Briefing On What To Do When UK Visa Application Is Invalid

Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law Senior Associate Alex Piletska has written a new briefing for immigration practitioners’ resource Free Movement on when UK immigration applications are invalid. She examines the guidelines around invalidity, when invalidity can be fixed, when an invalid application cannot be remedied, how invalidity affects varying a visa application, what to do if the Home Office has incorrectly invalidated an application and what best practice should be for immigration lawyers.

Invalidity is different from eligibility. Validity rules can be found in Paragraph 34 of the UK Immigration Rules. The validity requirements that are more likely to catch people out are category-specific ones for out of country applications.