UK visa refused due to sloppy documentation. How should I reapply?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 22 Jul, 2023
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People who try to gloss over a previous discrepancy often find themselves in an awkward situation as the ‘tangled web’ grows bigger and bigger. They appreciate it more if you are straight up about it.
Your optimal strategy at this point is to identify the REAL company you work for. It may be different from what you wrote in your first application. It also may not sound as impressive as the company you previously said you work for.
After you identify the REAL company you work for, put their name down in question 5.2 of the application form. Then answer the remaining questions in Part 5 using your real company as the reference point.
You can then optionally go to Part 9 of the form and explain that there is an interlocking relationship between Big Company and Little Company and you felt qualified to identify Big Company as the employer of record but your recent experience with visa applications now leads you to think that Little Company is a more tenable fit.
You do NOT have to go into a lot of detail about Big Company’s “справка” being more impressive because they are not idiots and will know that already. They will be happier to clear the air without having to read a long-winded (and contrived), not to mention transparently crap excuse. Just a very brief, clean, blameless statement of clarification.
For your other question about how new the documents should be, there are no guidelines for visitor applications (unlike the very rigorous requirements for PBS applications) and every other Russian applicant solves the problem, otherwise we would never have visitors from Russia. They already know how long it takes to get something translated, and if your documents are reasonably current there will be no problems in that domain. Also, a one week visit looks out of whack. Most people need about 2 to 4 weeks to have a proper visit. Think about explaining that also.
Finally, you need to fix the provenance of funds issue they identified. It’s an absolute, hands-down show-stopper and they will refuse again if you do not fix it.
Note: Thank you for including the refusal formulae in your question!
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