Your application for a visit visa to the United Kingdom has been refused.
What this means for you
Any future UK visa applications you make will be considered on their individual merits, however you are likely to be refused unless the circumstances of your application change.
In relation to this decision, there is no right of appeal or right to administrative review.
The reasons for this decision are set out on the next page.
Yours sincerely,
ATO
UKVI Pretoria
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REASONS FOR REFUSAL NRA v 1.0
You have applied for a visa to visit the UK.
In deciding whether you meet the requirements of Appendix V: of the Immigration Rules for visitors (
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration ... -v-visitor rules), I have considered:
• your application and any additional relevant information you have provided with it • your immigration history
The Decision
I have refused your application for a visit visa because I am satisfied that Part V3 and Part 9.7.2 of the Immigration Rules apply.
An application for entry clearance, permission to enter or permission to stay must be refused under paragraph 9.7.2 of Part 9 of the Immigration Rules where the decision maker can prove that it is more likely than not the applicant used deception in the application.
The ‘Suitability: false representations, deception, false documents, non-disclosure of relevant facts’ guidance explains, in respect of deception:
Allegations of dishonesty or deception are serious, with significant consequences for applicants and their families. The legal standard of proof is ‘balance of probabilities’, which means it is more likely than not that the applicant or a third party deliberately and dishonestly made false representations, submitted false documents or information or failed to disclose material facts.
The guidance states that a ‘false document’ can include:
• a genuine document which has been altered or tampered with;
• a counterfeit document (one that is completely false);
• a genuine document which is being used by an impostor;
• a genuine document which has been fraudulently obtained or issued; • a genuine document which contains a falsified or counterfeit visa endorsement.
You have submitted with your application a letter of confirmation from Young Africa College Zimbabwe. Checks completed by this office have concluded that the document provided is false, details of how this conclusion was reached are held on file in a document verification report.
I am satisfied, on balance, that this document was submitted with an intention to deceive because the letter confirmation referenced above directly refers to your personal circumstances.
In line with the ‘Suitability: false representations, deception, false documents, non-disclosure of relevant facts’ guidance, I must consider whether you have, or could have, made an innocent mistake. In order to apply discretion, the requirement is that I am satisfied this was an innocent mistake. In my consideration of whether your submission of this document was an innocent mistake, I have considered how submission of that false document would benefit your application.
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The document in question seeks to demonstrate your own personal circumstances and claimed income as detailed on your Visa Application Form. As a result, on the balance of probabilities, I have concluded that you would have been aware that the information provided by this document was not accurate, given that it directly refers to your own personal circumstances. For the reasons explained above, I have concluded you have used deception in your application. Your application is therefore refused under paragraph 9.7.2 of Part 9 of the Immigration Rules.
Future applications
Because your application is refused under paragraph Part 9.7.2, your application has not been assessed further under Appendix V4: Immigration Rules for Visitors.
You should note that because this application has been refused under paragraph Part 9.7.2 of the Immigration Rules, any future applications may also be refused under paragraph Part 9.8.
A refusal under paragraph Part 9.8 of the Immigration Rules may attract an automatic refusal period of up to 10 years. The period starts from the date of the previous event in which the deception or submission of falsified documents or information was employed.
NEXT STEPS NRA v 1.0 In relation to this decision, there is no right of appeal or right to administrative review.
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