UK Visa Refusal: Administrative Review outside the UK

If an applicant has applied for a visa on point-based visas and it gets rejected, they can request for a UK Visa Administrative Review only if:

1. They believe their visa application was wrongly refused
2. Their refusal notice allows administrative review

If you are outside the UK, you can ask for the application review only if you fulfil all of the following criteria:

1. You are outside the UK
2. You had applied for a visa from outside the UK
3. Our visa was rejected on or after 6^th April 2015
4. You don’t have the Right to Appeal

The review must be applied within 28 days of receiving the refusal notice. The administrative form will be either sent with the notice or you will be given the URL to download the form. The completed form must be emailed to the Home Office along with the list of refusals and why do you feel that they are incorrect.

The Home Office will process the application to check for errors you have pointed out. Please note that you do not need to share additional documents or proofs for the UK visa administrative review. The results of the review will be shared within 28 days of application.

Unless the results show additional reasons for refusal, you cannot ask for a second administrative review.

Your administrative review will be withdrawn if you apply for a visa while the review is in process. Similarly, if you reapply for a visa and then request for administrative review, the request will be rejected. You can also request the Home Office to withdraw your review application through email.