This ground is almost never about honesty. It is about a set of documents that describe slightly different trips: an invitation for one fortnight, flights for another, leave approved for a third.
Appendix V: Visitor, V 4.2(c)
The applicant must be genuinely seeking entry or leave to remain for a purpose that is permitted by the visitor routes.
Whether the story the documents tell is one story. The stated purpose, the dates, the invitation, the booking and the spending must all describe the same trip.
(c) is genuinely seeking entry or stay for a purpose that is permitted under the Visitor route as set out in Appendix Visitor: Permitted Activities and at V 13.3;
Immigration Rules, Appendix V: Visitor, V 4.2(c)
the applicant should be able to explain what their main reason for coming to the UK is at the visa application stage, on entry and when applying to extend their stay.
Visit guidance, for Home Office staff, Standard and burden of proof and evidence
there are discrepancies between the statements made by the applicant and the statements made by the sponsor, particularly on points where the sponsor could reasonably be expected to know the facts but does not
Visit guidance, for Home Office staff, Reasons for doubting whether the applicant is a genuine visitor
The officer has read the form, the invitation, the itinerary and the bank statements, and they do not describe one trip. It reads as a file assembled to meet a requirement rather than a journey someone is about to take.
The dates on the form, the dates in the invitation, the dates on the bookings, and the leave your employer approved. If any one of them is different, the officer has a ground without needing to doubt anything you said.
A dated itinerary covering every day of the stay. Accommodation for the whole period, not the first three nights. An invitation that gives the host's address and status and the same dates as everything else. Evidence of the event you are attending, where there is one.
You reapply. This ground is one of the more answerable ones, because the fix is usually a set of corrected documents rather than a change in your circumstances.
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.
This route needs a regulated adviser.
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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