an ECM under the new ‘Administrative Review’ system.

Refusals under paragraph 57 of the previous immigration rules will still be allowed a full appeal. Therefore, if your student visa application (VAF) was submitted before 31 March 2009, you should still have the right of appeal.

If you need any immigration advice or help with Sponsorship or Work Permits, Visa or an appeal against a refusal please email:

info@immigrationmatters.co.uk or visit www.immigrationmatters.co.uk

For more information on NVQ Health and Social Care courses see www.majesticcollege.org

Another Majestic College NVQ student makes it to the UK after her entry clearance refusal in Manila was reversed following an appeal by Immigration Advisers, Bison UK.

She now has a 3 year student visa to study NVQ in Health and Social Care, combined with paid work placement.

www.majesticcollege.org

Visa appeals have been abolished for student visa refusals applying under Tier 4 in line with new ‘points based’ rules. Students refused entry clearance under Tier 4 of the points based system, which took effect on 31 March 2009, will now have their cases reviewed by an ECM under the new ‘Administrative Review’ system.

Refusals under paragraph 57 of the previous immigration rules will still be allowed a full appeal. Therefore, if your student visa application (VAF) was submitted before 31 March 2009, you should still have the right of appeal.

If you need any immigration advice or help with Sponsorship or Work Permits, Visa or an appeal against a refusal please email:

info@immigrationmatters.co.uk or visit www.immigrationmatters.co.uk

NVQ Student from the Philippines arrived today at Majestic College after landing in London yesterday afternoon at 3pm.

She received her visa in Manila, but only after her immigration advisers, appeal specialists Bison UK, lodged a successful appeal at the AIT against her entry clearance refusal in 2008.

The Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) at the British Embassy in Manila refused her student visa, when she applied to come to the UK to study and that the NVQ in Health and Social Care at Majestic College, after visiting the UK as a tourist in 2006 and 2007.

Bison UK refuted the claim in the grounds of the appeal, which was heard before an Immigration Judge at the AIT in Hatton Cross last month. 

See also www.visaappeals.com  

She has proved that she fully intends to follow the NVQ course and study by attending Majestic College the day after arriving in London and she has already lined up a paid work placement!

www.majesticcollege.org

Visa appeals have been abolished for student visa refusals in line with new ‘points based’ rules. Students refused entry clearance under Tier 4 of the points based system, which took effect on 31 March 2009, will now have their cases reviewed by an ECM under the new ‘Administrative Review’ system.

If you need any immigration advice or help with Sponsorship or Work Permits, Visa or an appeal against a refusal please email:

info@immigrationmatters.co.uk or visit www.immigrationmatters.co.uk

NVQ Student from the Philippines arrives at Majestic College after appeal victory.

Filipina nurse, Jenny, received her visa in Manila, but only after her immigration advisers, appeal specialists Bison UK, lodged a successful appeal at the AIT against her entry clearance refusal in 2008.

The Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) at the British Embassy in Manila refused her student visa, when she applied to come to the UK to study and that the NVQ in Health and Social Care at Majestic College.

Bison UK refuted the claim in the grounds of the appeal, which was due to be heard before an Immigration Judge at the AIT in Hatton Cross last month. 

Visa appeals have been abolished for student visa refusals in line with new ‘points based’ rules. Students refused entry clearance under Tier 4 of the points based system, which took effect on 31 March 2009, will now have their cases reviewed by an ECM under the new ‘Administrative Review’ system.

www.visaappeals.com 

She has proved that she fully intends to follow the NVQ course and study by attending Majestic College the first working day after arriving in London.

www.majesticcollege.org  

If you need any immigration advice or help with Sponsorship or Work Permits, Visa or an appeal against a refusal please email:

info@immigrationmatters.co.uk or visit www.immigrationmatters.co.uk

Mother and Sponsor speaks of Daughters Student visa refusal and her courage to pursue an appeal at the AIT.

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Visa appeals have been abolished for student visa refusals in line with new ‘points based’ rules. Students refused entry clearance under Tier 4 of the points based system, which took effect on 31 March 2009, will now have their cases reviewed by an ECM under the new ‘Administrative Review’ system.

If you need any immigration advice or help with Sponsorship or Work Permits, Visa or an appeal against a refusal please email:

info@immigrationmatters.co.uk  or visit www.immigrationmatters.co.uk

Another entry clearance (student visa) refusal reversed by the repsondent British Embassy in Manila following an appeal to AIT (Asylum and Immigration Tribunal).

Immigration Adviser Bison UK lodeged the entry clearance appeal six months ago after the Filipina student was unlawfully refused a visa to study for an NVQ course at Majestic College in London.

Shortly before the appeal hearing, the Entry Clearance Manager withdrew the original refusal and issued the 3 year student visa within a week.

The Filipina student has now reported to her UK educational provider, Majestic College (www.majesticcollege.org), to start her NVQ Health and Social Care course, which runs alongside paid work placement arranged by Bison UK.

Visa appeals have been abolished for student visa refusals in line with new ‘points based’ rules. Students refused entry clearance under Tier 4 of the points based system, which took effect on 31 March 2009, will now have their cases reviewed by an ECM under the new ‘Administrative Review’ system.

If you need any immigration advice or help with Sponsorship or Work Permits, Visa or an appeal against a refusal please email:

info@immigrationmatters.co.uk  or visit www.immigrationmatters.co.uk

NVQ Student from the Philippines arrives at Majestic College. She received her visa in Manila, but only after her immigration advisers, appeal specialists Bison UK, lodged a strong appeal at AIT (Asylum and Immigration Tribunal) against her entry clearance refusal in 2008.

The Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) at the British Embassy in Manila refused her student visa, when she applied to come to the UK to study and that the NVQ in Health and Social Care at Majestic College, because he said she was over qualified – as a Dentist in the Philippines. 

Bison UK refuted the claim in the grounds of the appeal, which was due to be heard before an Immigration Judge at the AIT in Hatton Cross this month.

But days before the hearing the Entry Clearance Manager ECM) in Manila overturned the refusal, granting her a 3 year visa. 

She has proved that she fully intends to follow the NVQ course and study by attending Majestic College the day after arriving in London.

Under Tier 4 of the Points Based System the right of appeal is not offered to those who are refused a student visa.

Visa appeals have been abolished for student visa refusals in line with new ‘points based’ rules. Students refused entry clearance under Tier 4 of the points based system, which took effect on 31 March 2009, will now have their cases reviewed by an ECM under the new ‘Administrative Review’ system.

If you need any immigration advice or help with Sponsorship or Work Permits, Visa or an appeal against a refusal please email:

info@immigrationmatters.co.uk  or visit www.immigrationmatters.co.uk