About Administrative Review
If your visa’s been refused or changed,
And something seems a bit… deranged,
Before you rush to courts to fight,
You might have Administrative Review as your right.
It’s not an appeal, not quite a trial,
But a chance to say, “You missed by a mile.”
You ask the Home Office to check again,
For legal error, not personal pain.
🛂 Did your Skilled Worker visa get denied,
Though your sponsor’s letter was certified?
Did they say your salary wasn’t met,
But misread the payslip you clearly set?
🎓 Was your Student visa turned away,
For a CAS you submitted the proper way?
Did they miss a bank statement you attached,
Or think your funds didn't quite match?
💍 Did your Spouse visa get refused,
With evidence wrongly skipped or misused?
Did they claim no contact or shared address,
When your joint bills prove nothing less?
🌍 Is your ILR held in delay,
Or refused on grounds that go astray?
Did they count too many days abroad,
But ignore the flight stamps you can afford?
🧒 Was your child’s application turned down,
For a passport scan that didn’t upload sound?
Or say they lacked a birth cert file,
Though you uploaded it all the while?
🔁 These are the moments to act with speed,
Administrative Review is what you need.
No new evidence—just what they had,
But argue the error where judgment was bad.
🕒 You’ve got 14 days if inside the UK,
Or 28 from abroad—don’t delay.
You’ll fill in a form and pay a small fee,
Then wait while they review carefully.
📃 If they agree the decision was flawed,
They’ll overturn it and move you forward.
If not, then other routes may rise—
Judicial review, or a legal reprise.
So if you're told your case won’t do,
Before you give up—see it through.
Administrative Review could put it right,
When decisions were made without full sight.