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by Mr Rusty » Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:53 am
It is one thing to refuse a visit visa application, but it is very unfair on people such as yourself to impose a 10-year ban without a right of appeal, and I think that one day a High Court judge will say so.
If you are denied a right of appeal you can seek a Judicial Review of the decision in the High Court, but this can be a very expensive procedure, and a solicitor is likely to ask you to pay several thousand pounds up front before lodging a case.
You need to take legal advice in any case, and the first step is to prove that the document alleged to be false is not so. Your solicitor should write to the Entry Clearance Manager of the Embassy which made the decision, presenting all the arguments why it was wrong and ask for a reconsideration. In particular reference to the ban, you need to say that as you have no other remedy, if it is not lifted you will ask for a Judicial Review.
If you can't prove that the suspect document is genuine, there isn't much you can do.