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by Cavalier14 » Sat Jun 25, 2016 12:50 am
Hello everyone ,
I am a newbie here so if I'm posting in the wrong place or not appropriate please advice & correct me .
I am from Iran and have been living in the UK since 2009 & have the ILR and recently applied for citizenship .
I have invited my mother to visit me in the UK for 3 weeks after 7 years, although because of the difficulty of booking visa appointment in Tehran , she booked an appointment in Istanbul .
She attended the appointment and came back to Iran without the passport while her passport was with Uk embassy in Turkey and in this situation when the decision is made you can send a representative to collect the result and documents .
The decision was made on 7th of June and her application has been refused because of this reason :
"you state you wish to visit the family in the uk and you are retired and you receive £200 to £250 retirement salary per month. However I cannot see the salary in your bank statement for the last two months"
However it was a mistake by the pension office in tehran who did not pay the retirement salary in mentioned period and We can provide proofs for that and the payment has been received to her account in full after the application .
MY QUESTION IS : If I appeal against the refusal decision and provide the document ,how long would it take to receive the result ? What is the latest time I can appeal as I need to wait to receive the document from Turkey( representative ) .
If the result of the appeal is positive , what will happen next ? I know that she needs to provide her passport to embassy again but as I already mentioned , she applied in Turkey and cannot go through whole process and travel to Istanbul again . Is it possible for her to send someone as a representative to " PROVIDE " and collect the passport on behalf of her or she has to attend herself ? Appreciate all the help in advance .