It has been noticed that the ECO did not give any right of appeal to my
daughter who wished to visit me and other family members in the UK, which
I understand, is being done due to a mistake. The refusal letter attracts
a right of appeal and I am therefore making this appeal.
The ECO has not taken all the circumstances of the appellant into
consideration and has erred in deciding to refuse her entry clearance
application.
I Introductions
I feel appropriate to introduce myself and my daughter to make it more
convenient to address the issues raised by the ECO.
1. Mr. Deepwant Singh [Sponsor of the appellant]
My name is Deepwant Singh. I am an Indian National having recently
obtained ILR in the UK. I sponsored my daughter, Miss Shweta to come to
the UK for 15 days. I provided all my documents and information in support
of her visa application but am quite disappointed with the decision of the
visa officer.
2. Ms. Shweta [Appellant]
She is the appellant and is my daughter from my earlier marriage in India.
She is above 21 years of age and is settled in India. She is working for
“Destination America” as its Senior Marketing Executive since July 2010.
She provided her documents with the application and was fully hopeful to
receive the visa. Unfortunately the visa was refused by the ECO.
II Proposed Visit
My daughter, Shweta wanted to come to attend her sister`s wedding in the
UK and also to see the whole family here. She just wanted to come for 15
days and then return to her settled life in India. All her expenses for
her visit would be borne by myself as I confirmed in my sponsor letter
provided with the visa application. I also provided my original pay slips,
and bank statements showing myself having sufficient amount of money to
sponsor her visit to the UK. I lived in a two double bedroom flat which
has got all the amenities for a comfortable residence. The requirement of
having sufficient amount of money available for maintenance and
accommodation was therefore duly addressed.
III Issues Raised by the ECO
The ECO has highlighted that the appellant did not provide any
corroboratory evidence of her employment with “Destination America”. He
also stated that such letters are easily and cheaply available in Indian
and she might have “made up” letter. I am absolutely shocked by the
baseless and serious allegation of the ECO that my daughter might have
used fake document in support of her visa application. The letter from her
employer that she provided with her application did contain contact
details of her employer and the ECO could have verify the contents of the
letter with her employer or he could have also checked about the
establishment [employer of the appellant] through local enquiries. He did
not bother to make any checks but was quick to assume that the document
may not be genuine.
My daughter [Appellant] is now providing her pay slips from her employer
and a copy of ID card issued from the Income Tax Department which confirms
her employment and registration with the Income Tax department for the
purposes of payment of my income tax.
In addition to that I would like to highlight that the appellant has got
property in India and did provide evidence of her ownership of the said
property, which should have served as an evidence of my settled life in
India. Ownership of property together with my regular employment, gives me
good enough reason to return to India, upon completion of her proposed
visit to the UK.
The ECO also doubted on her intentions to come to the UK or her having
intentions to leave the UK on completion of her visit. I would like to
highlight that the appellant and the sponsor are fully aware of the
consequences of not complying with the immigration rules and regulations
and would not, of course do anything in breach of the restrictions
attached to her visit visa. She would not do any thing , that would ruin
her immigration history and further opportunities of visiting her father
and other family members in the UK. The ECO`s dissatisfaction upon her
intentions to return is therefore without any objective basis.
It is believed that all the issues raised by the ECO have been duly
addressed but the sponsor will be pleased to attend the court hearing,
should this appeal proceeds for one.