UK THIRD PARTY FUNDING REFUSAL/APPEAL

I believe that the applicants who applied from within UK and had their applications refused for using third party sponsor with UK bank statement can successfully win their appeal. Evidence are;

245DD. Requirements for leave to remain

Paragraph 245DD (h)(iii)(3) of Immigration Rules

(iii) that the money referred to in Table 4 of Appendix A is genuinely available to the applicant, and will remain available to him until such time as it is spent by his business or businesses. 'Available to him' means that the funds are:

(3) available from the third party or parties named in the application under the terms of the declaration(s) referred to in paragraph 41-SD(b) of Appendix A;


Paragraph 41-SD (d)(6)/(7)/(8) of Appendix A in the Immigration Rules

41-SD. The specified documents in Table 4 and paragraph 41, and associated definitions, are as follows:

(d) If the applicant is applying using money from a third party, he must provide all of the following specified documents:

(6) if the third party is a venture capitalist firm, confirmation of whether this body is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and is listed as permitted to operate as a Venture Capital firm,

(7) if the third party is a UK Seed Funding Competition, confirmation that the applicant, the entrepreneurial team or the applicant’s business has been awarded money and that the competition is listed as endorsed on the UK Trade & Investment website, together with the amount of the award and naming the applicant, the entrepreneurial team or the applicant’s business as a winner,

(8) if the third party is a UK Government Department, confirmation that it has made money available for the specific purpose of establishing or expanding a UK business, and the amount, and

In my opinion its better to appeal if you can be patience and your argument should be that there is nowhere in the Immigration Rules that states that third party sponsor is not accepted for UK bank account.

Home Office have now turn to a casino parlour were the caseworkers just decide to refuse applications on silly interpretation from their own imagination. There are lots of members who had successfully received their visa by using third party sponsor in UK.

You can decide to re-apply by showing funds in personal account, but who knows what the caseworkers will bring up again in the new application, so my advice is to appeal.

Thanks Olasunkami for such an important piece of information.Brilliant job buddy