My parents' visa has been refused 1st time to UK today on the ground that while sponsor documentation is fine immigration office was not convinced that applicants will go back from UK.
1. Should I re-apply or go for appeal? I want faster response. Some lawyers say re-apply is waste of time. They had seen lower success and it eventually goes to appeal so why not start appeal now, and if more evidence is useful, they will be checked as 1st step in appeal (review process). Some say since you will provide more evidence, reapply is better because officer pays more attention rather than review process (1st step) in appeal in which officer is not bound to spend time on new info.
2. My parents live in village.
a. In terms of economic ties, on property, they have ancestral house of worth about 5-10K pounds. But, this house is in name of late grandfather and document is in Hindi. We submitted this in application. On finances, we also submitted fixed deposits in India in name of my father worth about 15K pounds. On income, parents get small rental income, my grandmother gets small pension, and my brother & I sponsor occasional big ticket expenses. Father used to do small business from which he is retired now. Mother is housewife and dependent on father.
b. In terms of social ties, my grandmother lives with my parents and they take care of her. My younger brother is 28 years old and works in Bangalore. We did not submit any covering letter highlighting these social ties – except perhaps in the form they had filled names of these family members.
I would appreciate your suggestions how my parents can show stronger ties back to India under their circumstances.
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