Visitor Visa Refused...

[saadi1786]

My cousin recently applied for a visitor visa, which was refused.

The reason for the refusal was that the accommodation letter had been falsified ie that the person who had signed this document was not employed by the local council and that we had deliberately misrepresented this information.

How do I challenge/appeal this? The person who wrote/signed the letter on letter headed paper is a employed council official and had the authority to sign this. Further to this, I find the allegations leveled at me very damaging and hurtful - I did not deliberately misrepresent any information.

I understand there is no appeals process, but surely if their is a glaring mistake made by them I should be ale to challenge it? And expect an apology...

[CR001]

HO will likely have checked with the council to verify the document.

[saadi1786]

I know that.. What I am saying is that there was an error in whatever they checked.

The document was written and signed by an elected councillor. It is public information that this person is an employed by the council, it is listed on the local council website. How the HO can then say he is not an employee of the council I don't know, but obviously they have made a mistake somewhere AND accused me of trying to cheat them AND refused my cousin a visa.

Surely there must be some process to challenge this.

[Wanderer]

I know that.. What I am saying is that there was an error in whatever they checked.

The document was written and signed by an elected councillor. It is public information that this person is an employed by the council, it is listed on the local council website. How the HO can then say he is not an employee of the council I don't know, but obviously they have made a mistake somewhere AND accused me of trying to cheat them AND refused my cousin a visa.

Surely there must be some process to challenge this.

An elected councillor cannot be employed by the same council of which he is a member.

Can I be elected to this Council if I am employed by it? No. The law disqualifies anyone holding any paid employment with the Council itself from becoming or remaining an elected member of it. These direct links with a person's own authority create an automatic disqualification whatever the level or nature of the post held.