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by Saibabashir123 » Sat May 05, 2018 12:32 am
Initial visa September 2009 as a student
Applied Post Study work April 2010
Applied Tier 1 initial application December 2012
Rejected May 2013
Appeal succeeded December 2013
Received brp and passport march 2014
Applied Tier 1 extension March 2017
Interview done at office premises September 2017
Received ihs refund January 2018
Refusal received may
Reason for the refusal
single director with 50000 shares in Other IT services company
Clients
You state that you had 4 clients but you were unable to provide any evidence of the work undertaken nor were you able to show any email communication as evidence.
Handed the recent invoices contacts and showed the mails sent to the clients of invoices but not the actual work and also explained what sort of work we carry out for the clients briefly and not in detail as she was questioning continuously
I don't have much of emails as I directly work with the clients as I'm also one of the shareholders in their companies.
Market Research
You provided no evidence to show the results of any specific market research during the visit. when asked about market research you stated you always visited markets and high streets walking and speak to the people but no money was spent and you were not able to show any results
You were also unable to provide any research into existing business in the Bognor Regis area
This leads us to doubt the credibility of the business as no specific market research shown
I did explained her what kind of research I carried out
Use to visit the local events and speak to people and explain them about our company and would gain knowledge about theirs and get sufficient knowledge from their business
Use to visit all the familiar companies and analyse how they deal with clients and charges
And I named all the companies in my region and how much they charge per hour
Also explained her what kind of developments are going to take place and how that will impact on my company growth, how the new massive university that is built in my area can get me few more contracts as my business in near by the college
Advertising/Breakdown of spend
you were asked how much you had spent on advertising and what forms of advertising you have used and where you have advertised. You stated you have spent 400£ a year in local newspaper and used gumtree but gained no clients
the compliance officer requested a copy of the advert which you were not able to provide
you were also unable to breakdown how you invested money into business. You stated that you have spent 18000£on wages when the company did not have the money
We would expert someone running their business to have an understanding of advertising spend or breakdown of spend
Unfortunately I haven’t gained any clients for gumtree advert, I have done my best to gain clients but I can't do anything if I don't get a client for my post and done adverts in various advert company's
I did give her a copy of my gumtree ad, back page ad and also Facebook ad, All these adverts are also submitted with extension application as supporting documents
I did explain about how the money was invested, as I spent the x amount on the wages and the remaining money was still in the account and also reflects in the submitted three months business bank statements
Contracts
There was no signage at the address showing the name of the your company
You stated you had 4 contracts but you were unable to provide a detailed description of the services you provided. Also you were unable to provide details of your client’s business premises
We would expect some one running their business to have an understanding of the services they provide and their client’s premises
Overall this leads us to doubt the credibility of your business activity
Yes there is no signage at the address, because as a small IT support company I don’t need a signage
I did stick my business card on the front door of the reception and also there is a sign on front glass of the office
The credibility of the job creation for which you are claiming points
During the visit you stated that you have two staff including x who works as admin
No job description available for role
Compliance officer states he asked x to show her work, such as emails. She confirmed she does not send or receive e mails; she just waits for the phone to ring. She was asked about monitoring contracts to ensure dates don’t expire. She did not know
No evidence shown of admin work
Also no records of annual leave for employees available
This leads us to doubt the credibility of your job creation.
Yes I have two staff in the company and one of the staff (admin) was present at the time of interview
And when she started showing her daily activities the compliance officer as of a sudden became rude to her, shouting on her to show what kind of work you carry out.
As the admin got anxiety problem and was unable to tell one of the company name in confusion as the officer was keep on shouting her.
Points awarded for business activity 0 and job creation 0
NOTE: I did email the CO twice to send the interview notes and she failed to send me and didn't even respond to my emails.
While she was leaving after the interview I've checked if i need to send any additional documents, then she asked only about the office rent lease, which I've emailed her.
If there were any documents required she would have asked me, which was not done.
She said that the case worker will email me the interview transcript once she handes it over to them, but that was never emailed to me.
She has written half cooked notes that is of no use. This shows that she was not confident enough of what was written
How to complain about this unfairness and being unresponsive.
What are the chances of admin review?
