Administrative Review of Home Office Decisions

Correcting a Home Office error, within the deadline

Where a refusal carries no right of appeal, administrative review is often the only means of having the decision corrected. We prepare reviews that identify the error precisely and explain why it matters.

What a review can achieve

An administrative review asks the Home Office to reconsider a decision on the basis that it contains a caseworking error: a misapplication of the rules, evidence overlooked, or an incorrect calculation of points or residence. New evidence is generally not admissible, so the grounds must be drawn tightly from the material already before the decision maker. The review must be lodged within 14 days where the applicant is in the United Kingdom, 7 days if detained, and 28 days from outside the United Kingdom.

• Skilled Worker and other work route refusals
• Indefinite leave to remain refusals
• Student and Graduate route refusals
• Advice on review, reapplication or judicial review

A maintained refusal may be challenged by judicial review. Having prepared the review, we are already familiar with the decision and can move directly to the pre-action stage.

One barrister, from application to appeal

In many firms the application is prepared by one person, the refusal is passed to another, and counsel is instructed only once the matter reaches the tribunal. Here, a barrister is involved from the outset. Your application is prepared with the evidence and legal issues addressed at the start, which is the best protection against refusal. If the Home Office does refuse, the barrister who already knows your case can move directly to the next step, whether that is an administrative review, an appeal or judicial review. Where proceedings need to be issued, we can conduct the litigation on your behalf, so you are not left to deal with the court alone.