Refused a UK visitor visa after a previous refusal
A previous refusal is not a bar. An unanswered previous refusal usually is. The second application is read against the first, and if the two say the same thing with the same documents, the second is usually decided the same way.
Paste your refusal letter. See the grounds they used and the route you have. Free, no email.
What the ground says
Part 9: grounds for refusal, and Appendix V: Visitor V 4.2
An application may be refused where the applicant has previously breached immigration laws, and the decision maker will take the applicant's immigration history into account when assessing whether they are a genuine visitor.
What your record shows about whether you keep the terms of a visa: previous refusals and their reasons, overstays, removals, and visas used properly.
Disclose it, always
Every previous refusal by any country goes on the form. The authority can generally see them already, and an undisclosed refusal moves the application from a ground about evidence to a ground about honesty, which carries a ban.
Answer the ground they used, not the ground you expected
Read the refusal notice paragraph by paragraph. If it says V 4.2(a), the work is ties. If it says V 4.2(e), the work is funds and their source. Reapplying with a better cover letter and the same evidence answers nothing.
What has to be different
Something has to have changed, and it has to be visible: a longer employment record, six months of salary arriving rather than two, a deposit explained with the agreement behind it, a completed trip to another country in the interval. Name the change and name the document that shows it.
When to stop and take advice
If the refusal used the general grounds, false representations or deception, this is not a self-help case. Those carry bans of up to ten years and a reapplication that gets it wrong makes things worse. We say so and hand you to a regulated adviser.
Evidence that addresses it
- All previous passports, including expired ones, showing visas and entry and exit stamps
- The previous refusal notice, with a short written explanation of what has changed
- Evidence of compliance with earlier visas: departure stamps, boarding passes
Your route
Reapply
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, within 28 days
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.
This route needs a regulated adviser.
Appeal on human rights grounds, within 28 days
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 9 holds the general grounds for refusal. The paragraph numbers printed on your refusal notice govern.
Reapply, £49
We read the refusal, name the grounds and the route, check every ground against your documents with the refused ones held open, and write the reapplication letter that answers each one by its reference. Re-runs and second-refusal handling included for 30 days.