For an onsite interview I want to reapply for a Standard Visitor visa after a refusal (V4.2 (a)(c))

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They thought you were painting them a picture and they refused your application because of it...

...i.e., based upon what they wrote, you apparently decided to look for work in the UK, possibly going underground in the process. So you went through the motions of arranging an interview with a UK company so as to give you a premise for visiting, but they do not believe there is a bona fide interview and/or they do not trust the company sponsoring you. Do they have a history of sponsoring 'interviewees' in that way? Do they have a license to recruit internationally so that they could make you a legitimate job offer or alternatively do they have a business presence in your country?

Picture this: From out of the blue with no explanation, somebody gets an all expenses paid offer to attend an interview in the UK at a company where there is already a mature and abundant labour market locally. This offer is extended to someone who has been working in their current role for less than a year with no particular credentials to make a company do that. Moreover, their personal circumstances are such that they could easily drop everything and relocate.

It doesn't make a lot of sense does it? I would guess the ECO spent less than a minute making her determination. From her view, you were painting them a picture, and doing that seriously undermines your credibility. They got you on Paragraph V 4.2 (a)(c) of the Immigration Rules which in this case means they think your premise is not genuine and that you will go underground once you arrive.

I'd like to know what can I include in my new application that can increase my chances to get the visa the next time? I can let the company send me supporting documents to clear the first point, but what can I do to clear the other points?

If, as you say, the company is a major enterprise and they are recruiting internationally and they are in a position to make an all expenses paid interview arrangement (i.e., deep pockets), then it stands to reason that their HR department knows what to do and how to make it happen. They would have the expertise to know what an ECO wants to see and provide all the stuff as a matter of HR policy. In lots of cases, the company has an in-house legal department who would represent your application and all you would have to do is enrol your biometrics. ECO's love it when that happens, they eat it up because they know everything is going to be spit-spot. But apparently none of this is the case, and so making a fresh application with the same premise isn't going to work.

So the answer to your question is that this isn't going to be fixed by sending more supporting documents; I wouldn't advise it because they will refuse again and then matters will be worse. You need to get the sponsoring company to follow through in a more professional way.

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