The rules call it maintenance and accommodation. There is no minimum balance anywhere in Appendix V. The test is whether the money that will pay for this trip exists, is yours or a genuine sponsor's, and got into the account in a way the statements explain.
Appendix V: Visitor, V 4.2(e) and (f), V 4.3
The applicant must have sufficient funds to cover all reasonable costs in relation to their visit without working or accessing public funds, including the cost of the return or onward journey, any costs relating to dependants, and the cost of planned activities. A third party may provide support where they have a genuine professional or personal relationship with the applicant and are not, or will not be, in breach of UK immigration laws.
Whether the money that will pay for this trip exists, is yours or a genuine sponsor's, and got there in a way the statements explain.
(e) must have sufficient funds to cover all reasonable costs in relation to their visit without working or accessing public funds, including the cost of the return or onward journey
Immigration Rules, Appendix V: Visitor, V 4.2(e)
V 4.3. In assessing whether an applicant has sufficient funds under V 4.2.(e), the applicant’s travel, maintenance and accommodation may be provided by a third party only if that third party:
financial documents provided by any applicant should confirm the declared income / source of support and show sufficient funds available, such as bank statements which detail the origin of the funds held.
Visit guidance, for Home Office staff, Evidence: other documents
The balance does not cover the trip as described. Or it does, but it arrived in one deposit shortly before the application with no stated source. Or a sponsor was named in a letter and their own statements, payslips and status were not in the application.
A large credit is not a problem. An unexplained large credit is. The officer cannot tell whose money it is, and money borrowed to sit in an account for a visa application is common enough that they look for it. If you sold a car, say so and enclose the agreement. If a relative sent it, say so and enclose their statement and a short letter.
Six months of statements from the account that will pay, with the bank's name on every page. Payslips that match the credits. A written source for every large deposit. Where a sponsor pays: their invitation and undertaking, their statements, their payslips, and proof of their status in the UK.
Add the flights, the accommodation for every night, the daily spending, and anything your dependants need while you are away. If the total is more than you can evidence, the answer is a shorter trip or an evidenced sponsor, not a larger number in the form.
There is no limit on how soon you can apply again, and no limit on how many times. A new application is decided on its own evidence, so the only thing that changes the outcome is addressing the grounds the officer used.
Administrative review corrects a case working error. It is not available on most Standard Visitor refusals, and it cannot consider evidence you did not already send.
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A visitor refusal carries a right of appeal only where the refusal is of a human rights claim. This needs a regulated adviser.
This route needs a regulated adviser.
The requirements are in Appendix V: Visitor of the Immigration Rules. Part Suitability holds the grounds for refusal that apply to every route, including deception, false information and previous breaches of immigration law. The paragraph numbers printed on your refusal notice govern.
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